Cross-Country Skiing

It's been a year since PyeongChang 2018.
South Korea gave us over two weeks of thrilling sporting action brimming with excellence and emotion. .
We've picked out some of the best moments from those Winter Games which began in spectacular style.

PyeongChang 2018 | Olympic Winter games

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One year on - memories of PyeongChang 2018

Few sports rival the endurance needed to compete in skiathlon, and Europe's fittest legends fight for the Olympic title in Sochi.

Classic Finals

Originals

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Men’s Skiathlon, Sochi 2014

The Men's 15KM Free event took place on the 16th February 2018

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Men's 15KM Free - Cross Country Skiing | PyeongChang 2018 Highlights

Olympic cross-country 15km champion Dario Cologna waited almost half an hour to greet Roberto Carcelen over the finish line at Sochi 2014.

Sochi 2014 | Olympic Winter games

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Champion Dario Cologna greets last-placed Roberto Carcelen over the line

Dario Cologna pulls away on the last hill to claim gold.

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Best of Men's Cross Country Skiathlon | Sochi 2014

Dario Cologna takes his second gold in the 15Km Classic event.

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Best of Men's Cross Country 15Km Classic | Sochi 2014

The men's mass start competition was held at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre on 24 February 2018.

Replay

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Men's Mass Start 50km - Cross-Country Skiing | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

Swiss Cross Country Skier, Dario Cologna, won a record third 15-kilomete Olympic title in a row.

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Dario Cologna: My PyeongChang Highlights

The men's skiathlon competition was held at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre on 11 February 2018.

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Men's Skiathlon 30km - Cross-Country Skiing | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

The men's individual competition was held at the Alpensia Cross-Country Centre on 16 February 2018.

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Men's 15km Freestyle - Cross-Country Skiing | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

Celebrate the achievements of Swiss athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Switzerland - Golden Highlights at PyeongChang 2018

Medals awarded in the Women's 5000m speed skating, snowboard cross, freestyle aerial, and women's slalom... and men's Super G & skeleton

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Day 7 Highlights | Pyeongchang 2018

Highlights from the men's 15km classic cross-country skiing event as Dario Cologna wins his second gold at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

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Cologna Wins 15km Classic Gold - Cross-Country Skiing | Sochi 2014 Highlights

Relive the highlights from the men’s skiathlon 15km classic + 15km free from the Laura Cross-Country Ski Stadium as Switzerland's Dario Cologna wins the gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

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Cologna Wins Gold - Cross Country Skiing | Sochi 2014 Highlights

Don't miss when Dario Cologna fights it out for gold in the men's 15 km free.

Vancouver 2010 | Olympic Winter games

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Cologna Speeds to Glory - Cross Country Skiing | Vancouver 2010 Highlights

Relive when Cologna, Cottrer and Bauer celebrate their medals at the men's cross country 15km free.

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Men's 15km Free Podium - Cross Country Skiing | Vancouver 2010 Highlights

Japan

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France

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People's Republic of China

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Netherlands

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Shaun White in tears after competing at the Olympics for the last time was just one of many memorable moments in Beijing. The snowboarder is not the only legend closing the book on an amazing Olympic career. Speedskaters Ireen Wust and Sven Kramer from the  Netherlands and cross-country skiing stars Charlotte Kalla & Dario Cologna have also crossed the finish line at the Olympics for the last time. And Natalie Geisenberger? Germany's luge queen has said it is very unlikely that she will be back for Milano Cortina 2026.

Beijing 2022 | Olympic Winter Games

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Time to say goodbye for Olympic legends

As the medals begin to flow at Beijing 2022, attention is now turning to Cross-Country Skiing.
That is because the Men's 4x10km Relay is taking place at 15:00 Beijing time.
There are plenty of athletes and teams to look out for in the build-up to the race.

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 6 : Hugo Lapalus of Team France competes, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo  of Team Norway competes during the Olympic Games 2022, Men's Cross Country Skiathlon 15 km on February 6, 2022 in Zhangjiakou China. (Photo by Michel Cottin/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

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Beijing 2022 Cross Country Skiing: Athletes to watch in the Men's Relay

Saying goodbye is never easy.
But getting to bid your final farewell to a sport you have been very successful in for over 15 years on your terms – as Switzerland’s cross-country skiing maestro Dario Cologna did in November 2021 \- goes some way to making a bit better:
“It

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 16:  Gold medal winner Dario Cologna of Switzerland celebrates during the victory ceremony after the Cross-Country Skiing Men's 15km Free at Alpensia Cross-Country Centre on February 16, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.  (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images,)

Dario Cologna celebrates in PyeongChang

Dario Cologna: prepared to do whatever it takes on Olympic curtain call 

As with many sports, last season in cross-country skiing was not usual. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the strongest athletes did not participate in several competitions. On 1 December, 2020, the Norwegians announced that the national team were pulling athletes from World Cup competitions until at least after

VAL DI FIEMME, ITALY - JANUARY 4: Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo  of Norway takes 1st place, Alexander Bolshunov of Russia takes 3rd place during the FIS Nordic World Cup Men's and Women's Cross Country Final Climb on January 4, 2020 in Val Di Fiemme, Italy. (Photo by Laurent Salino/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo and Alexander Bolshunov

Top things to know about 2021/22 cross-country skiing season 

The Olympic Games have a storied history of great acts of sportsmanship between competitors, some of which have meant the difference between an Olympic medal and finishing outside of the podium places.
We look back at some of these iconic moments that have occurred at the Winter Olympics over the

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 14:  Dachhiri Sherpa (L) of Nepal and Roberto Carcelen of Peru hug each other after competing in the Men's 15 km Classic during day seven of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center on February 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.  (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)

Dachhiri Sherpa (L) of Nepal and Roberto Carcelen of Peru hug each other after competing in the Men's 15 km Classic in Sochi 2014

When winning isn't everything: The greatest acts of sportsmanship in Winter Olympic Games history

After winning the 15km freestyle title, Dario Cologna greeted German Madrazo at the finish along with his fellow unlikely Olympians.

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Champion Cologna congratulates last finisher Madrazo

Norway have dominated the FIS Cross-Country World Cup since its inception, winning 30 Nations Cups (of a possible 37) including the most recent 22 in a row.
That appears unlikely to change as the new season begins on Saturday in Ruka, Finland, with a Sprint Classical race for both genders.

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Norway the ones to watch again as 2018/19 FIS Cross-Country World Cup begins

In doing so the 31\-year\-old showed himself to be a supreme master of all styles\. In Vancouver, back in 2010, he had won over the distance skiing free style; four years later in Sochi he triumphed again when the race was contested using classic, and at PyeongChang 2018 it was

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Style king Cologna makes history with 15km cross-country treble 

The 27 year\-old Swiss pushed ahead of his rivals with a bold move before the final climb at the Laura cross\-country ski centre and just managed to keep his lead finishing in 1hr 08min 15\.4sec ahead of an attacking Marcus Hellner \(SWE\) who took silver in 1:08:15\.8\.

Sochi 2014

Unseeded Cologna springs skiathlon surprise

Beijing 2022

Vancouver 2010

Before going to Vancouver 2010 we have a quick look back at Turin 2006

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Olympic Results

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Olympic Results

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