Cross Country Skiing

Ouellet, already a Summer Paralympian, competed for Canada in sitting cross-country skiing.

Cindy Ouellet is a Summer and Winter Olympian for Canada.

Norway’s Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset won a silver medal as part of the men’s 4×10 cross-country relay, but that’s mainly because teammate Petter Northug skated an insane last leg that pulled his team from sixth to second. Via Sports Illustrated, we learn that Hjelmeset blames too much porn for his lousy effort. From the Vancouver 2010 quote […]

The best event I’ve seen so far has been the men’s individual sprint in cross country. The final pits the top six qualifiers in a mile sprint that was exciting and had an awesome ending where two Russians crossed in a photo finish and waited several minutes before a winner was announced. Nikita Kriukov (Bib […]

The men’s 15km cross-country freestyle was an edge-of-the-seater, with several skiiers almost sprinting over the last couple of kms. Their extreme efforts seemed almost surreal amid the dream-like beauty of Northwest forest all muffled in deep snow. Dario Cologna of Switzerland (photo) won with a powerful finish, and looked surprisingly fresh as he talked with […]