The next stage of the cross-country skiing World Cup season 2023/2024 starts in Goms, Switzerland, this Friday. The Norwegian national team is now presented.

Goms, Switzerland, is the place for the next stage of this year’s cross-country skiing World Cup. The Goms World Cup starts on Friday, January 26, with a mixed 4x5km relay race in classic/freestyle techniques, followed by a sprint race in freestyle technique on Saturday, January 27, and a 20km mass start race in freestyle technique on Sunday, January 28, 2024.

In a press release, the Norwegian Ski Association has named their cross-country ski team for the upcoming World Cup in Goms. 

According to the press release, “Goms/Ulrichen invites to the World Cup for the third time. We encounter demanding and beautiful tracks,” says national team manager Ulf Morten Aune.

“Julie Myhre is finally back in the World Cup after a long absence due to injury. She has taken good steps in recent weeks,” says Sjur Ole Svarstad, women’s elite national team coach.

Kristine Stavås Skistad and the coaches have decided not to start this weekend.

“I am looking forward to having time to put in a good training period before the rest of the season,” says Kristine Stavås Skistad. 

Astrid Øyre Slind is not ready for competition, and Silje Theodorsen is still ill. 

“The men’s team is very strong, and we are looking forward to exciting competitions on demanding courses,” says national team manager Ulf Morten Aune. 

Here is the Norwegian National Team for the Goms World Cup

Mixed 4x5km Relay C/F – Friday, January 26

• Norway will have two teams.

Sprint F – Saturday, January 27

Women’s Team

• Ane Appelkvist Stenseth
• Julie Myhre
• Mathilde Myrvold
• Maria Hartz Melling
• Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs
• Tiril Udnes Weng

Men’s Team

• Harald Østberg Amundsen
• Matz William Jenssen
• Pål Golberg
• Håvard Solås Taugbøl
• Erik Valnes
• Ansgar Evensen
• Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
• Mattis Stenshagen

20km Mass Start F – Saturday, January 28

Women’s Team

• Mathilde Myhrvold
• Nora Sanness
• Tiril Udnes Weng
• Margrethe Bergane
• Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs
• Heidi Weng 

Men’s Team

• Simen Hegstad Krüger
• Harald Østberg Amundsen
• Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget
• Pål Golberg
• Iver Tildheim Andersen
• Jan Thomas Jenssen
• Johannes Høsflot Klæbo
• Mattis Stenshagen

See the complete program for the Goms World Cup at the end of the article.

FACTS Goms World Cup Season 2023/2024

• When: Friday, January 26, to Sunday, January 28, 2024 
• Who: Elite national skiers – women and men
• Where: Goms, Switzerland
• What: FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Oberhof, Germany

PROGRAM

Friday, January 26: Mixed 4x5km Relay Classic/Freestyle (More details can be found here)

• 15:30 CET: Mixed 4x5km Relay C/F

Saturday, January 27: Sprint Freestyle (More details can be found here)

• 13:00 CET: Sprint Qualification F, Men
• 13:00 CET: Sprint Qualification F, Women
• 15:30 CET: Sprint Final F, Men
• 15:30 CET: Sprint Final F, Women

Sunday, January 28: 20km Mass Start Freestyle (More details can be found here)

• 9:30 CET: 20km Mass Start F, Women
• 13:30 CET: 20km Mass Start F, Men

Read More: World Cup calendar for the 2023/2024 Winter Season  

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