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Frenzel wins Nordic combined World Cup event
Germany's Eric Frenzel took a big step towards his first overall World Cup title in Nordic combined by winning Friday's event ...
Nordic Combined World Cup Results
Results Friday from a Nordic combined World Cup event at the Lahti Ski Games: (Ski jumping, and 10 kilometers cross country ...
Russia probing former Olympic committee official
Russia's prosecutor-general is asking its investigators to look into whether to file misuse-of-funds charges against the former deputy head of the ...
Olsson dominates to win 50K at Nordic worlds
Johan Olsson dominated to win the individual 50-kilometer classic on Sunday and capture Sweden's first gold medal with a brilliant solo performance ...
Norway's Aukland, Kveli win Swedish ski marathon
Norway's Jorgen Aukland and Laila Kveli won the 56-mile Vasaloppet cross-country ski marathon on Sunday. Aukland outsprinted Swede Daniel Tynell and ...
Bjoergen and Lamy Chappuis win again at worlds
Marit Bjoergen and Jason Lamy Chappuis continued to dominate the Nordic world championships, respectively winning their fourth and third gold medals ...
Austria wins 5th successive ski jump world title
Austria won its fifth successive ski jump team title on the large hill to take its first gold medal at the Nordic skiing world championships on ...
France beats Austria in Nordic combined at worlds
Jason Lamy Chappuis helped France to another team victory in the Nordic combined at the world championships and won an historic third gold medal in ...
Bjoergen wins 30K classic for 12th world title
Marit Bjoergen secured her 12th world title on Saturday by beating Olympic champion Justyna Kowalczyk in a sprint finish to win the 30-kilometer ...
Norway wins men's relay at Nordic worlds
Petter Northug gave Norway its seventh straight relay gold at the Nordic world championships on Friday, using his trademark sprinting ability to beat ...
Norway takes 6th win at worlds, Germany gets 1st
Norway claimed its sixth victory of the Nordic skiing world championships in the women's 4x5-kilometer cross-country relay on Thursday, while Eric ...
Stoch wins ski jump at worlds for 1st major medal
Kamil Stoch of Poland claimed the first major medal of his career with victory in the individual large hill ski jump at the Nordic world championships ...
Frenzel dominates to win Nordic combined at worlds
Eric Frenzel won an individual Nordic combined event Thursday for Germany's first gold medal of the world championships, beating Bernhard Gruber of ...
Norway wins 4x5K relay at Nordic worlds
Marit Bjoergen anchored Norway to its second straight 4x5-kilometer cross-country relay world title Thursday. Bjoergen, Kristin Stoermer Steira, ...
Norway ski federation blasts TV doping allegations
Norway's ski federation has strongly criticized a Swedish TV report that cast doping suspicions against eight-time Olympic champion Bjoern Daehlie and ...
Hendrickson looks to Olympics after world title
Already a ski jumping world champion at 18, Sarah Hendrickson now has her sights set on something bigger — the sport's first Olympic gold medal.
Piller Cottrer retires from cross-country skiing
Olympic and world champion Pietro Piller Cottrer has retired from cross-country skiing at the age of 38, after a knee injury last month.
Northug wins individual 15K at Nordic Worlds
Norwegian cross-country great Petter Northug earned his first gold medal at the Nordic world championships in the 15-kilometer individual freestyle ...
Johaug stops Boergen claiming another world title
Therese Johaug beat teammate Marit Bjoergen in the 10-kilometer individual freestyle, preventing the Norwegian great from winning a third gold medal ...
US, Russia win team sprints at Nordic Worlds
Kikkan Randall and Jessica Diggins gave the United States its first gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Nordic World Championships, winning the ...
Japan wins mixed team ski jump at Nordic worlds
Japan won the first ever mixed team ski jumping title Sunday to secure its first gold medal of the Nordic skiing world championships. Yuki Ito, Daiki ...
France wins Nordic combined team title at worlds
Olympic champion Jason Lamy Chappuis led France to victory in the Nordic combined team event at the world championships on Sunday. Chappuis — who won ...
Cologna wins 1st world title, Bjoergen her 10th
Dario Cologna finally captured his first Nordic world championships title in the skiathlon, while Marit Bjoergen racked up her 10th to close in on the ...
Bardal wins 1st ski jump gold at Nordic Worlds
Norwegian ski jumper Anders Bardal won his first major championship title on Saturday by taking gold in the normal hill event at the Nordic skiing ...
Bjoergen defends another title to win skiathlon
Marit Bjoergen successfully defended another title at the Nordic skiing world championships as she won the 15-kilometer pursuit skiathlon on Saturday, ...