The team sprint is one of the most fun, and fast-paced, cross country ski events to watch. In addition to a recap of the results, U.S. skiers Rosie Brennan and Jessie Diggins, and Ben Ogden and JC Schoonmaker share their race strategies and reactions.
Bone-chilling temps, erratic gusts of wind and super-slow snow challenged racers during the men’s and women’s biathlon pursuits. But that didn’t stop Quentin Fillon Maillet of France and Norway’s Marte Olsbu Roeiseland from increasing each of their gold medal counts.
The Olympic Village is in many ways the heart of the Games; it’s where the athletes sleep, eat, rest and recover, and socialize. Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team member Hannah Halvorsen takes us behind the scenes of daily life in the village.
When Olympic athletes aren’t busy training or competing, they like watching the other sports as much as the rest of us do. Cross Country Skier asked some of the Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team members which ones they like to watch the most.
Out of a crowded field of 98 skiers, Novie McCabe, who started fifth, skied to 24th place, finishing in 30:34.9, which was two minutes and 28.6 seconds off the pace of gold medalist Therese Johaug. Finns Kerttu Niskanen and Krista Parmakoski took silver and bronze, respectively.
The conversation around women’s sports has undeniably undergone a sea change, with the focus primarily on accomplishment rather than appearance (the issue of participation on the other hand … why, again, is there no Olympics Nordic combined for women?) But sometimes a reference to body type hits a nerve, as was the case in a recent New York Times article about Jessie Diggins’s bronze medal in the women’s individual sprint.