Not to be too cheeky, but it’s getting a little awkward for the American men who make their living on Alpine and Nordic skis.
At the recently completed Alpine world championships, the American women captured four medals, two of them gold. The men left Saalbach, Austria, empty-handed.
Now cross-country skiing’s world championships are underway in Trondheim, Norway. While the women, led by Olympic and world champion Jessie Diggins, seem like a good bet to collect some hardware, the men haven’t landed on the podium at an Olympics or world championships since Bill Koch won the bronze medal in the 30-kilometer race at worlds in 1982.
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And as much as the U.S. Nordic
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