Cross Country Skiing
Tour de Ski: Johannes Høsflot Klæbo wins historic fifth title
January 04, 2026 / NRK
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won the 2025/26 Tour de Ski overall title — his fifth, a new record. The final stage in Val di Fiemme was dominated by Mattis Stenshagen, who won the famed "Monsterbakken" climb, took an individual stage victory and finished second overall; Emil Iversen finished third on the stage and third overall.
Jessie Diggins dominant in Tour de Ski; Johanna Matintalo best Finn in sixth
January 04, 2026 / Yle
Jessie Diggins won the overall women's Tour de Ski title after the final climb on Alpe Cermis, with Johanna Matintalo finishing a strong sixth overall as the top Finnish skier. The report also covers other Tour results, prize money, Finnish team reactions and related jump competition news from Innsbruck.
Amnesty furious over Tour de Ski sponsor: “FIS lets itself be used”
January 04, 2026 / NRK
Amnesty International criticises the FIS for signing a major sponsorship deal with Azerbaijan’s state tourism bureau, calling the exposure at Tour de Ski sportswashing. Norwegian athletes also questioned seeing “Azerbaijan” prominently on start bibs during the Val di Fiemme event and elsewhere in the race arenas.
Frida Karlsson withdraws from Tour de Ski
January 04, 2026 / SVT
Frida Karlsson has decided to pull out of the 2026 Tour de Ski before the final climb up Alpe Cermis because of ongoing foot problems. The Swedish skier — who won the Tour in 2023 — said she will return home to rest and rehabilitate ahead of the Olympics, and her coach Per Nilsson confirmed prize money was not a factor in the decision.
Jasmi Joensuu has a chance today at a rare Finnish feat on the Tour de Ski
January 04, 2026 / Yle
Jasmi Joensuu goes into the final stage of the Tour de Ski positioned second overall and could become only the fifth Finnish woman to finish on the overall podium. She trails leader Jessie Diggins by 1:19 and will be defending her placing on the Alpe Cermis final climb in Val di Fiemme, with other contenders like Moa Ilar, Teresa Stadlober and Heidi Weng close behind.
Tour de Ski: Iversen and Stenshagen don’t get the Olympic answer they demand — NRK expert reacts strongly
January 04, 2026 / NRK
After strong Tour de Ski performances Emil Iversen and Mattis Stenshagen want a confirmed Olympic selection immediately so they can prepare. Norway’s team leaders say they will wait and keep NM (the Norwegian Championships) in the selection period, which NRK expert Fredrik Aukland criticises as a breach of the federation’s own guidelines.
Petter Northug turned up in Vantaa unexpectedly — supporting this season’s sensation Einar Hedegart
January 04, 2026 / Yle
Norwegian legend Petter Northug made a surprise appearance at the Skandinavia Cup in Vantaa to make up for missed training after illness. Northug has taken on a prominent off-ski role this season as sponsor, mentor and sparring partner for breakthrough star Einar Hedegart, who is now among the top favourites for Olympic gold in the 10 km time trial.
Cross‑country: Moa Ilar third ahead of the climb: "The last bit of strength"
January 04, 2026 / SVT
Moa Ilar is third overall heading into the final stage of the Tour de Ski, which ends with the notorious climb up Alpe Cermis. She says she must gather her last strength for the climb; Jessie Diggins holds a big lead while Jasmi Joensuu is in second overall.
‘He was with me today’ – Simpson-Larsen wins Final Climb for late biathlete Bakken
January 04, 2026 / FIS
Karoline Simpson-Larsen claimed the Final Climb (10 km Mass Start Freestyle) in Val di Fiemme — her second World Cup victory in three weeks — in a race that doubled as the Tour de Ski’s decisive Alpe Cermis stage. The win was a bittersweet one: Simpson-Larsen dedicated the performance to late Norway team biathlete Sivert Guttorm Bakken, who was found dead at the team hotel on Christmas Eve.
Klaebo makes history with record fifth Tour de Ski title: 'It's always great to win'
January 04, 2026 / FIS
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won his record fifth overall Tour de Ski title after finishing the Final Climb 12th in Val di Fiemme, retaining the yellow bib he had held since winning the opening sprint in Toblach. Klæbo led an all‑Norwegian overall podium with Mattis Stenshagen second and Harald Østberg Amundsen third; the victory also secured Klæbo the Tour sprint prize and 300 World Cup points.
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Asking for Olympic Answer — “I’ve Got Tears in My Eyes Around the Clock”
January 04, 2026 / Eurosport
After strong performances in the Tour de Ski, Emil Iversen and Mattis Stenshagen say they deserve immediate confirmation of Olympic selection for Milan–Cortina 2026. Experts and teammates argue Norway’s team management should apply its own criteria and give the athletes a clear yes so they can prepare mentally and practically for the Games.
Karoline Simpson-Larsen in tears after words from Sivert Guttorm Bakken
January 04, 2026 / SVT Sport
Norwegian Karoline Simpson-Larsen won the final climb on Alpe Cermis to take the stage victory in the Tour de Ski. After the finish she became emotional and said that she had been thinking of recently deceased biathlete Sivert Guttorm Bakken, who shortly before his death told her he believed in her.