The 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup was the 41st official

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season in

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for men and women. The season began on 26 November 2021 in

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, Finland and was scheduled to conclude with the World Cup Finals on 18–20 March 2022 in

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, Russia. But after the

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FIS announced that the World Cup Finals would be cancelled or moved. As a result, the final competition was the mixed team events on 13 March 2022 in

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, Sweden. The season featured a break in February for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. On 1 March 2022, following the

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, FIS decided to exclude athletes from Russia and Belarus from FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.

Men

Calendar

Men's relay

Standings

Overall

Distance

Sprint

U23

Bonus Ranking

Prize money

Women

Calendar

Women's relay

Standings

Overall

Distance

Sprint

U23

Bonus Ranking

Prize money

Mixed team

Nations Cup

Overall

Men

Women

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points to win in every competition in the 2021/22 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup for men and women. Team Sprint and Relay used to count only for Nations Cup but in this season they also made an impact on individual standings, unless it is mixed competition for men and women. Starting this season bonus points will be counted for sprint qualifications.

Achievements

Only individual events. ;First World Cup career victory: ;Men * Alexander Terentyev (22), in his 4th season – the WC 1 (Sprint C) in Ruka; also first podium * Håvard Solås Taugbøl (28), in his 9th season – the WC 8 (Sprint F) in Dresden; first podium was 2019–20 WC 5 (Sprint F) in Davos * Richard Jouve (27), in his 8th season – the WC 12 (Sprint C) in Drammen; first podium was 2014–15 WC 23 (Sprint F) in Lahti * Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget (29), in his 9th season – the WC 13 (50 km Mass Start C) in Oslo; first podium was 2019–20 WC 14 (15 km Pursuit C) in Östersund ;Women ;First World Cup podium: ;Men * Alexander Terentyev (22), in his 4th season – the WC 1 (Sprint C) in Ruka – 1st place * Thomas Helland Larsen (23), in his 3rd season – the WC 4 (Sprint F) in Lillehammer – 2nd place * Wang Qiang (28), in his 4th season – the WC 12 (Sprint C) in Drammen – 2nd place * Joni Mäki (27), in his 9th season – the WC 14 (Sprint C) in Falun – 2nd place * Friedrich Moch (21), in his 3rd season – the WC 9 (10 km Mass Start F) in Val di Fiemme – 3rd place * William Poromaa (21), in his 4th season – the WC 11 (15 km C) in Lahti – 3rd place *

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(23), in his 4th season – the WC 15 (15 km F) in Falun – 3rd place ;Women * Mathilde Myhrvold (23), in her 4th season – the WC 9 (Sprint F) in Lenzerheide – 2nd place * Tiril Udnes Weng (25), in her 8th season – the WC 4 (Sprint F) in Lillehammer – 3rd place *

Johanna Matintalo Johanna Katariina Matintalo (born 11 December 1996) is a Finnish cross-country skier and former track and field athlete. She set Finnish age group records as a middle-distance runner and was national champion in the women's 800 metres in 2013, b ...

(25), in her 7th season – the WC 9 (Sprint C) in Oberstdorf – 3rd place ;Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins): ;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 S ...

– 8 (48) *

Iivo Niskanen Iivo Henrik Niskanen (born 12 January 1992) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has competed in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup since 2011. He is a three-time Olympic champion. Career Iivo Niskanen made his individual World Cup debut on 12 M ...

– 3 (8) *

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 t ...

– 2 (6) * Richard Jouve – 2 (2) *

Alexander Bolshunov Alexander Alexandrovich Bolshunov (, also '' tr.'' Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bolshunov; born 31 December 1996) is a Russian cross-country skier and two-time winner of the 14th and 15th Tour de Ski. Bolshunov is a nine-time Olympic medalist, t ...

– 1 (28) *

Sjur Røthe Sjur Røthe (born 2 July 1988) is a Norwegian cross-country skier. He is a three-time World champion. Career He made his World Cup debut in March 2009 in Trondheim, but did not finish the race, and collected his first World Cup points in Novembe ...

– 1 (6) * Didrik Tønseth – 1 (4) * Alexander Terentyev – 1 (1) * Håvard Solås Taugbøl – 1 (1) * Martin Løwstrøm Nyenget – 1 (1) ;Women *

Therese Johaug Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier from the village of Dalsbygda in Os Municipality. In World Ski Championships she won ten individual gold medals along with four gold medals in relays, and she is a ...

– 5 (82) * Maja Dahlqvist – 4 (5) * Natalya Nepryayeva – 3 (6) *

Jessie Diggins Jessica Diggins (born August 26, 1991) is an American Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. She is the most accomplished cross-country skier from the United States in the sport's history having won three World Cup overall titles, th ...

– 2 (12) * Jonna Sundling – 2 (5) *

Frida Karlsson Frida Elisabeth Karlsson (born 10 August 1999) is a Swedish cross-country skier. She won a silver medal in the women's 10 kilometres classical, bronze medal in the women's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start, and gold as a member of the women's 4 ...

– 2 (3) *

Maiken Caspersen Falla Maiken Caspersen Falla (born 13 August 1990) is a Norwegian former Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier who specialized in sprint and short-distance races. She is the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 Olympic champion in the Cross-country sk ...

– 1 (22) * Heidi Weng – 1 (13) *

Kerttu Niskanen Kerttu Elina Niskanen (born 13 June 1988) is a Finnish cross-country skier. She is a four-time Olympic medalist. Career At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, her first senior WCH, Niskanen finished eighth in the 10 km classic ...

– 1 (3)

Retirements

;Men *

Adrien Backscheider Adrien Backscheider (born 7 August 1992) is a French cross-country skier. He competed for France at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics in the cross-country skiing events. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the Internatio ...

* Dario Cologna *

Jean-Marc Gaillard Jean-Marc Gaillard (born 7 October 1980) is a French cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was seventh in the 50 km event at Sapporo in 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olym ...

* Baptiste Gros *

Jovian Hediger Jovian Hediger (born December 17, 1990, in Reinach, Aargau) is a Swiss cross-country skier. Hediger competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Switzerland. He placed 47th in the qualifying round in the sprint, failing to advance to the knockout ...

* Ueli Schnider ;Women * Elisa Brocard * Cendrine Browne *

Antonia Fräbel Antonia Fräbel (born 25 January 1997) is a German cross-country skier. She participated in the pursuit event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 The 42nd FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 24 February to 7 March 20 ...

* Laurien van der Graaff * Hannah Halvorsen *

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* Petra Hynčicová *

Charlotte Kalla Marina Charlotte Kalla (; born 22 July 1987) is a Swedish retired Cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. A four-time Olympian, Kalla won three golds and nine medals overall at the Olympics between 2004 and 2022. She holds the joint r ...

* Anamarija Lampič *

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Caitlin Patterson Caitlin Patterson (born January 30, 1990) is an American cross-country skier. Patterson was selected and competed for the United States in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea Early life and education Caitlin Patterson was bor ...

* Julia Preusseger * Lucia Scardoni * Evelina Settlin * Anne Winkler

Notes

References

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