Returning to the schedule after a one-year absence, the 50 km Mass Start in Oslo (NOR) on Saturday 14 March is set to be one of the highlights of the 2025-26 FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup season.<\/p>\n
Known for its electric atmosphere generated by the thousands of passionate spectators who line the course at the Holmenkollen National Arena, this legendary race will benefit from a new format this season.<\/p>\n
Not only will both the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s 50km Free technique take place on the same day for the first time since the women\u2019s event was extended from 30km to 50km in 2023, but they will also overlap.<\/p>\n
The men will start first at 10:00 local time, 45 minutes ahead of the women, meaning that, in part, the races will be on the course at the same time.<\/p>\n
Across three hours of non-stop racing, fans will have the chance to see the athletes pass by 12 times as they negotiate six laps of the 8.3km course, making it a true celebration of endurance, strategy and excitement. Each skier has the opportunity to change their skis once in the stadium after completing a full 8.3km lap..<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all its fantastic to have the 50km back on the calendar,\u201d FIS Cross-Country Skiing Race Director Michal Lamplot said. \u201cThe Holmenkollen 50km is iconic, steeped in history and tradition. And for the first time, women and men will race on the same day. That will allow both competitions to experience the electrifying atmosphere that makes Holmenkollen such a special place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Returning to the schedule after a one-year absence, the 50 km Mass Start in Oslo (NOR) on Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[85],"tags":[22022,9845,157,156,22020,22021,2741],"class_list":["post-39591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oslo","tag-federation","tag-fis","tag-norway","tag-oslo","tag-ski","tag-snowboard","tag-winter-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116223230902928747","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}