MINNEAPOLIS, MN: Surging along Sunday’s 10km Freestyle course, American cross-country skiing roared in anticipation and witnessed the unbelievable: A Win at Wirth. As Amundsen, then Klæbo, then Krüger finished off-pace, Gus Schumacher remained improbably, elatedly fixed to the Hot Seat. The thunder of the grandstands rose in frantic intensity, the hillsides overlooking the finish line roiled, and Pål Golberg plunged into the stadium – six seconds too late!