The cross-country skiing World Cup races in Minneapolis kick off Saturday with the women's sprint qualifiers at 7 a.m. Alaska time.
A skier practices on the World Cup course in Minneapolis, Minnesota ahead of races that start Feb. 17, 2024.
The top cross-country skiers in the world, including some from Alaska or with Alaska connections, are competing this weekend in a rare World Cup tour stop in the U.S.will be held on a thin layer of snow covering that soil, due to very little snow in the region this year. And while the Alaskan skiers in the races are used to better snow coverage back home, Alaska reporter Nat Herz, who’s in Minneapolis for the event, says there are some Alaskans among the top contenders.Nat Herz
: We call the athletes from America that compete on this European World Cup circuit, we tend to call them, “the U.S. Ski Team.” We probably could call them, like, “the U.S.A. Ski Team,” for “United States of Alaska Ski Team.” I’m looking at some of the ones that either are from Alaska or train in Alaska, and we’ve got, you know, Rosie Brennan, who’s one of the best female racers in the world, Renae Anderson, who trains with the Alaska Pacific University team.
And then we’ve also got JC Schoonmaker and Gus Schumacher, two of the stronger men. Gus Schumacher, he won a world championship in the junior division a few years ago and has been a really, like, promising young talent for the U.S. He grew up in Anchorage, and he’ll be racing here, has had some strong results on the World Cup this year. You know, not really an obvious podium contender, but he’s a guy that’s gonna get a lot of love from the crowd.
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