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Team Birkie Upsets APU’s Olympic Squad in Craftsbury SuperTour Finals Relay
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Team Birkie Upsets APU’s Olympic Squad in Craftsbury SuperTour Finals Relay

Tryg SolbergMarch 28, 2026

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers.  If you value coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription.   CRAFTSBURY, Vermont — The second day of racing at Craftbury’s SuperTour Finals brought on some hard-hitting team relays. The “Club Relay” had a diverse array of club skiers young and old, along with some college teams. In the afternoon, the “SuperTour Relay” featured the North American pro teams along...

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Ogden and Weaver Take Sprint Honors at Craftsbury SuperTour Finals
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Ogden and Weaver Take Sprint Honors at Craftsbury SuperTour Finals

Tryg SolbergMarch 27, 2026

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers.  If you value coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription.   CRAFTSBURY, Vermont — Craftsbury Outdoor Center kicked off the first of the SuperTour Finals races with a classic sprint on Friday. Yesterday’s weather brought gnarly, foggy, and temperatures in the 50s. Craftsbury’s grooming crew has been putting in long hours over the last few weeks to ensure that conditions...

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Taiwan’s Olympic Closing Ceremony Flag Bearer, Sophia Tsu Velicer, Soaks Up the World Cup Finale in Lake Placid
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Taiwan’s Olympic Closing Ceremony Flag Bearer, Sophia Tsu Velicer, Soaks Up the World Cup Finale in Lake Placid

Matthew VoisinMarch 25, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Taiwanese-American skier Sophia Tsu Velicer on racing in the U.S., representing Taiwan, and her mission to open doors for the next generation. LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Sophia Tsu Velicer didn’t mince words...

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Sundling Victory, Diggins Victory Lap
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Sundling Victory, Diggins Victory Lap

John TeafordMarch 22, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. While the men’s 20 k Mass Start Freestyle (raced earlier in the day) was the source of anticipation and intrigue, the Women’s 20 k was more likely to become a glorious victory...

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Final Piece in Historic Puzzle—Klaebo Claims Distance Globe
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Final Piece in Historic Puzzle—Klaebo Claims Distance Globe

John TeafordMarch 22, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. The Kingdom of Norway expects much of its sport heroes. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo knows this . . . that may be why this naturally gifted sprinter may have long coveted the prize...

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No One Lives Here,” They Said. Then 10,000 Plus Fans Showed Up in Lake Placid
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No One Lives Here,” They Said. Then 10,000 Plus Fans Showed Up in Lake Placid

Matthew VoisinMarch 22, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Lake Placid, N.Y. — The French coaches had questions. Two days before racing began at Mount Van Hoevenberg, they were standing in Saranac Lake — 55 degrees, windy, woods in every direction...

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Svahn Two-for-Two, Dahlqvist Claims Sprint Crystal
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Svahn Two-for-Two, Dahlqvist Claims Sprint Crystal

John TeafordMarch 21, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Team Sweden must face tricky circumstances in selecting its team for World Cup Sprint events, but their dilemma is made simpler by the apparent set of protocols the team follows when deciding...

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Grazie, Federico—Pellegrino Scripts the Perfect Ending
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Grazie, Federico—Pellegrino Scripts the Perfect Ending

John TeafordMarch 21, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. “The energy that I got in the warmup lap . . . I got this feeling of power from the public,” said Federico Pellegrino.”Cheering for me. “Chicco Pelle! Chicco Pelle! And then...

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The Case for More American World Cups
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The Case for More American World Cups

Luke DykowskiMarch 21, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. LAKE PLACID, NEW YORK — Ten kilometers into the second World Cup on American soil in as many decades, and the verdict is already clear: We need more racing in the United...

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Never Count Him Out . . . Klaebo Returns in the 10 k
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Never Count Him Out . . . Klaebo Returns in the 10 k

John TeafordMarch 20, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Two seasons ago in Minneapolis, the energy of an American crowd lifted an American skier—Gus Schumacher—to a surprising win in the 10 k Freestyle Interval Start. The FIS World Cup returns to...

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Svahn Goes the Distance, Diggins Clinches Crystal Globe
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Svahn Goes the Distance, Diggins Clinches Crystal Globe

John TeafordMarch 20, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. FasterSkier’s reporters watch every single race of the World Cup and Olympic season, so we have our own ideas regarding what may happen on any given race-day. We’ve followed who has been...

