13Mar 2020 by DS News Team
Breaking News: Quebec Races Also Cancelled, Season Is Over

Breaking News: Quebec Races Also Cancelled, Season Is Over

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The last remaining races of the FIS World Cup season, Sprint C and Sprint F are officially cancelled. After the United States and Canadian teams joined the Swedes, the Germans, the Brits and the Czechs who decided to withdraw yesterday, it was more like a formality. The Russians and the Slovenians said they were ready to run, but the FIS pulled the plug this morning. Johaug and Bolshunov won both the Distance Globe and the overall Big Crystal Globe, Svahn and Klaebo will receive the Sprint Globe. All by post, presumably.
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12Mar 2020 by DS News Team
Swedish Sprint Express Makes Abrupt Turn Towards Home

Swedish Sprint Express Makes Abrupt Turn Towards Home

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The Quebec Sprints are no more for Svahn, Sundling, Dahlqvist, Ribom and Co. The Swedish team is packing & leaving Canada ASAP. " Due to the uncertainty regarding canceled flights and travel bans, we do not want to risk that our athletes will not be able to return from Canada after the weekend. That is why we have decided that they are going home already today " reads a press release issued by the team manager Daniel Fåhraeus. The big discovery of this season, 20 year old Linn Svahn currently leads the Sprint Cup table but could be overtaken now by Anamarija Lampic who is third in standings and is slated to run on the weekend as the races in Montreal as stillon - at least as this is being…
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12Mar 2020 by DS News Team
Cognitive Dissonance, Now We Know How It Feels

Cognitive Dissonance, Now We Know How It Feels

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...Shops ordered shut for the first time in living memory, competitions cancelled yet skiers continue to report how much they enjoy their day out on the tracks and gear manufacturers keep on peddling their wares .... Instagram, that universal communication platform of our time would drive you crazy these days. Cognitive dissonance meets its classic description in real life for the first time. Some wear rubber gloves when they push elevator buttons, others are happily going on #coronabreak ( trending in the last days). Thar might be age-related but we're not sure. We'll leave it to bigger and allegedly staffed with smarter people media to worry about how the humanity would pull through the crisis. But would say with full responsibility that the last thing the cross country skiing ecosystem,…
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11Mar 2020 by DS News Team
Klaebo Addresses His North American Fans

Klaebo Addresses His North American Fans

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We received a message from Johannes Klaebo to all his North American fans which we promptly convey: "I am very sorry that I did not get the opportunity to meet the Canadian and American cross country skiing fans! I hope to come back stronger next time the World Cup cross-country is organized there!"
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11Mar 2020 by DS News Team
Johannes Klaebo’s Reaction

Johannes Klaebo’s Reaction

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Johannes Klaebo issued a following statement via his father & manager Haakon Klaebo: "I support the decision of the Norwegian Ski Federarion 100 per cent. We should all be contributing to limiting of infection spread. This is more important than going to the closing World Cup races in Canada and the United States. I had been looking forward to competing in both Canada and USA, and it's sad that we can't compete in the US, which is finally on the World Cup program. I had hoped to be able to secure my Sprint Cup in Minneapolis. But this is about far more important things at the moment. All the sports titles are of little importance in this context."
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