Cross-Country Skiing

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 […]

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, […]

Cross country skiing continued on Tuesday at Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games with the women’s 5km and men’s 10km individual classic races. Those events present hard challenges as the races are long enough to require strength and endurance, while also, of course, demanding that competitors ski fast. Spectators had to wait a long […]

Under heavy snowfall at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, Japanese cross-country skiers Ryo Hirose and Rin Sobue won the mixed team sprint classic today, securing the first gold medal of the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. American athletes Finn Sweet and Renae Anderson opened Team USA’s medal count with an impressive silver at the end […]

    Nick Montgomery of Melbourne, Australia, lives overseas for three months a year to continue his cross-country skiing ambitions   LAGO DI TESERO – Living in Australia, Nick Montgomery doesn’t get the time needed on snow to practice efficiently in cross-country skiing. So, for three months a year he leaves his homeland. “I come […]