From the rules to the format to notable skiers, here is what you need to know about cross-country skiing at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
There are 12 cross-country skiing events scheduled for the 2022 Beijing Games: six men’s and six women’s. The men’s competitions include a skiathlon , individual sprint freestyle, 15-kilometer classical, 4x10km relay, team sprint classical and mass start 50-kilometer freestyle. The women’s competitions are a skiathlon , individual sprint freestyle, 10-kilometer classical, 4x5km relay, team sprint classical and mass start 30-kilometer freestyle.
In freestyle races, there are no restrictions on ski placement. With the freestyle technique, which is also known as skating, the skis are pointed outward and the movements look similar to ice skating and rollerblading. It’s also the technique that generates faster speeds. Ski wax also plays an integral role in an athlete’s performance. The formula must accomplish two contradictory tasks: grip the snow on the uphill while also gliding on the way down. Generally, freestyle racers will use glide wax, which decreases the friction between the skis and snow and improves speed. Classical racers, on the other hand, will apply both glide and kick wax, the latter of which increases the friction between the skis and snow.
Thousands of years later, cross-country skiing as a competition first popped up in northern Norway in 1843. The first major ski equipment innovation came from a Norwegian less than a decade later, when competitive skier and skiing pioneer Sondre Norheim invented a heel binding that made it easier to turn.
But, even in Bjørgen’s absence, Norway still boasts several of the sport’s top athletes. Three-time Olympic medalist Therese Johaug will make her return to the Games after a doping ban prevented her from competing in 2018. And on the men’s side, three-time gold medalist Johannes Hoesflot Klaeb and two-time gold medalist Simen Hegstad Krüger both look primed for more finishes atop the podium.
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