The 2023 XC World Cup Season began November 25, 2022 in Ruka, Finland

11/28/22

I followed the races on the FIS home page and read several Norwegian and Swedish Newspapers that were covering the races. With Russia not being able to compete, Norway and Sweden dominated the races. The FIS is not very happy when only a few countries dominate the sport. A lot of reporters that cover XC skiing agreed with the FIS and are hoping that skiers from a much broader base can win. With such stellar skiers as Jessie Diggins and Rosie Brennan, the American women are world class. Lately, however, American men have not been World Cup contenders. Canada’s Pierre Harvey and his son Alex were both world class skiers just like Bill Koch, Jim Galanes and Dan Simoneau, all from the United States. Not that long ago, North American skiers were among the world’s best.

The numbers shown are the finish position for every country that that had at least one skier in the top twenty. In every race the Norwegian men and Swedish women finished first and second.

Men’s Sprint Women’s Sprint

Norway: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 & 13 Sweden: 1, 2, 6, 10 & 14

Sweden: 5, 12 & 20 Norway: 3, 5, 8, 9 & 12

France: 6, 8 & 17 Finland: 4, 13, 15, 18 & 20

Italy: 7 & 10 Czech Rep: 7 & 19

Finland: 14 & 18 USA: 11

Czech Rep: 15 & 16 Germany: 16

Poland: 11 Switzerland: 17

USA: 19

10K Classic Men 10K Classic Women

Norway: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10 & 13 Sweden: 1, 2, 8, 11 & 18

Sweden: 4, 9, 17 & 19 Norway: 4, 6, 9, 12 & 16

Italy: 11 & 14 Finland: 5, 10, 14 & 15

Germany: 8 & 15 Germany: 3, 13 & 20

Finland: 12 & 18 USA: 7

Great Britain: 5 Switzerland: 17

Estonia: 20 Japan: 19

Ireland: 16

20 K Pursuit Men 20K Pursuit Women

Norway: 1, 2, 6, 8, 9, 11 & 12 Sweden: 1, 2, 7, 18 & 19

Sweden: 3, 5 & 18 Norway: 3, 4, 5, 8, 11 & 16

Germany: 9 & 13 USA: 6 & 10

Switzerland: 16 & 17 Finland: 9 & 12

Great Britain: 6 Germany: 13 & 14

USA: 14 Austria: 17

Italy: 4 Switzerland: 15

Czech Rep: 15 Canada: 20

Japan: 19

-Len