Cross-Country Skiing FIS World Cup 2025 - 2026

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15 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Great 6th place for Gismondi  Beating almost all Norwegians and some of the Swedes is a superb performance.

Franchi had a similarly impressive performance at the 2023 World Championships on the same distance but later she completly missing. I hope that with Gismondi will be different, especially since she was already a great talent in her junior years. The problem in Italy is that for the past 15 years, aside from Pellegrino, there has been a miss of stability in other athletes: there are some booms of excellent form, but later they disappear. I also worry that funding for cross-country skiing will be cut after the Cortina Olympics.

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16 hours ago, Federer91 said:

Great 6th place for Gismondi  Beating almost all Norwegians and some of the Swedes is a superb performance.

And remember the Olympic Paradox - it is slightly easier to get a medal at the Olympics than at a World Cup because in the Olympics the numbers of racers from the powerful nations are capped at 4.