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Norway take double sprint free victory at Falun
Norway's Kristine Stavaas Skistad held off home favourite Jonna Sundling to claim her second cross-country sprint victory of the week in Falun. The 24-year-old was victorious on home soil on Tuesday and fended off Sweden's world champion Sundling for her second win on Saturday.
Kerttu Niskanen and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo ease to 10km distance victories at World Cup event in Falun
Kerttu Niskanen and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo prevailed in the 10km individual start classic races at the World Cup event in Falun. Finnish star Niskanen was favourite for victory in the women's event with home stars, Sweden's Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson, absent due to injury and Maja Dahlquist opting to focus on Saturday's sprint race. Ad And she justified her favourite tag with a commanding display, her winning time of 27:08.5 seeing her finish 15.9s ahead of silver medallist Katharina Hennig.
Niskanen and Klaebo ease to distance victories in Falun
Kerttu Niskanen and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo prevailed in the 10km individual start classic races at the World Cup event in Falun. Finnish star Niskanen was favourite for victory in the women's event with home stars, Sweden's Ebba Andersson and Frida Karlsson, absent due to injury and Maja Dahlquist opting to focus on Saturday's sprint race. Ad And she justified her favourite tag with a commanding display, her winning time of 27:08.5 seeing her finish 15.9s ahead of silver medallist Katharina Hennig.
Dahria Beatty, 2-time Olympic cross-country skier from Yukon, retires
Dahria Beatty won't have to lug big bags of ski gear through international airports anymore — one perk, at least, of saying goodbye to competing in the sport she loves.
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo breezes to comfortable World Cup victory in Drammen
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo extended his lead at the top of the World Cup standings with another emphatic victory in Drammen. The Norwegian superstar grabbed his 14th race victory of the season on home snow to tighten his grip on the yellow bib ahead of compatriot Paal Golberg, who could only finish seventh.
How a high school student in Ignace turned a Christmas present into Nordic skiing success
Gavin Berube has turned a Christmas present into Nordic skiing success.
Cross-country skiing-Norway claim top ten spots in 50km mass start
Norway showed it remains the dominant force in men's cross country skiing as the country claimed the top ten spots in the World Cup 50km mass start free in Oslo on Saturday.