The 2017–18 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 37th official

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season in

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for men and women. The season began on 24 November 2017 in

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, Finland and ended on 18 March 2018 in

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, Sweden.

Calendar

Men

Women

Men's team

Women's team

Men's standings

Overall

Distance

Sprint

Prize money

Helvetia U23

Audi Quattro Bonus Ranking

Women's standings

Overall

Distance

Sprint

Prize money

Helvetia U23

Audi Quattro Bonus Ranking

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Women

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2017/18 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and ladies.

Achievements

Only individual events. ;First World Cup career victory: ;Men *

Simen Hegstad Krüger Simen Hegstad Krüger (born 13 March 1993) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who competes in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup. He represents the club Lyn. He won the gold medal in the 2018 Olympics Skiathlon event, leading a medal sweep by th ...

, 24, in his 6th season - the WC 6 (15 km F) in Toblach; first podium was 2016–17 WC 7 (10 km F) in Toblach *

Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Alexandrovich Bolshunov (russian: Александр Александрович Большунов, also '' tr.'' Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bolshunov; born 31 December 1996) is a Russian cross-country skier and two-time winner of the ...

, 21, in his 2nd season - the WC 15 (15 km C) in Lahti; first podium was 2017–18 WC 1 (8th Nordic Opening Overall) in Ruka ;Women *

Ragnhild Haga Ragnhild or Ragnhildr is a Nordic feminine given name, and may refer to: People *Ragnhild (saint) (), Swedish saint * Ragnhildr, mother of Harald I of Norway * Ragnhildr ''in ríka'', daughter of Eric of Jutland, wife to Harald Fairhair and mothe ...

, 26, in her 9th season – the WC 1 (15 km F Pursuit) in Ruka; first podium was 2014–15 WC 8 (3 km F Prologue) in Oberstdorf *

Laurien van der Graaff Laurien van der Graaff (born 14 October 1987) is a Swiss, former cross-country skier. Career Born in the Netherlands to Dutch parents, she has dual citizenship. Her family moved to Switzerland when she was four. Van der Graaff competed at the ...

, 30, in her 9th season – the WC 8 (Sprint F) in Lenzerheide; first podium was 2011–12 WC 3 (Sprint F) in Düsseldorf ;First World Cup podium: ;Men *

, 20, in his 2nd season – no. 3 in the WC 1 (8th Nordic Opening Overall) in Ruka * Lucas Chanavat, 23, in his 3rd season – no. 3 in the WC 8 (Sprint F) in Lenzerheide *

Andrey Larkov Andrey Vitalyevich Larkov (russian: Андрей Витальевич Ларьков; born 25 November 1989) is a Russian cross-country skier. Career He competed in the World Cup 2015 season. He represented Russia at the FIS Nordic World Ski C ...

, 28, in his 6th season – no. 2 in the WC 8 (15 km C Mass Start) in Val di Fiemme *

Denis Spitsov Denis Sergeyevich Spitsov (russian: Денис Сергеевич Спицов; born 16 August 1996) is a Russian cross-country skier who competes internationally. Spitsov debuted in the World Cup in Davos, Switzerland, on 9 December 2017. He p ...

, 21, in his 1st season – no. 3 in the WC 8 (9 km F Pursuit Climb) in Val di Fiemme ;Women *

Yuliya Belorukova Yuliya Sergeyevna Stupak (russian: Юлия Сергеевна Ступак, née Belorukova; born 21 January 1995) is a Russian cross-country skier who competes internationally with the Russian national team. She competed at the FIS Nordic Wor ...

, 22, in her 4th season – no. 3 in the WC 1 (Sprint C) in Ruka *

Teresa Stadlober Teresa Stadlober (born February 1, 1993) is an Austrian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. She first competed at the Winter Olympics in 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's ...

, 24, in her 5th season – no. 3 in the WC 8 (10 km C Mass Start) in Val di Fiemme *

Maja Dahlqvist Maja Dahlqvist (born 15 April 1994) is a Swedish cross-country skier who represents the club Falun-Borlänge SK. She won the Sprint World Cup in 2022 and retained the title in 2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ...

, 23, in her 4th season – no. 2 in the WC 9 (Sprint F) in Dresden * Kathrine Harsem, 28, in her 9th season – no. 2 in the WC 10 (Sprint C) in Planica *

Natalya Nepryayeva Natalya Mikhaylovna Nepryayeva (russian: Наталья Михайловна Непряева; born 6 September 1995) is a Russian cross-country skier. She participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team ...

