Four-time Olympic gold medallist Therese Johaug ended her glittering career in style with victory on home snow at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup in Oslo.

Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug completed a hat-trick of gold medals in the last event of the Winter Olympics here as she won the women’s 30 kilometres mass start freestyle.

Ukrainian cross-country skier Valentyna Kaminska has become the second athlete to return a positive doping test at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Iivo Niskanen secured the third Olympic title of his career and Finland's first of the Games here as he stormed to victory in the men’s 15 kilometres classic at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre.

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo became the first cross-country skier to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in men’s sprint free as he triumphed at the Winter Olympics here.

Alexander Bolshunov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has hit back at doping sceptics after being crowned men’s 30 kilometres skiathlon champion at the Winter Olympics here.

Three-time Olympic champion Johannes Høsflot Klæbo is the headlining name on Norway's cross-country team, with the most-successful Winter Olympic nation expected to dominate the sport at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. 

Cross-country skier Seyed Sattar Seyd, who was due to carry Iran’s flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics here, has been ruled out of the Games after contracting COVID-19.

Sweden’s Olympic officials have challenged their athletes to win a record number of medals in Beijing, even though over half the squad are appearing at the Games for the first time.

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Simen Hegstad Krüger has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the start of the Winter Olympics here, handing another huge blow to the Norwegian cross-country skiing team.

Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian Brian McKeever is one of 12 athletes named in the country's cross-country skiing and biathlon team for the Beijing 2022 Paralympics.