Pre-comp facts Trondheim (NOR)
Feb 21, 2020·Cross-Country
Saturday, 22nd February 2020 - TRONDHEIM
PREVIEW FIS SKI TOUR 2020 – WOMEN'S SPRINT C
Therese Johaug won the last five individual events in the World Cup, including all four stages of the Ski Tour 2020.
The last woman to win six successive individual World Cup events was Marit Bjørgen from December 2014 to January 2015 (7 in a row)
Johaug has won eight overall Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, Ski Tour, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada). Only Marit Bjørgen (12) has won more.
Linn Svahn has won three individual World Cup sprint events, all three in 2019/20: in the classic style in Falun (8 February) and in the free in Dresden (11 January) and Davos (14 December).
At the age of 20 years and 75 days, Svahn can become the youngest skier, male or female, to win a fourth individual sprint event in the World Cup. Pirjo Muranen set the current record at age 21-286.
Svahn (20 years, 75 days) can also become the youngest skier, male or female, to claim a sixth World Cup victory in all events. Charlotte Kalla holds this record as she won her sixth World Cup event at age 20-168.
Maiken Caspersen Falla has won 20 individual sprint events in the World Cup, joint-second most among women alongside Petra Majdic. Only Marit Bjørgen (40) has won more.
Falla has claimed 50 individual sprint podium finishes in the World Cup, second-most all time among women after Bjørgen (60).
Falla and Bjørgen have both won a record six World Cup sprint events on Norwegian snow.
The only Norwegian woman to have won a World Cup event in Trondheim is Bjørgen, who won the sprint freestyle event on 24 February 2004.
Since the start of 2019, Falla has claimed seven podium finishes in individual World Cup sprint events, more than any other woman. Her four wins in this period are joint-most alongside Stina Nilsson.
Heidi Weng claimed her 15th World Cup sprint podium in Åre on 18 February. Weng has won only won sprint event in the World Cup, in Lillehammer (3-Days Tour) on 2 December 2016 (classic style).
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (17) is the woman on most World Cup sprint podiums without ever winning one. She finished third in Åre on 18 February.
Anamarija Lampic has won two individual sprint World Cup events this season, both stages in the Tour de Ski: in Lenzerheide on 29 December (freestyle) and in Val di Fiemme on 4 January (classic style).
Lampic's only other World Cup win was a victory in the sprint classic in Pyeongchang on 3 February 2017.
PREVIEW FIS SKI TOUR 2020 – MENS SPRINT C
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo has won 22 individual sprint World Cup events, at least six more than any other man (Emil Jönsson follows on 16).
Klæbo has won each of the last 14 individual sprint World Cup events he appeared in, since an 11th-place finish in the 3-Days Tour (freestyle) in Lillehammer on 30 November 2018 (Federico Pellegrino win).
Klæbo won nine of the last 10 individual sprint classic style World Cup events he participated in, including winning each of the last five. The exception was his second place in Ruka on 24 November 2018, when Alexander Bolshunov took the victory.
Klæbo (28) could equal Federico Pellegrino (29) in all-time third on most men's podium finishes in individual sprint World Cup events. Only Ola Vigen Hattestad (32) and Tor Arne Hetland (30) have more.
Klæbo (49) is one short of collecting his 50th podium finish in the World Cup (all disciplines). He is currently in joint-eighth place on most World Cup podiums along Axel Teichmann (also 49). Next up is Hetland on 52 top-three finishes.
Klæbo (3) could become the first man to win four individual sprint World Cup events on Norwegian soil. With three wins, he currently shares the record with Eirik Brandsdal, Jens Arne Svartedal and Hattestad.
Pål Golberg won the sprint classic style in Falun on 8 February, which meant his first World Cup win in any discipline since a sprint classic victory in Ruka on 26 November 2016.
Golberg has claimed one individual sprint World Cup victory on home snow in his career, the sprint freestyle event in Lillehammer on 5 December 2014 (3-Days-Tour).
Ten of Golberg's previous 13 top-three finishes in individual sprint World Cup events have come in the classic style event.
Alexander Bolshunov's victory in the sprint classic style in Ruka in November 2018 has been his only individual sprint win in the World Cup.
Five Russian male skier have won multiple individual sprint World Cup events: Sergey Ustiugov (5), Nikita Kriukov (5), Alexey Petukhov (3) and Nikolay Morilov (3).
The only time a Russian male skier claimed a World Cup triumph in Trondheim was on 21 February 1997, when Alexei Prokurorov won a gold medal in the 30km freestyle at the world championships.
Federico Pellegrino has won 13 career sprint World Cup events, joint-third most among men alongside Ola Vigen Hattestad. Only Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (22) and Emil Jönsson (16) won more.
Only one of Pellegrino's 13 World Cup sprint victories came in the classic style: in Canmore on 8 March 2016 (Ski Tour Canada).
Pellegrino's only win in Norway came in the sprint freestyle in Lillehammer on 30 November 2018 (3-Days-Tour). Switzerland (4) and Italy (2) are the two countries where he has won multiple individual sprint World Cup events.
Pellegrino could become the only man to win an individual sprint World Cup event in each of the last six seasons.
