Hans Christer Holund (NOR) was third in the men’s 30km skiathlon on Sunday, his second individual World Cup podium this season. “It is awesome to be on the podium again,” Holund said after his race on Sunday. Heidi Weng scored two WC podiums at her favorite venue, while Ingvild F. Østberg and Hans Christer Holund […]
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Dominating Four Sports
- Feb 14 2016
Madshus skiers collect WC podiums on the Nordic Combined, biathlon, cross-country and long-distance circuits. Jarl Riiber (NOR) opened the World Cup racing this week with a third place in the Nordic Combined World Cup in Trondheim on Tuesday. Then the FIS Cross-country World Cup action started the weekend racing early with classic sprints in Stockholm […]
Podiums in 3 Sports, 2 Continents
- Feb 7 2016
Østberg shines on the cross-country World Cup, Doll is on the biathlon WC podium and Madshus marathon racers make their mark in Austria. Madshus racers fielded half of the women’s final at the World Cup classic sprint in Drammen (NOR) on Wednesday. Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) hauled into second place, only narrowly beaten on the […]
Podium in Marcialonga
- Jan 31 2016
With today’s third place, Stian Hoelgaard (NOR) climbs to fifth place in the overall 2016 Ski Classics, and tightens his grip on the Youth Competition. While the overall career goal for the 24-year-old Norwegian is to win the legendary 90-kilometer Vasaloppet, Hoelgaard is also quite fond of the 70-kilometer event in Northern Italy and considers […]
Six WC Podiums
- Jan 24 2016
Another productive weekend for the Madshus World Cup racers, netting six podiums in one days. Relays and Madshus racers seem to be a good combination. First, Ingvild Flugstad Østberg and Heidi Weng helped Norway to victory in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Nove Mesto (CZE), where Østberg skied the opening leg and Weng skied […]
Waited a Year for First
- Jan 18 2016
Ole Einar Bjørndalen opened the relay for Norway, while Emil Hegle Svendsen anchored the team to victory at the IBU World Cup relay in Rupholding (GER). It’s been a full year since the Norwegian men last won a World Cup relay, and with less than two months to go until the World Championships on home […]
2 Podiums and Overall Lead
- Jan 11 2016
Johan Kjølstad (NOR) takes overall lead in the long-distance series Ski Classics after winning the sprint finish for second place in the Jizerska 50 on Sunday. Kjølstad beat Anders Aukland (NOR) on the finish line, and by securing second place in 50-kilometer marathon, he now leads the overall Ski Classics, with three of the nine events […]
What a Tour!
- Jan 10 2016
At the end of the Tour de Ski Ingvild Flugstad Østberg was in tears over her second place, and Heidi Weng was third overall – for the third time. Norwegian duo Ingvild Flugstad Østberg and Heidi Weng dominated the 10-day stage race from day one, effectively making the tenth anniversary edition of the Tour de […]
15 Brutal Laps to 50km
- Jan 7 2016
The lack of snow forces the Ski Classics event Jizerska 50 to be creative: The 50km marathon will be run as 15 laps on a 3.3km course replacing the original 50km course. The traditional Czech ski marathon Jizerska 50 is the third event in the 2016 Ski Classics long-distance race series, and despite the […]
Incredible Ingvild
- Jan 3 2016
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (NOR) is setting the standards for the 2016 Tour de Ski. Race by race. Podium by podium. On January 1, Østberg started her run for the Tour de Ski podium by posting the fastest qualifier time in the women’s skate sprint race in Lenzerheide (SUI), which opened the tenth anniversary version of […]
