Tag: Crosscountry
Cross-country skiing: Scandal at the Norwegian championships: Heidi Weng finished first but the competition was cancelled
Directly after the finish line, the race director approached Weng and explained that the race, the 2×10 km skiathlon, was canceled. – It doesn’t matter to me and I had…
Cross-country skiing: Drama when Moa Lundgren broke Karolina Hedenström’s pole: “Not pretty”
1) Kati Roivas, Team Eksjöhus, 1.16.14 2) Emilie Fleten, Team Ramudden, 1.16.15 3) Moa Lundgren, Åsarna IK, 1.16.15 4) Sofie Elebro, Team Eksjöhus, 1.16.15 5) Karolina Hedenström, Warehouse 157, 1.16.42…
Cross-country skiing: Therese Johaug makes a competitive comeback: “Wants to go fast”
It is almost two years since Therese Johaug last ran a race. Now it’s almost time again, in the 17 kilometer long race “Engadin Frauenlauf” in Switzerland on March 1.…
Cross-country skiing: Calle Halfvarsson knocks the Vasaloppet: “Unfortunately for those who wanted to see me”
A jet-lagged Halfvarsson is about to embark on a training session in the snowstorm in Falun. He has hinted during the season that it would be fun to ride the…
Cross-country skiing: Emilie Fleten took second straight in Orsa Grönklitt’s Ski Classics
In yesterday’s mass start, the Norwegian hit straight away and today she had control of the field when there was an individual start of a short 13.7 km. Fleten took…
Cross-country skiing: Disease ravages the cross-country national team in the USA: Moa Ilar and Edvin Anger miss competition
Anger coughed quite badly in connection with the sprint yesterday where he finished ninth. He is replaced by Oskar Svensson. Even Moa Ilar is forced to throw in the towel.…
Cross-country skiing: Linn Svahn won Canmore’s World Cup sprint
On Saturday, something happened that has only happened once before this World Cup season: A non-Swedish skier won a women’s sprint in the World Cup, when Kristine Stavås Skistad won…
Cross-country skiing: Emma Ribom gives the green light for Tuesday’s sprint
It was during last week that Emma Ribom suffered a knee injury in connection with a training session. The 26-year-old cut open a wound and was forced to have seven…
Cross-country skiing: Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson disappointed after the late change
Hear Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson comment on the change in the player above. The reason for the change is that employees of the German airline Lufthansa went on strike,…
Cross-country skiing: Jörgen Nordhagen’s crazy crush – lapped over 30 skiers
Jörgen Nordhagen quickly killed the excitement in the mass start over 20 kilometers in the U20 class. Halfway into the race, the Norwegian had the lead by almost a minute.…