Cross-country Skiing

“It’s a real treat to race here,” was an easy thing to say for USA’s John Steel Hagenbuch after capturing gold on home soil in the men’s 30-kilometre cross-country freestyle mass start, the final Nordic skiing event of the 2023 FISU World University Games, Sunday. It wasn’t until the last two 5km laps that “the […]

For most people trying cross-country skiing for the first time, keeping the balance on skis and trying to move is a very demanding task. Now imagine doing the same thing… without seeing anything. What seems impossible for many is the daily reality for Johanna Recktenwald, a German para-ski athlete guided by compatriot Valentin Haag, who […]

Both Finland’s and Norway’s teams were screaming at the finish line as their anchors were fighting for gold in the women’s 3 x 5km cross-country skiing relay at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, Friday morning. Finland’s Hilla Niemela was coming to the final stretch shoulder to shoulder with Norway’s Karianne Olsvik Dengerd. […]

For the second consecutive day, Japan’s Ryo Hirose and Finland’s Hilla Niemela topped the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games cross-country skiing podium at Mt. Van Hoevenberg. Winners of the men’s 10km and women’s 5km individual classic events on Tuesday, Hirose and Niemela dominated the pursuit races on the same distances on Wednesday, to […]