Cross Country Skiing
Karoline Simpson-Larsen edges Astrid Øyre Slind in a nail-biting finish in Davos
December 14, 2025 / NRK Sport
Norway’s Karoline Simpson-Larsen won her first Cross-Country World Cup race in Davos, beating Sweden’s Moa Ilar by 2.1 seconds with Astrid Øyre Slind a tenth further back in third. The upset came in a field missing several big names, and Simpson-Larsen, who is outside Norway’s national team, was moved to tears by a message from biathlete partner Johan Olav Botn. Experts hailed the performance and suggested it strengthens her Olympic selection case.
Cross-country: Maja Dahlqvist on Davos breakthrough: “I didn’t think it was real”
December 14, 2025 / SVT Sport
Sweden’s sprint star Maja Dahlqvist unexpectedly finished fourth in the women’s 10 km freestyle at the Davos World Cup after a powerful final push. She cut a large deficit in the last kilometers to finish just six seconds behind winner Karoline Simpson-Larsen and gain over 12 seconds on Astrid Øyre Slind. Dahlqvist told SVT she “didn’t think it was real” when she saw the splits, and joked that it’s now time for a Christmas break.
Mogren’s Olympic warning: She can challenge Sweden’s sprint women
December 14, 2025 / Sveriges Radio – Radiosporten
Radiosporten expert Torgny Mogren highlights Norway’s Mathilde Myhrvold as a growing threat to Sweden’s dominant women’s sprint team ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Myhrvold has been “hyper-strong” in recent World Cup sprints, nearly outsprinting Jonna Sundling in Davos. Mogren still rates Kristine Stavås Skistad as Norway’s top sprint hope but says Myhrvold’s medal chances are real.
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Powerful Olympic statement: Karoline Simpson-Larsen takes sensational first World Cup win
December 14, 2025 / Eurosport Norge
Norway’s Karoline Simpson-Larsen won the women’s 10 km freestyle in Davos, her first World Cup victory, bolstering her case for selection to the Milano–Cortina 2026 Olympics. She edged Sweden’s Moa Ilar and Norway’s Astrid Øyre Slind by just over two seconds, crediting extensive altitude training and smart pacing. Several usual distance favorites, including Heidi Weng and Frida Karlsson, skipped the race.
Cross-country: Einar Hedegart fastest in Davos, claims second World Cup win
December 14, 2025 / SVT Sport
Norway’s Einar Hedegart, who recently switched from biathlon to cross-country, won the men’s 10 km freestyle World Cup in Davos, securing his second straight victory after Trondheim last weekend. He finished 11.7 seconds ahead of Harald Østberg Amundsen and 18.8 seconds ahead of Mattis Stenshagen, while Sweden’s best, Gustaf Berglund, placed 15th. Neutral athlete Saveliy Korostelev finished 25th, 1:20 behind Hedegart.
Einar Hedegart confirms his dominance in the 10 km skate and wins in Davos
December 14, 2025 / L'Équipe
Norway’s Einar Hedegart, a former professional biathlete as recently as 2023–24, won the men’s 10 km freestyle in Davos for his second straight World Cup victory in the event after Trondheim. He led a Norwegian sweep of the podium ahead of Harald Østberg Amundsen and Mattis Stenshagen, with seven Norwegians in the top ten. France’s Mathis Desloges and Hugo Lapalus placed 9th and 10th, while Britain’s Andrew Musgrave was the first non‑Norwegian in 6th.
Cross-country: Lucas Chanavat wins Davos sprint as Edvin Anger crashes at start
December 13, 2025 / SVT Sport
France’s Lucas Chanavat won the men’s freestyle sprint in Davos after favorite Johannes Høsflot Klæbo was knocked out in the quarterfinals following trouble in a corner. Sweden’s Edvin Anger fell immediately after the final start when his pole tip caught the start gate and then his right pole planted on his right ski, leaving him last. Federico Pellegrino took second and Norway’s Oskar Opstad Vike finished third.
Davos sprint: Pellegrino edged by Chanavat in a photo finish
December 13, 2025 / La Gazzetta dello Sport
Italy’s Federico Pellegrino was beaten by mere centimeters by France’s Lucas Chanavat in the men’s freestyle sprint in Davos, taking second place in his 11th career final on the Swiss course. Norway’s Oskar (Oskar/”Vike”) Vike joined them on the podium, while top women’s honors went to Sweden’s Jonna Sundling ahead of Norway’s Mathilde Myhrvold and Switzerland’s Nadine Fähndrich. The piece also notes Italian results across winter sports and includes Pellegrino’s reflections as Italy’s recently named Milan–Cortina Olympic flagbearer.
Cross-country: Lucas Chanavat’s improbable World Cup sprint win: “How could I?”
December 13, 2025 / SVT Sport
France’s Lucas Chanavat, who paused all training after multiple injuries including a shin stress fracture just 2.5 months ago and failed to get through qualifying last week, stunned the field to win a World Cup freestyle sprint. He said he’d only resumed training 20 days earlier and had doubted even making World Cup starts this season. Federico Pellegrino finished second and Norway’s Oskar Opstad Vike third, while Chanavat now feels an Olympic podium is again possible.
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Stavås Skistad disqualified in Davos after obstruction in sprint semifinal
December 13, 2025 / Eurosport Norway
Norway’s top sprinter Kristine Stavås Skistad was initially through to the sprint final in Davos but was disqualified for obstruction after contact with Switzerland’s Nadine Fähndrich in the last corner. The jury cited Skistad’s earlier yellow card, which combined with this incident resulted in a red card and disqualification. Viaplay expert Niklas Dyrhaug said the decision could have gone either way but agreed the contact hurt Fähndrich’s exit speed onto the finishing straight.
Cross-country: Jonna Sundling wins Davos freestyle sprint after photo finish
December 13, 2025 / SVT Sport
Jonna Sundling dominated the day in Davos, winning the freestyle sprint after a photo finish over Mathilde Myhrvold by eight hundredths of a second. Sundling topped qualifying, her quarterfinal and semifinal, and capped it with victory the day after winning the team sprint with Maja Dahlqvist. Nadine Fähndrich finished third at home, Dahlqvist was fourth, Linn Svahn fifth, and Norwegian star Kristine Stavås Skistad was disqualified in the semifinal.
Russian skier Savely Korostelev returns to World Cup in Davos as neutral — comments on doping tests; Mika Vermeulen defends him
December 13, 2025 / Yle
Savely Korostelev and Darja Nepryayeva competed in the Davos freestyle sprint as neutral athletes, the first Russians to appear in cross‑country World Cup since March 2022. Korostelev told Yle he’s undergone multiple doping tests and is focused on sport, declining to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine, while Austria’s Mika Vermeulen publicly supported him as a friend. The piece also notes the legal path that allowed neutrals to start after CAS overturned an earlier FIS ban, and that both Russians are pursuing Milano–Cortina 2026 qualification.