Klæbo opens Cross-Country World Cup season with commanding sprint victory
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Johannes Høsflot Klæbo began the new Cross-Country World Cup season in dominant fashion and led a Norwegian one-two-three in Ruka.
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo began the new Cross-Country World Cup season in dominant fashion and led a Norwegian one-two-three in Ruka.
COVID-19 outbreaks in Norway and Finland have reduced the star power of the teams racing at the first Cross-Country World Cup event of the season in Ruka.
A Cross-Country World Cup event in Milan has been moved to mountain resort Livigno in response to rising costs.
Plans to hold the first cross-border races at the Nordic World Ski Championships next year have been scrapped.
Maja Dahlqvist, who won two silvers and a bronze at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, is one of several top Swedish cross-country skiers ready to boycott the 2023 Nordic World Ski Championships if Russian and Belarusian competitors are allowed to return to take part.
A proposal to use a loop shorter than five kilometres for interval start competitions next season has been accepted on environmental grounds by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Cross-Country Committee at its autumn meeting.
Michal Lamplot has been named as the new International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) race director for cross-country, replacing Pierre Mignerey who has served in the position for the last 12 years.
Swiss-Ski has appointed Lars Brönnimann as its new head of cross-country skiing, succeeding Christian Flury.
Slovenian cross-country skier Hana Mazi Jamnik has died after being hit by a truck in Norway during training.
Three-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Alexander Bolshunov has claimed "all sports would only benefit" from the return of Russian athletes as they remain largely frozen out from the international sporting arena.
Two-time Olympian Cendrine Browne has received Canadian snow sports' highest accolade - the John Semmelink Memorial Award - for her contribution to women's cross-country skiing and empowerment in sport.
Swedish cross-country stars Frida Karlsson and Maja Dahlqvist have decided to leave the national team in a bid to spend more time at home.
Sjur Ole Svarstad has been appointed to coach Norway's women's cross-country ski team.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country Committee has voted in favour of equal distances for men and women at events.
Finnish cross-country skier Riitta-Liisa Roponen has announced her retirement at the age of 43, after more than 20 years in the sport.