Oulun Tervahiihto or Tervahiihto is an annual ski marathon held in

Oulu Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...

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. Held since 1889, it is the longest-running annual long-distance ski race in the world.Tervahiihto
/ref> Races include 40km and 70km in both traditional and skating styles, and the terrain is mostly flat. In 2005 the race formally became affiliated to the

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with the founding of the

FIS Nordic Ski Marathon Cup FIS Nordic Ski Marathon Cup is an official skiing marathon cup held since 2005 and governed by the FIS. The cup consists of four locations, held several weeks apart in each of the Nordic countries. The first event is usually the Holmenkollen Skimar ...

, a series which includes the

Holmenkollen Skimaraton Holmenkollen Skimaraton is an annual ski marathon held in Norway. Held since 1974, in 2005 the race formally became one of the locations of the FIS Nordic Ski Marathon Cup, a series which includes the Holmenkollen Skimaraton, Tornedalsloppet in Swe ...

in Norway,

Tornedalsloppet Tornedalsloppet is an annual ski marathon held in Övertorneå, Sweden. Held since 1968, Tornedalsloppet is among the older long-distance ski-races in Sweden and the only one which commences in the Arctic Circle and finishes south of it. Traditi ...

in Sweden, the

Fossavatn Ski Marathon Fossavatnsgangan is an annual ski marathon held in Ísafjörður, in the Westfjords of Iceland. The event has been a part of Worldloppet since 2014. It is the oldest ski race in Iceland, held since 1935. Although it was cancelled several times in ...

in Iceland and the Oulun Tervahiihto. The race is now usually the second race of the cup, held in March.

References

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External links

Official site
Ski marathons Tervahiihto FIS Nordic Ski Marathon Cup Skiing competitions in Finland 1889 establishments in Finland