Vasaloppet’s Winter Week 2022 will go down in history as the return of participants and spectators to the Vasaloppet Arena after the pandemic. But it will also be remembered as a week with sunshine for every single race, except (the night race) Nattvasan!
Three-time American Birkie winner Alayna Sonnesyn tells about how growing up skiing Birkie trails, skiing college, and Super Tour has shaped her as a skier and how racing in the USA, from her experience, differs from Europe.
Birkebeinerrennet marked the eleventh Visma Ski Classics and Season XII’s fourth and last Grand Classics event. These are the bib-holders in various overall competitions.
With their victories at Birkebeinerrennet, Astrid Øyre Slind, Team Koteng Eidissen, and Andreas Nygaard, Team Ragde Charge, were crowned the Visma Grand Classics Trophy winners, Season XII.
Jan Thomas Jenssen and Marte Skaanes, both from Norway, dominated the 15km Mass Start Freestyle race at the Scandinavian Cross-Country Skiing Cup in Akureyri, Iceland. Results from the race.
The International Ski Federation council announced in November 2019 to ban all use of fluorinated ski wax for all FIS races starting from the 2020-21 season. Later, however, FIS decided to postpone the ban, as an adequate and reliable testing procedure could not be implemented in time.
Birkebeinerrennet, the eleventh stage in the Visma Ski Classics, and the fourth Grand Classics event, Season XII, took place today in Norway. With superior performances, Andreas Nygaard, Team Ragde Charge, and Astrid Øyre Slind, Team Koteng Eidissen, won the 54km long-distance race.
This winter, Jonna Sundling, Sweden, can look back on several fantastic achievements. A season that began with a hand injury in November became something that neither Sundling nor anyone else could have predicted.
Amalie Håkonsen Ous and Simen Myhre, both from Norway, dominated the sprint race at the Scandinavian Cross-Country Skiing Cup in Akureyri, Iceland. Results from the freestyle sprint.
Astrid Øyre Slind, Team Koteng Eidissen, won the Visma Ski Classics event Birkebeinerrennet in a perfect sprint, becoming the first female skier to win the race using double-poling technique.
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