The world cup is almost here and conditions in Ruka look amazing with temperatures looking to be below freezing all week.  You never really know who will be on form early in the ski season.  The last few seasons have been plagued with Covid but let’s keep our fingers crossed that this season will be back to being amazing.

Will Klaebo show us early form or will the cold he is rumored to have keep him sidelined?   Or will Aleksandr Bolshunov show us great form again.  There has been some great battle in Ruka but with the pandemic, an Olympic year, and in general a lot of uncertainty who really knows who will be skiing fast when the action heats up again.

Will Johaug dominate the womans distance races again this year?  Linn Svahn is out with an injury so we will have a new woman sprint winner this year in Ruka.

 

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