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Glitter, Knitting, and a Phone Call from Bill Koch: The U.S. Ski Team Is Ready for Lake Placid
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Glitter, Knitting, and a Phone Call from Bill Koch: The U.S. Ski Team Is Ready for Lake Placid

Matthew VoisinMarch 19, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Lake Placid, N.Y. — The eve of the World Cup finals at Mount Van Hoevenberg brought press conferences, sound checks that went sideways, and three American skiers who couldn’t stop making each...

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Jessie Diggins Teaches Us How to Endure
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Jessie Diggins Teaches Us How to Endure

Timothy DonahueMarch 19, 2026

This Sunday, a lesser-heralded chapter of American history will close when Jessie Diggins enters her final World Cup event. She will leave the sport at the absolute top of her game, for the fourth time as the overall Crystal Globe winner, having slogged it out over a season that began the day after Thanksgiving above the Arctic Circle in Finland and will end 33 races later right here in Lake Placid, NY. She is the...

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Klaebo Is Coming to Lake Placid
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Klaebo Is Coming to Lake Placid

Matthew VoisinMarch 18, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo made the call late Tuesday night… he’s racing. According to the Scandinavian press, Klaebo departed Oslo’s Gardermoen airport at 6:25 Wednesday morning, beginning a roughly 20-hour journey to Lake...

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What to Do in Lake Placid When You’re Not Watching World Cup Racing
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What to Do in Lake Placid When You’re Not Watching World Cup Racing

Matthew VoisinMarch 18, 2026

You’ve got your tickets. You know the race schedule. You’re making the trip to Mt. Van Hoevenberg for the first World Cup finals ever held on American soil. But the racing doesn’t fill every hour of the day, and Lake Placid is the kind of town that rewards a little wandering. Over the last 15 years, my family and I have spent a lot of time in Lake Placid, and here’s what we’d suggest for...

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Klaebo’s Lake Placid Decision Day Is Today
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Klaebo’s Lake Placid Decision Day Is Today

Matthew VoisinMarch 17, 2026

This article was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers. If you value coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has been included in Norway’s 22-athlete squad for this week’s World Cup finals at Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, N.Y., BUT the six-time Olympic gold medalist’s participation hinges on a decision being made today. Klaebo, 29, suffered a mild concussion in a dramatic crash during the...

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Hedegart Emerges From the Fog to Win Holmenkollen 50 k as Klæbo’s Absence Reshuffles the Distance Globe
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Hedegart Emerges From the Fog to Win Holmenkollen 50 k as Klæbo’s Absence Reshuffles the Distance Globe

Matthew VoisinMarch 14, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. For nearly two hours on Saturday, 77 men disappeared into a stubborn curtain of fog that clung to the hillsides above Oslo, their figures swallowed by the mist somewhere between the stadium...

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Karlsson Leads Swedish Sweep Through Holmenkollen Fog
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Karlsson Leads Swedish Sweep Through Holmenkollen Fog

John TeafordMarch 14, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. The prize for winning Oslo’s Holmenkollen 50 k is lifelong bragging rights. Such is the nature of the prestige afforded this event within the Nordic ski community. Norwegian fans, especially, remember certain...

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The Devon Kershaw Show: The post-Olympic hangover is over — with head injuries
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The Devon Kershaw Show: The post-Olympic hangover is over — with head injuries

Nathaniel HerzMarch 13, 2026

This episode was made possible through the generous support of our voluntary subscribers.  If you value coverage like this, please support FasterSkier with a voluntary subscription.   We had to take a break after our three-week Olympic sprint, but we’re back to catch up on a couple of weeks of World Cup racing. Devon and Nat take a quick run-through of events in Sweden, Finland and Norway. We’ll be back after the marathons at Holmenkollen. Reach...

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Evensen Stuns Drammen as Klaebo and Ogden Crash Out of Semifinals
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Evensen Stuns Drammen as Klaebo and Ogden Crash Out of Semifinals

Matthew VoisinMarch 12, 2026

This coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. The greatest cross-country skier in history was lying on the snow, his arms wrapped over his face, his hands holding the back of his head, and the city of Drammen — where...

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