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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 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.
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.
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.
The Holmenkollen Ski Festival is an annual Nordic skiing event which takes places at Holmenkollen. Until 1932, jumping was part of Nordic combined, and the events were completely dominated by Norwegians. [50] In 1903, Oslo hosted its only version of the Nordic Games, dubbed the Winter Sports Week.
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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]
Laura Garcia-Caro looks on in horror as Lyudmyla Olyanovska overtakes her at the finish line to win bronze in the women's 20 km race walk at the 26th European Athletics Championships on June 7.