FIS has released the FIS Cross Country World Cup 2026/27 calendar: https://assets.fis-ski.com/f/252177/x/46d75109f7/wc-cal_nordic26-27.pdf    27.-29.11. Ruka (FIN) 04.-06.12. Trondheim (NOR) 11.-13.12. Davos (SUI) 31.12.-03.01. Les Rousses (FRA) 05.-06.01. Oberstdorf (GER) 08.-10.01. Val Di Fiemme (ITA) 22.-24.01. Engadin (SUI) 29.-31.01. Toblach (ITA) 12.-14.02. Lahti (FIN) 22.02-07.03-2027 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Falun (SWE) 12.-14.03 Oslo (NOR) 16.03. Drammen (NOR) 19.-21.03 Ulricehamn (SWE)   oddities in the calendar:   1:There is no stage for the dates 18.-20.12. It turns out that at the beginning of the season there is a 2-week break from 14.-27.12 without any starts; there is no reason for such a long break. 2:Oberstdorf at the Tour de Ski. FIS kicked Oberstdorf out of the Tour de Ski because the weather there was always something wrong and stages were constantly being cancelled, promising that it would no longer do business with Oberstdorf and that there would be no more weather problems at the Tour de Ski. What is Oberstdorf doing at the Tour de Ski again? 3: There is no stage scheduled for February 5-7. This means there's a week-long break without competitions mid-season from February 1-7; there is no reason for such a break. 4: The stage in Lahti (FIN) in mid-February. It can be -25 degrees Celsius in Finland in mid-February. Why risk canceling the stage? 5: The stage in Oslo (NOR) is scheduled immediately after the 22.02-07.03.2027 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Falun (SWE), which means there will be no 50 km marathon in Oslo (NOR). FIS will not schedule a 50 km marathon for the stage before the 22.02-07.03.2027 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Falun (SWE), since no one will come. This means the 50 km marathon will be at the season finale at the end of March in Ulricehamn (SWE). But Ulricehamn (SWE) is Sweden. Also, Ulricehamn (SWE) is southern Sweden. At the end of March, there is snow in Canada,iceland,Australia, and New Zealand. There is also snow in Tibet China, and Japan. But Japan and China have a very negative attitude towards foreigners and will not cooperate with FIS. If the final stage with a 50 km marathon were in Canada,iceland,Australia, or New Zealand, there would be no questions, but southern Sweden? What is FIS thinking?    

Jocelyn Peterman, Brett Gallant    Julie Zelingrová, Vít Chabičovský   Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill   Jennifer Dodds, Bruce Mouat   Stefania Constantini, Amos Mosaner   Kristin Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten   Kim Seon-Yeong, Jeong Yeong-Seok   Isabella Wrana, Rasmus Wrana   Briar Schwaller-Hurlimann, Yannick Schwaller   Cory Thiesse, Korey Dropkin

For me most important are the sports i follow all the season: biathlon, cross country skiing, ski jumping and curling (here i follow only European and World Championships). These are my 'golden coloured' sports on my excel schedule. The second group is: ski alpine, bobsleigh, short track, skeleton, nordic combined and some of the freestyle skiing (ski cross and slope style).  The third group: luge, speed skating, snowboard.   I will also look up for ski mountaineering - i never followed this, so I am happy to give it a try.         Sorry i have to say it: if it is a multiple choice poll the results should be number of votes for the particular option divided by number of voter, not the whole sum of the vote. It is probablythe forum engine, but every time i see a bad diagram, i rage out. The results should look like this:  

African championship semi final:  VS    VS  

Mens   3     Johannes Lamparter, Stefan Rettenegger, Thomas Rettenegger   Ilkka Herola, Eero Hirvonen, Wille Karhumaa   Marco Heinis, Laurent Muehlethaler, Mael Tyrode   Vinzenz Geiger, Johannes Rydzek, Julian Schmid   Samuel Costa, Alessandro Pittin, Aaron Kostner   Sora Yachi, Ryota Yamamoto, Akito Watabe   Einar Luraas Oftebro, Jens Luraas Oftebro, Andreas Skoglund   2     Zhao Jiawen, Zhao Zihe   Jiří Konvalinka, Jan Vytrval   Kristjan Ilves, Ruubert Teder   Kacper Jarzabek, Milosz Krzempek   Vid Vrhovnik, Gašper Brecl   Dmytro Mazurchuk, Oleksandr Shumbarets   Ben Loomis, Niklas Malacinski   1     Chingiz Rakparov

Always good to get different perspectives

I'm very happy to meet everyone here for the first time, and I hope to participate in in-depth exchanges during the upcoming Milan Winter Olympics and even various future events.

And welcome back @Function CR Lee It seems like it’s been a while since we saw you here  

Welcome to the forum @Andre Han   Nice to see a new member from China on here     Welcome in @Jaden22 Hope you have fun and get involved in our chats 

Asian championship  with an epic comeback from 6 goals down and 7 minutes to go to get a draw against   then win 27-26 in extra time  final   VS