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Viewing Guide for March 11–12: Literally Holmenkollen

It’s a big weekend for ski racing. The men race a 50-kilometer race, a mass start skate race this year, at Holmenkollen, on the slopes above Oslo, on Saturday. The women...

Catching up With Jessie Diggins: World Champs Highlights and Looking Ahead to Holmenkollen

Reigning 10km skate world champion Jessie Diggins spoke with members of the media yesterday morning via Zoom, in a brief moment of downtime between the pressures and successes of world championships...

Racing in the 10km Skate Qualification Race at 2023 World Champs: A Firsthand Report

Editor’s Note: The following piece was submitted by Israeli athlete Warren Samberg. It describes his experience competing in the men’s 10-kilometer interval-start skate qualifying race at 2023 World Championships in Planica...

Junior Nationals Preview: Who’s Racing: Full Rosters for All Teams

This year’s Junior Nationals start in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Monday, March 13, with a 7.5-kilometer interval-start classic race for all gender and age groups. Fairbanks in mid-March is typically paradise for...

From wax testing to SuperTour-besting: David Norris proves himself to be the global championships master

By Ryan Sederquist, special to Nordic Insights Imagine if football color commentator Chris Collinsworth’s nauseating praise for Aaron Rodgers were replaced with the task of describing David Norris.  “Here’s a guy,” he would...

Norway, Germany, and Sweden in Women’s World Champs Relay; U.S. Fifth (with video recap)

The women’s 4 x 5-kilometer relay was held earlier Thursday at 2023 Cross Country World Ski Championships in Planica, Slovenia. Norway won, by roughly 20 seconds over Germany, with pre-race favorite...

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2023 Junior Nationals: Viewing Guide, Start Lists, Live Results, and More

2023 USSS Cross Country Ski Junior National Championships, aka Junior Nationals, aka JNs, take place in Fairbanks, Alaska, from March 13–16. Conditions look superb and the racing should be...

Athletes in their own words: My worst race, and what I learned from it

History, they say, is written by the victors. Sports journalism typically is, too. The average race writeup in American nordic ski media includes thoughts from the winners, the top...

How to Watch World Cup Cross-Country Ski Races and Biathlon from the U.S.

How to watch or stream World Cup cross-country skiing races and biathlon races from the U.S.