Sunday, 23rd February 2020 - TRONDHEIM
PREVIEW FIS SKI TOUR 2020 – WOMEN'S 15km pursuit C
Therese Johaug became the first skier, male or female, to win eight successive individual distance events in the World Cup when she won the 34km freestyle on 20 February.
Johaug (61) could equal Marit Bjørgen (62) on an all-time record World Cup wins in individual distance events.
Johaug has won 15 of the last 17 individual distance events in the World Cup. In that run, only Ingvild Flugstad Østberg on 1 January (10km pursuit classic, Tour de Ski) and Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen on 3 January (10km classic, Tour de Ski) managed to beat Johaug.
Johaug won a record 19 pursuit events in the World Cup, at least 12 more than any other skier (7 by Bjørn Dæhlie).
Johaug has won five of the last six World Cup pursuit races she appeared in, with the only exception a second place in the 10km pursuit classic style in Toblach (Tour de Ski) on 1 January.
Johaug reached the podium in each of the last 31 World Cup pursuit races she appeared in, since a ninth place in the 9km pursuit freestyle in Toblach (Tour de Ski) on 6 January 2011.
Johaug has won eight overall Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, Ski Tour, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada). Only Marit Bjørgen (12) has won more.
The last eight women's pursuit races in the World Cup have been won by either Therese Johaug (5) or Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (3).
Østberg has won five career World Cup pursuit races and can join Marit Bjørgen (6) and Justyna Kowalczyk (6) in second place on the all-time women's list. Johaug (19) is the only woman who won more than six pursuits.
Østberg reached the podium in six of the last seven World Cup pursuit races she appeared in, with the only exception a fifth place in the 10km pursuit freestyle in Quebec (World Cup Final) on 24 March 2019.
Østberg won 13 individual distance events in the World Cup, but never on home snow in Norway.
Fourteen of the last 15 World Cup pursuit races have been won by Norwegian athletes, including each of the last eight. The only exception was Jessica Diggins who won a pursuit in the World Cup Final in Falun on 18 March 2018.
Diggins can become the 15th woman and the first non-European to win multiple World Cup pursuit races.
Heidi Weng has claimed 22 podium finishes in World Cup pursuit races, second-most all time among women behind only Therese Johaug (34).
Weng has won seven individual distance World Cup events. Her last win came on 7 January 2018, when she won the 9km pursuit in the freestyle in Val di Fiemme (Tour de Ski).
The last non-Norwegian woman to win an individual distance World Cup event was Sweden's Stina Nilsson, when she won the 10km classic in Quebec on 23 March 2019 (World Cup Final).
PREVIEW FIS SKI TOUR 2020 – MENS 30km C
The previous three distance events in this inaugural edition of the Ski Tour have been won by as many different men: Sjur Røthe (15km free), Pål Golberg (15km pursuit classic) and Alexander Bolshunov (34km mass start free).
Since the start of 2018/19, Bolshunov has claimed 11 World Cup victories in men's individual distance events, at least seven more than any other skier in that period. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and Røthe both follow on four triumphs each.
Bolshunov won five of the last seven individual distance events in the World Cup, the exceptions taking place in this Ski Tour: fifth in the 15km free and second in the 15km pursuit classic.
Bolshunov finished on the podium in 11 of the last 12 individual distance World Cup events, with the only exception in that run a fifth-place finish in the opening stage of this Ski Tour (15km freestyle).
Bolshunov won the two most recent individual distance World Cup race of 30km or more, the 34km mass start classic in this Ski Tour and the 50km classic in Oslo on 9 March 2019.
The last skier to win more than two successive 30km+ World Cup races was Martin Johnsrud Sundby, who won four in row from December 2015-December 2016.
Bolshunov has won two overall Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, Ski Tour, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada): the World Cup Final in March 2018 and the Tour de Ski in January 2020.
Among Russian skiers, he currently shares the record on most overall Tour victories with Alexander Legkov (3-Days-Tour in 2010 and Tour de Ski in 2013).
Norwegian skiers won two of the first three distance events in this Ski Tour, as Pål Golberg triumphed in the 15km pursuit and Sjur Røthe in the 15km free classic style.
Sjur Røthe has won five individual World Cup events, including three in one of the Tours (3-Days Tour, Tour de Ski, Ski Tour, World Cup Final, Ski Tour Canada), but all came in the freestyle.
Simen Hegstad Krüger can claim his fourth World Cup win in an individual distance event and his first in a race of 30km or more.
Norwegian men have won 15 individual distance World Cup races of 30km or more on home snow, at least six more than any country, but they have yet to be victorious in Trondheim.
Iivo Niskanen recorded 10 of his 11 individual World Cup distance podiums in the classic style, with the only exception a second place in the 15km free in Nové Mesto na Morave on 18 January 2020.
Niskanen can become the third Finnish male skier to claim a World Cup victory in Trondheim, after Mika Myllylä in 1997 (50km classic) and 2000 (10km freestyle), and Sami Jauhojärvi in 2009 (50km classic).
Dario Cologna is aiming for his first World Cup win in almost two years. His last victory came in the 50km freestyle in Oslo on 10 March 2018.
Cologna's last podium finish in the World Cup was a third place in the 15km free in Davos on 15 December 2019.
