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Cross-country skiing - and biathlon - become boom spectator sports in Norway
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Norwegians love watching competitive cross-country skiing, and biathlon - the combination of skiing with shooting.
The popularity of the two sports has overcome football, rally car racing ... and downhill skiing.
This report from
Aftenposten.
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Yes, I'm hooked on Eurosport coverage, even more so since I tried cross country (classic and skating) in Font Romeu for a week last year and can appreciate the skills involved. The cross country team sprints last weekend near Calgary were incredible to watch, but biathlon has to be my favourite as the result is always in doubt, even after the last shooting. I get withdrawal symptoms once the season ends.
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watching the massive cross country annual race in Les Saisies is fantastic - every standard, from world class champions down to whole families with small kids, with courses for all levels. The finish is up the village main street, they bus in enough snow to cover the road and send the traffic on a diversion. The atmosphere is wonderful, the finish lasts a few hours, there are hundreds and hundreds of competitors and the place full of fantastic bodies in Lycra. One of the liaison pistes between Les Saisies and Crest Voland crosses one of the nordic pistes used for the race. I waited at the side to cross without inconveniencing any of the athletes skating fast up a gentle incline towards me - it was like trying to cross the M6 on foot. Impressive. Because they are racing against each other, and over a long period of time, the whole spectacle lasts a lot longer than a quick flash of a downhill racer at XXXX kph.
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Off to Norway in the morning (oh happy days!). May catch a race or try it myself, if my fitness permits. If not sliding downhill will be on the cards.
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