Tag: skiing
Women to race 50 kilometers at Holmenkollen
Oslo's Holmenkollen Ski Festival gets underway on Thursday and is set to make history on Sunday: 71 years after women were first allowed to...
Norwegians hailed US skier’s gold medal
After all the rumbling about Scandinavian domination at the World Nordic Ski Championships going on in Slovenia, Norwegian athletes and fans were genuinely delighted...
Norway dominates skiing World Championships, again
Norway has once again been leading the pack at the Nordic World Ski Championships that began last week in Planica, Slovenia. Norwegian domination of...
Former ski queen starting a family
UPDATED: Therese Johaug took over as Norway's reigning ski queen after Marit Bjørgen tried to retire from the sport. Now Johaug has also "retired"...
Climate protests target oil industry
Norway was the target of more climate protests heading into the weekend, with Norwegian oil and energy company Equinor getting most of the blame....
Biathlon season opener under fire
Norway's biathlon federation has been accused of sending the wrong climate signals, after mild weather threatened this weekend's season opener for the sport that...
Three killed in another avalanche
Three skiers were killed Thursday afternoon in another avalanche at Lyngen in Troms, Northern Norway. They were in a group of nine skiers, mostly...
Paralympics ‘king’ home ‘for a rest’
Skier Jesper Saltvik Pedersen could come home to Norway this week as the widely hailed "King" of the Paralympics. By they time they'd ended...
Norwegians won big on the ski trails
Three Norwegian men could stand on the winners' podium after the tough 50-kilometer World Cup ski race at Holmenkollen on Sunday. Norwegians also won...
Johaug skied off on top
Norwegian ski queen Therese Johaug ended her long and highly successful skiing career during the weekend, right back where her gold rush really took...
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