Nordic skiing : the World Cup opens this Friday in Finland
Hostilities are about to begin in earnest. This Friday, the cross-country skiing world cup kicks off in Ruka, Finland. The programme includes a classic 10-kilometre individual race to kick off the winter on this circuit. And cross-country skiers won’t be the only ones taking part in the Finnish events.
After the pocket jump on Friday, the men’s combined event will also make its debut in the individual compact, while the jumpers will also be taking part, a week after kicking off their winter on the Lillehammer ski jump (Norway).
The cross-country skiers will also be competing in a classic sprint and a skate mass-start, while the combined skiers will be competing in a gundersen on Saturday, followed by a mass-start on Sunday. The jumpers will be vying for victory twice, on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.
The Ruka World Cup programme 🇫🇮
Friday 29 November
- 10.00 – Cross-country skiing: individual women’s 10 km CT
- 11:25 – Nordic Combined: HS142 men’s individual compact ski jumping competition
- 12.40pm – Cross-country skiing: men’s individual 10 km CT
- 15.00 – Nordic Combined: 7.5 km FT men’s cross-country ski pursuit of the individual compact
- 5.10pm – Ski jumping: men’s HS142 qualifications
Saturday 30th November
- 9.00 – Cross-country skiing: men’s and women’s CT sprint qualifiers
- 10:15 – Nordic Combined: HS142 men’s ski jumping competition from the Gundersen
- 11.30am – Cross-country skiing: men’s and women’s CT sprint finals
- 2.15pm – Nordic Combined: men’s 10km FT cross-country ski pursuit from the Gundersen
- 17h00 – Ski jumping: men’s HS142 individual competition
Sunday 1st December
- 8.30 am – Nordic Combined: mass-start 12.5 km FT men
- 9.30am – Cross-country skiing: men’s 20km FT mass-start
- 11:25 – Cross-country skiing: women’s 20 km FT mass-start
- 12.30pm – Nordic Combined: men’s HS142 mass-start ski jumping competition
- 1.45pm – Ski jumping: men’s HS142 qualifications
- 3.15pm – Ski jumping: men’s HS142 individual competition
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