11Dec 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Davos where top talent congregate this week

Davos where top talent congregate this week

Leaders, Newsfeed
World's best playground this week is in Davos, Switzerland. The Swiss resort is practically oozes raw power. Except that this week it not about world's richest and most powerful - it's about fittest and best looking [caption id="attachment_18849" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Alex Bolshunov looks concentrated. He won 15k F in Davos last year [/caption] [caption id="attachment_18851" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Johannes Klaebo [/caption][caption id="attachment_18844" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Gus Schumacher from Team USA practices uphill [/caption] [caption id="attachment_18853" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Stars of tomorrow who boldly decided to shine today: Veronika Stepanova,20, and Helene Fossesholm, 20[/caption][caption id="attachment_18843" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Television reporting these days means being able to run after world's best skier with a camera.Repeatedly[/caption] [caption id="attachment_18848" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Head coach of Team USA Matt Whitcomb calls Davos " home away from home" - the Americans…
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02Dec 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Johannes Klaebo and leader’s burden

Johannes Klaebo and leader’s burden

Leaders, Newsfeed
On Thursday Johannes Klaebo has reappeared right where everyone expected him: in front of his teammates, doing speed work on Friday's sprint course in Lillehammer, ahead of the pack of his teammates. They looked powerful and fearsome indeed. But Johannes was and remains in a limelight this week for enterily different reason: the only one in the Norwegian squad to publicly disagree with NENT/ Viaplay playing a dual role in the country's skiing this season: as a broadcaster and as one of the national team's main sponsors. He rebelled - and lost. On Friday the world shall see the triple Olympic champion sporting Viaplay logo. The Norwegian media uniformly say Johannes looked dejected, even defeated on hastily held press-conference today ( and refused to discuss anything to do with Viaplay).…
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29Nov 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
Move over, NRK, SVT etc. – new broadcaster steps in

Move over, NRK, SVT etc. – new broadcaster steps in

Money & Finance, Newsfeed
It was a big weekend. For the first time ever in this part of the galaxy the public channels of Norway and Sweden did not show the FIS World Cup races to their viewers. Just to remind you how chess pieces are set now: Pan-Scandinavian Nordic Entertainment Group a.k.a NENT acquired broadcasting rights in three key markets - aforementioned Norway and Sweden plus Finland - and have started on the weekend to broadcast the races on Viaplay platform as well as on television channels it owns: In Norway - for free on TV3 In Sweden you gotta pay to watch Frida and Ebba on TV6, it's no longer free. In Finland there is a transitional deal in place according to which public YLE still shows some races e.g. Ruka this…
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26Nov 2021 by The Daily Skier Editorial
You know who won in Ruka today. Now meet their significant others

You know who won in Ruka today. Now meet their significant others

Newsfeed, Trivia
Have you seen how convincingly Maja Dahlqvist and Alexander Terentyev won their respective FIS World Cup races on Friday? We don't claim to know how they were preparing for them - for the lack of specific coaching knowledge, clearly. What we do know however, is that both had their significant others present in Ruka, at the starting lane. And that's a significant factor, we are sure. [caption id="attachment_18787" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Maja and Kevin announced their relationship at the Oberstdorf world championships just a few months ago. They seem to be quite inseparable ever since, with Kevin moving to Sweden[/caption] [caption id="attachment_18786" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Anna and Alexander have a been a couple for years, throughout their junior careers. As of this season, Anna joined Alexander in the coaching group led by…
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