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The Holmenkollen 50 km is an annual cross-country skiing race held at Holmenkollen National Arena in Oslo, Norway. The competition is part of the Holmenkollen Ski Festival. Previous to 2023 The 50 km distance is raced by men only as the women's equivalent is a 30 km race. Starting in 2023 both men and women will race 50k.
The Holmenkollen ski festival has taken place on an almost annual basis since 1892. This article presents a list of multiple winners in current and former events. This article presents a list of multiple winners in current and former events.
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.
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.
Harald Eriksson (or Ericsson, 22 September 1921 – 20 May 2015) was a Swedish cross-country skier who won the silver medal in the 50 km event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. The same year he won the 50 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival. [1] He had to withdraw from the 50 km race at the 1952 Games due to a high fever. [2] [3]
On 12 March 2023, Haga made history by winning the first ever women's 50 km World Cup race, in Holmenkollen, Norway. [ 5 ] She announced her retirement from cross-country skiing on 30 March 2023.
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.
He made his World Cup debut in March 2014 in the Holmenkollen 50 km race, collecting his first World Cup points in March 2015 in Lahti with a shock fourth place. The next time he broke the top ten happened in February 2016, again in Lahti.