1994-1995 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup

The 1994-1995 cross-country skiing World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. The World Cup was organised by the International Ski Federation who also run world cups and championships in ski jumping, snowboarding and alpine skiing amongst others.

Bjørn Dæhlie reclaimed the crystal World Cup globe which Vladimir Smirnov had won in the 1993–94 season, thus taking his third overall men's World Cup title in four seasons. Smirnov won more races, with six wins including three during the 1995 World Championships, but Dæhlie was usually the runner-up. Also, one of Smirnov's World Championship wins didn't count towards the overall standings. Silvio Fauner, Harri Kirvesniemi, Torgny Mogren and Alexey Prokurorov also registered World Cup wins during the season.

In the women's Cup, Elena Välbe won the six first events, and eventually won nine of the 15 races including one gold at the World Championships. Russians occupied the top five spots in the women's World Cup, with multiple races having three or more Russians on top of the standings. Only the Lahti 10 km was not won by a Russian skier, and in 11 of the 15 races did Russians occupy the top two spots in the standings. The Norwegian publication "Sportsboken" said that Russian women had not been this dominant since the 1970s. [Eriksen et al, pg. 29.]

Race results

Women

Men

Women

External links

* [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/cross-country/cupstandings.html?suchen=true&suchcompetitorid=&suchseason=1995&sector=CC&suchgender=M&suchcup=WC&suchnation=&discipline=ALL&search=Search FIS Official Site World Cup Results]

References

* [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/cross-country/cupstandings.html?suchen=true&suchcompetitorid=&suchseason=1995&sector=CC&suchgender=M&suchcup=WC&suchnation=&discipline=ALL&search=Search FIS Official Site World Cup Results]
* "Sportsboken 95-96", ed. Arvid Eriksen, Schibsted, ISBN 8251615836

References and notes