Ebba Andersson secured a historic victory in the women's 50-kilometer mass start classic at the Winter Olympics, finishing with a time of 2:16:28. Heidi Weng took second place, 2:15 behind Andersson, while Nadja Kälin claimed bronze, roughly 4.5 minutes behind silver and 6:42 behind gold. Kristin Fosnæs finished fourth, just 2.4 seconds out of third, and Jessie Diggins placed fifth, 2.5 seconds out of fourth and 4.9 seconds out of the medals. This race marked the first women's 50km event in 102 years of Winter Olympics history, using a 7.2km loop with seven laps. However, Andersson was sick after the Olympic victory and missed the previous weekend's World Cup in Falun.
Andersson faced challenges in the women's 4 x 7.5km relay at the Olympics, where she fell three times during the second leg, with her ski breaking on the last fall. She finished her relay leg 1 minute and 18 seconds behind the leaders, but Sweden still won silver with a time of 1:16:35.7, 51 seconds behind Norway. Overall, Andersson won three silver medals at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics: in the 10km freestyle, 20km skiathlon, and relay.
I really went for it but it didn't hold all the way. I am satisfied with the result but a bit more dissatisfied with the skiing, that it didn't last longer.
In Ski Classics events, Andersson chose participation ahead of the World Cup in Lahti. Stina Nilsson finished second in the Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja, 9.9 seconds behind Andersson, while Anikken Gjerde Alnæs placed fourth, 1:10.6 behind Andersson. Louise Lindström finished fifth in the Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja, 5:16.4 behind Andersson.
Frida Karlsson won the women's 50km in the World Cup in Holmenkollen by a margin of about two minutes. However, Karlsson and Jonna Sundling scratched from the women's 50km Olympic race.
I was eight and a half minutes behind Norwegian winner Anikken Gjerde Alnæs.
In Paralympic skiing, Ebba Årsjö finished with three gold medals in downhill, combined, and giant slalom, and one bronze in super-G. She led the slalom competition after the first run despite a mistake in the middle of the course. In the giant slalom, Årsjö had a clear lead over Russian Varvara Vorontjichina after the first run. She doubled her lead in the second run, but it is worth noting that she crashed out in the giant slalom competition four years ago in Beijing.
The Swedish ski team experienced varied results and controversies, with Sweden on the podium in the single mixed relay, while France was disqualified because the star shot one shot too many. Anna Swenn-Larsson finished outside the top ten in the home race in Åre, and Sweden sent part of the team home early from the Olympics with minor illness.
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Stina Nilsson finished 12th in the Marcialonga Bodö ski race, nine minutes behind the leader, a contrast to her victory in the same race last year.
Cornelia Öhlund finished seventh in the women's slalom in Åre, and she had a recent Olympic medal within reach but was stopped by a pole break.
It was very tough. I felt partway through the race that I just had to raise the stakes; I haven't trained too much lately.
Thea Louise Stjernesund finished eighth in the World Cup giant slalom in Åre, 2.55 seconds behind winner Julia Scheib, but she won the Norwegian Championship in giant slalom, earning her third kongepokal.
Norwegians dominated the men's 50km in Holmenkollen, with Einar Hedegart winning.
I really wanted to try an individual 5,000m and challenge myself. But it probably would have had to be a little hillier and a little more up and down.
Ski Classics Season XVI consisted of 14 events across 10 event weekends in 6 countries, from December 13, 2024, to March 30, 2025, with Anikken Gjerde Alnæs winning the overall Yellow Champion competition.
In the women's 50km Olympic race, all four American starters finished in the top 30, with Rosie Brennan taking 15th place, Hailey Swirbul 19th, and Kendall Kramer 26th. It was the 22nd and final Olympic race for Jessie Diggins. During commentary, a British commentator said Hailey Swirbul was coming out of retirement for the race and had only been back on skis for two months, which is grievously false, while NBC commentator Steve Schlanger used imperial measurements for race distances.
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Louise Lindström's results show contradictions: she finished second in a race, just over two minutes behind the winner, in addition to her fifth-place finish in the Grand Finale Summit 2 Senja.