Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada.

Sports events

Today, there are several types of cross-country competitive events, involving races of various types and lengths, as well as biathlon, involving a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

Related Topics:
Race - Biathlon - Rifle

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The Winter Olympics, the FIS World Championships and the FIS World Cup events have long been a showcase for the world's fastest cross country skiers. There are also special distance ski races, sometimes called ski marathons, like Vasaloppet in Sweden and Birkebeinerrennet in Norway. The skiing styles in these races might be fixed, or, in case of the so-called "double pursuit" event, the two styles are used each in their own separate half of the race (with a change of equipment in "pit stops" half way through).

Related Topics:
Winter Olympics - FIS - Showcase - Ski marathon - Vasaloppet - Sweden - Birkebeinerrennet

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• Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
• Cross-country skiing World Championships
• Cross-country skiing World Cup medalists