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David Norris and Scott Patterson Lead Americans in Holmenkollen as Norway Sweeps Top Ten

The Norwegian men are pretty good at distance skiing. David Norris and Scott Patterson, too. Those were some of the takeaways from Saturday’s race at Holmenkollen, a 50-kilometer mass start skate...

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...

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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...

Tyler Kornfield: From World Cups to Worldloppets

Tyler Kornfield goes to Europe: The former USST member is ready to be the first American male Ski Classics pro.

The Phenom Next Door: Gus Schumacher Looks to Lahti (2019)

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChSxGH6P02h/ This article was originally published on FasterSkier on January 17, 2019. The copyright of this article inheres in and is claimed by the original author, Gavin Kentch, who wrote...