, 22, in her 5th season – no. 2 in the WC 15 (10 km C) in Lahti *

Jonna Sundling Jonna Patricia Marie Sundling (born 28 December 1994) is a Swedish Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who represents the club Piteå Elit. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation ...

, 23, in her 4th season – no. 2 in the WC 18 (Sprint F) in Falun ;Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses): ;Men *

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (born 22 October 1996) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Byåsen IL. He holds multiple records, most notably for being the youngest male in history to win the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, the Tour de Ski, ...

, 11 (14) first places *

Dario Cologna Dario Cologna (born 11 March 1986) is a Swiss cross-country skier. He has four overall World Cup victories, four Olympic gold medals, one World Championships gold medal and four Tour de Ski victories in his career. On 3 November 2021, he announc ...

, 5 (26) first places *

, 3 (3) first places *

Alexey Poltoranin Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin ( kk, Алексей Юрьевич Полтаранин, born April 29, 1987) is a Kazakh cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004. He has three World Cup wins, one in 2010 an ...

, 2 (11) first places *

Federico Pellegrino Federico Pellegrino (born 1 September 1990) is an Italian cross-country skier. Pellegrino is a world champion and Olympic silver medalist in cross-country skiing. In the 2015/2016 season, he won the sprint cup. Pellegrino is an athlete of the ...

, 2 (11) first places *

Maurice Manificat Maurice Manificat (born 4 April 1986) is a French cross-country skier who has competed since 2004. Career He has achieved three World Cup victories, in Lahti (March 2010), in Canmore (December 2012), both in the 15 km + 15 km double p ...

, 2 (9) first places *

Martin Johnsrud Sundby Martin Johnsrud Sundby (born 26 September 1984) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier who competed between 2003 and 2021. He is a two time Olympic champion at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the team sprint and relay and was also a silver and bro ...

, 1 (30) first place *

Sergey Ustiugov Sergey Aleksandrovich Ustiugov (russian: Сергей Александрович Устюгов; born 8 April 1992) is a Russian Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier, Olympic champion, world champion and Tour de Ski winner. Career ...

, 1 (12) first place * Alex Harvey, 1 (7) first place *

Emil Iversen Emil Iversen (born 12 August 1991) is a Norwegian Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who represents IL Varden. He is 2019 World Champion in team sprint and 4 × 10 km relay. Athletic career ;2010/11 Iversen was junior world champi ...

, 1 (5) first place *

, 1 (1) first place ;Women *

Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen (born 21 March 1980) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with 114 individual victories. Bjørgen is also the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country W ...

, 4 (114) first places *

Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Ingvild Flugstad Østberg (born 9 November 1990) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2008. Career She won her first competition in the sprint event in the Tour de Ski on 31 December 2013. Her previous best individual World ...

, 4 (11) first places *

Maiken Caspersen Falla Maiken Caspersen Falla (born 13 August 1990) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who specialized in sprint and short-distance races. She is the 2014 Olympic champion in the individual sprint and three-time Olympic medalist. She became the ...

, 3 (16) first places * Stina Nilsson, 3 (15) first places *

Charlotte Kalla Marina Charlotte Kalla (born 22 July 1987 in Tärendö) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing at international level since the 2003–04 season. Kalla is a three-time Olympian, winning her first Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Wi ...

, 3 (12) first places *

Heidi Weng Heidi Weng (born 20 July 1991) is a Norwegian cross-country skier and fell runner. Career In cross-country skiing her best individual World Cup finish is her victories in Tour de Ski both 2016–17 and 2017–18. She has won three gold medals a ...

, 3 (11) first places *

Krista Pärmäkoski Krista Pärmäkoski (née Lähteenmäki; born 12 December 1990) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2007. Among other career achievements, she is a five-time Olympic medalist. Career At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Pärmä ...

, 3 (5) first places *

Jessie Diggins Jessica Diggins (born August 26, 1991) is an American cross-country skier. She and teammate Kikkan Randall won the United States' first ever cross-country skiing gold medal at the Winter Olympics in the team sprint in 2018. At the 2022 Winter Oly ...

, 2 (5) first places * Hanna Falk, 2 (4) first places *

, 2 (2) first places *

Sophie Caldwell Sophia Shuell Caldwell Hamilton (born March 22, 1990) is a retired American cross-country ski racer who specialized in sprint disciplines. She won two races and achieved a total of 10 podiums in World Cup competition. Since 2019, Caldwell has bee ...

, 1 (2) first place *

, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following are notable cross-country skiers who announced their retirement during or after this season: ;Men * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;Women * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Footnotes

References

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