Cross-Country Headlines

• Cologna wins men's freestyle gold POSTED: Feb 15, 4:23p ET | UPDATED: Feb 15, 10:25p ET Switzerland's Dario Cologna won the men's 15-kilometer freestyle cross-country race at the Vancouver Games in his Olympic debut.
• Kalla wins women's 10km freestyle POSTED: Feb 15, 1:50p ET | UPDATED: Feb 15, 10:27p ET First-time Olympian Charlotte Kalla of Sweden led from start to finish Monday to win the women's 10-kilometer freestyle race at the Vancouver Games for her first Olympic gold medal.
  
• Bauer, Northug vie for dominance POSTED: Feb 15, 12:39a ET | UPDATED: Feb 15, 12:39a ET

  Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic has every intention of making Petter Northug wait a little longer for his first Olympic gold when cross-country skiing begins Monday.

• Saarinen makes up for lost time POSTED: Feb 14, 1:32a ET | UPDATED: Feb 14, 1:32a ET A relatively late bloomer after taking up cross country skiing aged 15, Finland's Aino-Kaisa Saarinen has made up for lost time in spectacular fashion over the last three years.
  
• Bjoergen hoping for a charm POSTED: Feb 14, 1:06a ET | UPDATED: Feb 14, 1:06a ET

  Norway's Marit Bjoergen is hoping it will be third-time lucky on Monday in her quest for gold in the women's 10km cross-country freestyle race as she bids to avoid yet another runner-up finish.

• 'Catastrophic' skiing awaits if wet weather remains POSTED: Feb 12, 12:17a ET | UPDATED: Feb 12, 9:37p ET Medal contender Petra Majdic had just one word to describe the likely impact of weekend rain on the winding cross country skiing trails at Whistler Olympic Park.
• Northug opts for silence after training POSTED: Feb 11, 8:09p ET | UPDATED: Feb 11, 8:23p ET Red-hot medal favorite Petter Northug refused to address reporters after completing his cross-country practice, opting instead to remain cocooned in a bubble of intense pressure.
  
• Report: All Russian Olympians tested POSTED: Feb 11, 3:32p ET | UPDATED: Feb 11, 3:33p ET Russia's anti-doping agency has reportedly claimed that all the country's athletes for the Vancouver Winter Olympics have undergone drug tests.
  
• Tour winners face tough medal tests POSTED: Feb 9, 10:43p ET | UPDATED: Feb 9, 10:45p ET

  The current king and queen of cross-country skiing -- Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic and Poland's Justyna Kowalcyzk -- will be looking to add Olympic gold to this winter's success in Vancouver.

• Kenya's Boit suffers Games heartbreak POSTED: Feb 9, 8:41p ET | UPDATED: Feb 9, 8:41p ET

  Kenyan Nordic skier Philip Boit, who had been hoping to mark his retirement with a third Winter Olympic appearance, will now set his sights on a possible world championship swansong instead.

• Kowalczyk, Joensson enter Vancouver with wins POSTED: Feb 6, 4:32p ET | UPDATED: Feb 7, 10:43a ET By Universal Sports Emil Joensson of Sweden and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk won their respective third and eighth World Cup titles of the season after winning the men's and women's sprint races held in Canmore, Alberta.