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The next long-distance race, a 30 km, was planned to be part of Holmenkollrennene in 1898, but was cancelled due to lack of snow. 30 km races were held in 1900 and 1901, and the winners of these races are widely recognised as Holmenkollen 50 km winners. Also the winner of the 1907 edition is recognised as a winner, even though the course length ...
The event is arranged by Skiforeningen and takes place at Holmenkollen National Arena and ski jumping hills Holmenkollbakken and Midtstubakken. In 2009 Holmenkollen was under renovation and replacement races were held in Trondheim for cross-country skiing and biathlon, and in Vikersund for ski jumping and nordic combined.
1906 (40 km), 1907, 1908, 1916 Three-time winners Veikko Hakulinen Finland: 1952, 1953, 1955 Sverre Stensheim Norway: 1959, 1960, 1961 Oddvar Brå Norway: 1975, 1979, 1981 Thomas Wassberg Sweden: 1980, 1982, 1987 Vegard Ulvang Norway: 1989, 1991, 1992 Two-time winners Paul Braaten Norway: 1900 (30 km), 1901 (30 km) Karl Hovelsen Norway: 1902, 1903
While on break from the World Cup ski tour mid season, Diggins competed in the American Birkebeiner in Wisconsin, and won the 50 km freestyle race on February 24, 2024. [12] For 2024, Diggins was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal , the highest Norwegian honor in skiing—Diggins was the first American to ever receive the distinction.
The proposed World Cup schedule for the 2024–25 season was approved at a meeting in Portorož on 8 May. For the first time since the 2012/13 season, it will not open with a sprint competition. For the first time in 40 years, Lahti will host the traditional 50 km World Cup race.
Bergendahl earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1910 while his nephew Lars earned the honor in 1939. Lauritz Bergendahl was the first skiing star, Nordic or alpine, anywhere. He was called simply the "ski king". Between 1910 and 1915, he won the 50 km race at Holmenkollen five times.
Developers are seeking local historic landmark designation for the building at 310 Race St. in downtown Cincinnati that was constructed in 1947 for the H. & S. Pogue Department Store.
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 took place from 23 February to 6 March 2011 [1] in Oslo, Norway, at the Holmenkollen National Arena.It was the fifth time these championships had been hosted in Holmenkollen, having been done previously in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, 1966, and 1982.