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 […]

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, […]