Fossesholm wins the sprint at Blink Festival 2025

by Leandro Lutz • 09.08.2025
Fossesholm
The fourth and final day of the Blink Festival 2025 in Sandnes, Norway, featured exciting roller ski races, with Norwegian Helene Marie Fossesholm taking a solid victory in the women’s sprint event.

The fourth and final day of the Blink Festival 2025 in Sandnes, Norway, featured exciting roller ski races, with Norwegian Helene Marie Fossesholm taking a solid victory in the women’s sprint event.

The day’s racing program included a sprint for elite women. The freestyle-format event attracted a strong field of competitors to the start line in the city center of Sandnes. 

In the women’s competition, Helene Marie Fossesholm, from Norway, won the race in a total time of 4:49.2.

Lotta Udnes Weng, from Norway, finished in second place, 0.2 seconds behind the winner, and Tiril Udnes Weng, also from Norway, completed the podium in third place, 0.4 seconds back. 

Top 3 – Sprint, Women

  1. Helene Marie Fossesholm, Norway, 4:49.2
  2. Lotta Udnes Weng, Norway, +0.2
  3. Tiril Udnes Weng, Norway, +0.4

Complete results can be found HERE when available.

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FACTS: BLINK FESTIVAL 2025

  • 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: Norway
  • When: August 6 to 9, 2025
  • Website: Blink Festival

Program

Wednesday, August 6:  BLINK Lysebotn Up, 7.5km uphill race (More information can be found HERE and HERE)

  • 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 7:  BLINK Classics at Ålgård (More information can be found HERE)

  • 15:00-23:00 CET: Folk Festival at Ålgård – activities for children and young people
  • 15:00 CET: Jæren Sparebank Kid Camps opens
  • 15:00-15:45 CET: Children’s entertainment with Fire Bear Bjørnis
  • 17:00-17:45 CET: Children’s entertainment with Fire Bear Bjørnis
  • 18:45 CET: Start BLINK Classics
  • 20:45 CET: Estimated finish time BLINK Classics
  • 21:15 CET: Free concert with DDE

Friday, August 8: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum (More information can be found HERE and HERE)

  • 7:00-14:20 CET: Competitions for age groups and juniors 
  • 12:00-21:00 CET: Rogaland Sparebank Kid Camp: Activities for children and young people in Rutenparken
  • 14:00-14:45 CET: Children’s entertainment with Fire Bear Bjørnis
  • 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: Children’s entertainment with Fire Bear Bjørnis
  • 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 Postgirobygget

Saturday, August 9: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum (More information can be found HERE and HERE)

  • 7:30-14:20 CET: Competitions for age groups and juniors
  • 11:00-12:00 CET: Free brunch
  • 12:00-21:00 CET: Rogaland Sparebank Kid Camp: Activities for children and young people in Rutenparken
  • 12:00-12:45 CET: Children’s entertainment with Fire Bear Bjørnis
  • 14:15-15:00 CET: Prize-giving ceremony for age groups in Rutenparken
  • 14:30-15:15 CET: Shooting – biathlon elite
  • 15:30-15:44 CET: Cross-country skiing – prologue women and men
  • 16:05-17:28 CET: Biathlon – Quarterfinals mass start women and men
  • 16:00-16:45 CET: Children’s entertainment with Fire Bear Bjørnis
  • 17:44-19:20 CET: Cross-country skiing – quarterfinals and semifinals sprint women and men
  • 19:22-20:08 CET: Biathlon – semifinals mass start women and men
  • 20:10-20:23 CET: Cross-country skiing – finals sprint women and men
  • 20:25-21:05 CET: Biathlon – finals mass start women and men
  • 21:25 CET: Awards ceremony
  • 21:45 CET: Free concert with CC Cowboys

For a comprehensive Blink Festival events program, click HERE

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