Any Day, Any Race

[Peter Minde]

Verily, a historic day. US men and women win both races today in the Tour de Ski.

DIGGINS. Any day, any f'n race. Diggins wins the women's 5 km mass start heat race. It's not even close. She may be retiring at the end of the season, but she ain't mailing it in. As well as leading the Tour de Ski, Diggins is the overall world cup leader.

 

[Peter Minde]

So much winning. Today's stage of the Tour de Ski was a 20 km classic technique pursuit start. Skiers start based on their overall position in the Tour.

As the women's TdS leader, Diggins went out first, and put time into her competitors. Like I said yesterday, she ain't mailing it in. On the men's side, Gus Schumacher was 6th.

 

[tirolski]

2026 starts off with the GOAT being human.

Rast ends Shiffrin winning streak in WC slaloms

Swiss skier Camille Rast has ended Mikaela Shiffrin's six-race winning streak in World Cup slaloms, beating the American star at a race in Slovenia as their duel shapes up nicely for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

www.espn.com

https://skiracing.com/shiffrin-pushed-to-the-limit-as-rast-wins-kranjska-gora-slalom/

Rast rhymes with fast.

 

[Peter Minde]

Diggins finishes second on the Alpe Cermis. Skiing up a dang alpine bump with an average grade of 28%. She wins the 2026 Tour de Ski. There's enough points with this win that, unless she's injured, she'll win the overall World Cup.

 

[Peter Minde]

For those who might be interested, here's a link for live streaming the cross country national championships here in Lake Placid. The skate sprint will be on Tuesday; 20 km mass start skate on Thursday; classic sprint Friday. Sorry I couldn't share this earlier, I was too busy covering the 10 km race.

https://www.bullitttiming.com/events/USSA-Nationals-2025

 

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For those who might be interested, here's a link for live streaming the cross country national championships here in Lake Placid. The skate sprint will be on Tuesday; 20 km mass start skate on Thursday; classic sprint Friday. Sorry I couldn't share this earlier, I was too busy covering the 10 km race.

https://www.bullitttiming.com/events/USSA-Nationals-2025

U.S. Cross-Country Skier Jessie Diggins Wins Tour de Ski for the 3rd Time - SnowBrains

In a dominant statement heading into the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Team USA’s Jessie Diggins has won the 2025–26 Tour de Ski—her third Tour de Ski victory after previously winning the 2020-21 and the 2023-24 race. The final two stages of this season’s tour were held in the 2026 Olympic...

snowbrains.com

 

[tirolski]

Sorry I couldn't share this earlier, I was too busy covering the 10 km race.

https://www.bullitttiming.com/events/USSA-Nationals-2025

Thanks Peter for yer services.
Looks nice. Have fun.

 

[Peter Minde]

Thanks Peter for yer services.
Looks nice. Have fun.

It's fun but dang it's a lot of work. Worth it tho.

20 km mass start skate tomorrow.

 

[Peter Minde]

For those who might be interested, here are my first two race reports. I'm frankly astonished that I'm the only reporter on the scene.

Hunter Wonders Wins 10 km National Championship

Sammy Smith Wins Women's Freestyle Sprint

Smith is especially impressive as she's a standout soccer player at Stanford. She doesn't have as many days on snow as some of her peers.

 

[tirolski]

I'm frankly astonished that I'm the only reporter on the scene.

Looks like one other is reporting.
Do ya know him?

https://fasterskier.com/2026/01/where-the-margins-speak-u-s-nationals-opens-with-questions-not-answers/

Keep up the good work.