12 Americans Ready For Davos Sprint, Distance Weekend
All eyes are on Jessie Diggins (Afton, Minn.) and Sadie Bjornsen (Mazama, Wash.) as the U.S. Cross Country Team heads to Davos, Switzerland, for the second FIS Cross Country World Cup freestyle sprint of the season Saturday, and women and men’s 10k/15k freestyle events Sunday. Diggins just missed the sprint podium the past two seasons in Davos, finishing fourth last year and fifth in 2016. She has been progressing through the start of the season despite battling a cold, posting an eighth-place 10k freestyle finish last weekend. Bjornsen is currently ninth in the overall World Cup standings thanks to six top-10 results this season, including a third-place freestyle sprint finish in Lillehammer, Norway, two weeks ago.
Could we see two Americans on the podium in Davos Saturday? Tune in at 7:20 a.m. (EST) to The Olympic Channel and NBC Sports Gold app for live coverage Saturday.
Freestyle sprint starters
- Sadie Bjornsen
- Jessie Diggins
- Rosie Brennan
- Ida Sargent
- Sophie Caldwell
- Kelsey Phinney
- Simi Hamilton
- Kevin Bolger
- David Norris
Women's 10 & men's 15 km freestyle starters
*Subject to change
- Sadie Bjornsen
- Jessie Diggins
- Rosie Brennan
- Sophie Caldwell
- Caitlin Patterson
- Scott Patterson
- Adam Martin
- Simi Hamilton
- David Norris
HOW TO WATCH
All times EST.
Preliminary schedule, subject to change
*Same-day delayed broadcast
**Replay broadcast
Saturday, Dec. 15
7:20 a.m. - Men and women’s sprint - Davos, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
7:30 a.m. - Men and women’s sprint - Davos, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV
Sunday, Dec. 16
3:15 a.m. Women’s 10k interval - Davos, SUI - OlympicChannel.com & NBC Sports Gold
9:00 a.m. Women’s 10k interval - Davos, SUI - Olympic Channel-TV*
5:45 a.m. - Men’s 15k interval - Davos, SUI - NBC Sports Gold / Replay available on OlympicChannel.com