Vasaloppet (Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The 90 km (56 mi) course...

contest" of "ski running". 1922: start of the Vasaloppet. 1922: Arnold Lunn creates modern slalom competitive skiing. 1922: First team ski race event...

Olympics. He finished sixth in the 50 km event. Alm also won the first Vasaloppet in 1922 and is still the youngest to have done so. "Cross-country skiing 1924"...

every winter. Sälen is best known for hosting the start of Vasaloppet, the oldest (since 1922) and largest cross country ski race in the world, with over...

competed in the 1924 Winter Olympics. He came second in the first Vasaloppet in 1922 (after his teammate from IFK Norsjö, Ernst Alm), and won the second...

woman appointed annually to give the winner of the skiing competition Vasaloppet a laurel victory wreath by hanging it around his neck. A man doing the...

and other countries. Torsby Ski Tunnel and Sports Center is an official Vasaloppet Centre. Directly adjacent to the facility is Torsby Sports hotel. The...

O-Ringen (orienteering) Stockholm Marathon Vansbrosimningen (swimming) Vasaloppet (cross-country skiing) Vätternrundan (bicycle racing) Open to elite only...

Canins was Italian champion 15 times and the first Italian to win the Vasaloppet and win 10 times the Marcialonga. She was world champion in mountain biking...

Anton Collin and Martti Lappalainen were the first two, winning the 50 km in 1922 and 1928, respectively.). At the 1928 Winter Olympics he finished ninth in...