The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf are on our doorsteps and from 24th February to 7th March, a total of five sets of gold, silver and bronze medals will be looking for new owners.
Five are one more than usual on the Nordic Combined programme during a World Championships and this is because finally the Nordic Combined women will make their highly-anticipated World Championship debut. After debuting on World Cup level in December, the women’s season has been woefully cut short due to Covid-19 pandemic-related cancellations and so the chance to shine on the big World Championship stage is twice as important for the continuous development of the discipline.
Cross-Country 17 Feb 2021
The countdown to the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf begins. From 24th February to 7th March, the world elite of Cross-Country skiing will meet in the south of Germany. After an intensive World Cup season, the focus is now on the World Champion titles to be awarded.
The competition schedule is set and will begin traditionally with the qualification race of 5km/10km F on Wednesday, 24th February.
Sharing the emotions, success and defeats of athletes with the crowd of spectators has always been an extraordinary experience at World Ski Championships and it will be dearly missed this year, as no spectators are allowed to attend the events given the current global health situation. However, we are looking forward to share stories from behind the scenes with you on TV and online on our Social Media channels, as the full line up of the world’s best Cross-Country skiers will meet again on the sta
Masters World Cup 2023 again in Seefeld (AUT)
Newsflash 03 Feb 2021
This year, the World Masters Cross-Country Ski Association had received an application from Estonia for the Masters World Cup 2023 for the first time. Unfortunately, the organisers of the Tartu Ski Marathon were forced to withdraw their application for the year 2023 and postpone it to a later year to be determined due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fortunately, a well-known Bavarian organiser stepped in at short notice: the SC Monte Kaolino Hirschau, Germany.The experienced team organised the MWC with 1070 participants in Seefeld (AUT) as early as 2003, as well as many national and international events since then.
Court sentences skier Northug to jail
December 21, 2020
Norway’s former champion skier Petter Northug was sentenced on Monday to seven months in prison by a court in Oslo that also revoked his driver’s license for the rest of his life. Northug, long known as the “bad boy” of skiing who loved to taunt his rivals, accepted his punishment and plans no appeal.
Petter Northug, shown here with some of his medals from the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2015, is now heading for jail. An Oslo County Court judge ruled Monday that Northug has not learned from previous drunk driving and speeding offenses, and sentenced him to seven months in prison. PHOTO: Nordic Focus/FIS Photo Pool