Blink 2024: Start lists and times for the sprint races

by Leandro Lutz • 03.08.2024
Blink 2024
The fourth and final day of the Blink Festival will feature thrilling competitions for the cross-country skiers. Here are the start lists and times for the sprint races.

The fourth and final day of the Blink Festival will feature thrilling competitions for the cross-country skiers. Here are the start lists and times for the sprint races.

The Blink Festival has attracted big names from several countries, and today, they will battle for the win in a sprint in freestyle technique for women and men. 

The prologue starts at 15:30 CET. The quarterfinals and semifinals start at 17:44 CET, and the finals start at 20:10 CET.

Click HERE for the complete start lists.

Men’s Prologue Start List

Also Read

FACTS: BLINK FESTIVAL 2024

  • Who:  Cross-country skiers and biathletes at national and international levels, as well as junior classes and age-specific classes for younger athletes
  • What:  Summer ski festival cross-country skiing, biathlon, and long-distance skiing, held for the first time in 2006
  • Where:  Sandnes, Lysefjorden and Gjesdal, Norway
  • When:  July 31 to August 3, 2024
  • Website: https://www.blinkfestivalen.no/

Also Read – Blink Festival 2024: Complete calendar

Program

Wednesday, July 31 BLINK Lysebotn Up, 7.5km uphill race

  • 11:00 CET: 1km and 2km girls and boys
  • 11:45 CET: 7.5km skate women senior and women junior
  • 13:30 CET: 7.5km double poling women and men senior
  • 15:00 CET: 7.5km skate men senior and men junior
  • Prize giving at Øygardstøl after the finish

Thursday, August 1 BLINK Classics at Ålgård

  • 15:00-23:00 CET: Folk Festival at Ålgård – activities for children and young people
  • 15:00-15:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen
  • 17:00-17:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen
  • 18:45 CET: Start BLINK Classics
  • 20:45 CET: Estimated finish time BLINK Classics
  • 21:15 CET: Free concert with Postgirobygget

Friday, August 2: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum 

  • 7:00-14:20 CET: Competitions for age groups and juniors 
  • 12:00-21:00 CET: Kid Camp – activities for children and young people in Rutenparken
  • 14:00-14:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
  • 14:30-15:15 CET: Shooting – biathlon elite
  • 15:30-15:50 CET: Cross-country skiing – prologue women and men
  • 15:55-16:50 CET: Biathlon – shooting duel women and men
  • 17:00-17:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
  • 17:10-18:25 CET: Biathlon – super sprint qualification elite women and men
  • 18:25-18:55 CET: Cross-country skiing – 10km mass start women
    18:55-19:45 CET: Biathlon – super sprint final women and men
  • 19:45-20:25 CET: Cross-country skiing – 15km mass start men
  • 20:45 CET: Award ceremony
  • 21:00 CET: Free concert with D.D.E.

Saturday, August 3: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum 

  • 7:30-14:20 CET: Competitions for age groups and juniors
  • 11:00-12:00 CET: Free brunch
  • 12:00-21:00 CET: Kid Camp – activities for children and young people in Rutenparken
  • 12:00-12:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
  • 14:15-15:00 CET: Prize-giving ceremony for age groups in Rutenparken
  • 14:30-15:15 CET: Shooting – biathlon elite
  • 15:30-15:40 CET: Cross-country skiing – prologue men
  • 15:45-17:37 CET: Biathlon – qualification mix and single mix relay
  • 16:00-16:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
  • 17:44-19:20 CET: Cross-country skiing – quarterfinals and semifinals sprint women and men
  • 19:22-20:08 CET: Biathlon – final mixed relay
  • 20:10-20:23 CET: Cross-country skiing – finals sprint women and men
  • 20:25-21:05 CET: Biathlon – final single mix relay
  • 21:25 CET: Awards ceremony
  • 21:45 CET: Free concert with Highasakite

All competitions are broadcast on NRK. 

Are you interested in traditional cross-country skiing? Click HERE and read more about it.

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