Blink 2024: Start lists and times for the sprint races
The Blink Festival has attracted big names from several countries, and today, they will battle for the win in a sprint in freestyle technique for women and men.
The prologue starts at 15:30 CET. The quarterfinals and semifinals start at 17:44 CET, and the finals start at 20:10 CET.
Click HERE for the complete start lists.
Also Read
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- Musgrave wins Blink Classics 2024
- Øyre Slind wins Blink Classics 2024
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- Musgrave and Øyre Slind winners at the Lysebotn Opp double poling race 2024
- Weng freestyle winner at the Lysebotn Opp 2024
FACTS: BLINK FESTIVAL 2024
- Who: Cross-country skiers and biathletes at national and international levels, as well as junior classes and age-specific classes for younger athletes
- What: Summer ski festival cross-country skiing, biathlon, and long-distance skiing, held for the first time in 2006
- Where: Sandnes, Lysefjorden and Gjesdal, Norway
- When: July 31 to August 3, 2024
- Website: https://www.blinkfestivalen.no/
Also Read – Blink Festival 2024: Complete calendar
Program
Wednesday, July 31: BLINK Lysebotn Up, 7.5km uphill race
- 11:00 CET: 1km and 2km girls and boys
- 11:45 CET: 7.5km skate women senior and women junior
- 13:30 CET: 7.5km double poling women and men senior
- 15:00 CET: 7.5km skate men senior and men junior
- Prize giving at Øygardstøl after the finish
Thursday, August 1: BLINK Classics at Ålgård
- 15:00-23:00 CET: Folk Festival at Ålgård – activities for children and young people
- 15:00-15:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen
- 17:00-17:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen
- 18:45 CET: Start BLINK Classics
- 20:45 CET: Estimated finish time BLINK Classics
- 21:15 CET: Free concert with Postgirobygget
Friday, August 2: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum
- 7:00-14:20 CET: Competitions for age groups and juniors
- 12:00-21:00 CET: Kid Camp – activities for children and young people in Rutenparken
- 14:00-14:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
- 14:30-15:15 CET: Shooting – biathlon elite
- 15:30-15:50 CET: Cross-country skiing – prologue women and men
- 15:55-16:50 CET: Biathlon – shooting duel women and men
- 17:00-17:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
- 17:10-18:25 CET: Biathlon – super sprint qualification elite women and men
- 18:25-18:55 CET: Cross-country skiing – 10km mass start women
18:55-19:45 CET: Biathlon – super sprint final women and men - 19:45-20:25 CET: Cross-country skiing – 15km mass start men
- 20:45 CET: Award ceremony
- 21:00 CET: Free concert with D.D.E.
Saturday, August 3: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum
- 7:30-14:20 CET: Competitions for age groups and juniors
- 11:00-12:00 CET: Free brunch
- 12:00-21:00 CET: Kid Camp – activities for children and young people in Rutenparken
- 12:00-12:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
- 14:15-15:00 CET: Prize-giving ceremony for age groups in Rutenparken
- 14:30-15:15 CET: Shooting – biathlon elite
- 15:30-15:40 CET: Cross-country skiing – prologue men
- 15:45-17:37 CET: Biathlon – qualification mix and single mix relay
- 16:00-16:45 CET: Show with Superbussen and Fantorangen in Rutenparken
- 17:44-19:20 CET: Cross-country skiing – quarterfinals and semifinals sprint women and men
- 19:22-20:08 CET: Biathlon – final mixed relay
- 20:10-20:23 CET: Cross-country skiing – finals sprint women and men
- 20:25-21:05 CET: Biathlon – final single mix relay
- 21:25 CET: Awards ceremony
- 21:45 CET: Free concert with Highasakite
All competitions are broadcast on NRK.
Are you interested in traditional cross-country skiing? Click HERE and read more about it.