#cross-country-skiing

#cross-country-skiing

I cannot tell any trick that anyone on skis or a snowboard does from any other trick that anyone else does; I have to take Johnny Weir's word for what is an axel vs. what is a salchow; and watching ski jumping is like looking at a painting. For one, he's up there, while his competitors are back there, but more relevant to our purposes, he can pound out the pace on skis in a way that nobody else can.

I was young and crazy and was skiing somewhere I shouldn't have been in Lebanon and I fell 14 meters,

On Tuesday, the Norwegian cross-country phenomenon did what he has been doing all week: made world-class athletes look as if they were chasing a mirage. Technique? Flawless. Tactics? Ruthless. Power, speed and a hill-climbing gear that seems to defy physics? Check, check and check. Klbo cruised through the sprint classic rounds, detonated the field on the final climb and skied away with his second gold of these Games and his seventh gold overall, putting him just one shy of the all-time Winter Olympic record.

Jessie Diggins, the team's top athlete, said the same rules apply if she's inside with her husband, who's staying not with Diggins at the Olympics, but with family. "He wants to protect my health, too. And he knows how important this is," America's most decorated cross country skier said. "And it's like, we've been waiting 10 years to have the rest of our lives together all the time, and not worrying about sickness. We can wait two more weeks. It's okay."