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Simen Hegstad Krueger Is One of the Best Debutants of 2018 Winter Olympics
Though Simen Hegstad Krueger was a debutant of Winter Olympics, he earned 3 medals, 2 of which are gold. It is an astonishing start and the athlete is considered as one of the best debutants of PyeongChang. That’s why, we were eager to find out more about this Norwegian cross-country skier.Career Beginnings Simen Hegstad Krueger […]
Continue reading2018 Winter Olympics: 17 Most Decorated Athletes of PyeongChang
102 sets of medals were awarded at 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Some athletes returned home with no medals at all, someone gained 1 medal while the others got a couple of them. However, there were athletes, who won 3 and more medals at 2018 Winter Olympics and here they are:Marit Bjoergen (5 medals)The Norwegian […]
Continue readingCross-Country Skiing: Norway Finished First in Men’s 4 × 10 km Relay
Norwegian cross-country skiers gained victory in 4 × 10 km relay with the total time of 1 hour 33 minutes and 04.9 seconds. Thus, Didrik Toenseth, Martin Johnsrud Sundby (silver medalist in 30 km skiathlon in PyeongChang), Simen Hegstad Krueger (gold medalist in 30 km skiathlon and silver medalist in 15 km freestyle of 2018 […]
Continue readingCross-Country Skiing: Dario Cologna Wins Men’s 15km Freestyle and Becomes 4-Time Olympic Champion
Swiss Dario Cologna won in men’s 15 km freestyle, finishing in 33 minutes 43.9 seconds, and became the first cross-country skier, who won this event three times. Besides earning 3 gold medals in this discipline in 2010, 2014 and 2018, the athlete is also a gold medalist of 2014 Winter Olympics in 30 km skiathlon. […]
Continue readingSkiathlon: Simen Hegstad Krueger Won the Men’s Skiathlon
Yesterday, we had a fully Dutch podium in speed skating. And today, all the podium places in men’s skiathlon were occupied by the athletes from Norway. The gold medal was earned by Simen Hegstad Krueger, who finished in 1 hour 16 minutes 20.0 seconds.Martin Johnsrud Sundby, a silver medalist of 2010 Olympics in 4×10 km […]
Continue reading2018 Winter Olympics: Fantastic Cross Country Skiing Men Posters
Men started to compete in cross-country skiing at the Olympic Games in 1924, 28 years earlier than women (link: 2018 Winter Olympics The Most Astonishing Cross Country Skiing Women Posters). The disciplines they compete in are the same, however, the distances are different. Thus, men compete in 10 km, 18/15 km, 30 km, 50 km, […]
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