Blink Festival 2024: Complete calendar

by Leandro Lutz • 27.07.2024
Blink Festival
The Blink Festival is starting in a few days. Check the complete calendar of competitions of Norway’s renowned summer ski festival.

The Blink Festival is starting in a few days. Check the complete calendar of competitions of Norway’s renowned summer ski festival.

Scheduled to take place from July 31 to August 3, this year’s edition of the Blink Festival offers events for cross-country and long-distance skiers, biathletes, and activities for children and young people.

Since its inception in 2006, Blink has flourished into an enormous summer ski festival, solidifying its status as the largest worldwide. Each year, it attracts a star-studded international field that rivals the stature of a World Cup event. For many top-tier athletes, the Blink Festival represents a meaningful opportunity to reunite and compete following the World Cup final in March.

“We count over 2.500 registered athletes for this year’s BLINK24! We are approaching a record number of entries, and several classes are already closed for regular registration. Athletes on waiting lists will be accommodated upon deregistration,” says the Organizing Committee in a press release.

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/

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. 

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