Blink Festival: Start lists and times for the 10/15km Friday’s races
by Leandro Lutz
• 04.08.2023
The third day of the Blink Festival will see exciting competitions for the cross-country skiers. Here are the start lists for the 10/15km mass start races.
The Blink Festival has attracted big names from several countries, and today they will start at a mass start roller ski race: 10km for women and 15km for men.
Women start at 18:25 CET and men at 19:45 CET.
Click HERE for the complete start lists.
Women’s Start List
Men’s Start List
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FACTS: BLINK 2023
- 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: August 2 to 5, 2023
- Organizers: Norwegian Ski Association, Norwegian Biathlon Association, Sandnes municipality, and Axelar
- Website: www.blinkfestivalen.no
Program Blink 2023
August 2, Wednesday: BLINK Lysebotn Up, 7.5km uphill race, start in Lysefjorden
- 11:30: 1km and 2km girls and boys
- 12:15: 7.5km skating women senior, women junior
- 14:00: 7.5km double poling women and men senior
- 15:30: 7.5km skating men senior, men junior
August 3, Thursday: BLINK Classics at Ålgård
- 18:45: Start BLINK Classics
- 20:45: Estimated finish BLINK Classics
August 4, Friday: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum
- 7:30 – 14:20: Cross-country skiing and biathlon: competitions for age groups and juniors
- 12:00-21:00: OBOS Kid Camp
- 14:30-15:15: Biathlon: Shooting elite
- 15:30-15:50: Cross-country skiing: Prologue women and men
- 15:55-16:50: Biathlon: Shooting duel women and men
- 17:10-18:25: Biathlon: Super sprint qualification elite women and men
- 18:25-18:55: Cross-country skiing: 10km mass start women
- 18:55-19:45: Biathlon: Super sprint final women and men
- 19:45-20: 25: Cross-country skiing: 15km mass start men
- 20:45: Prize-giving ceremony
August 5, Saturday: BLINK in Sandnes Sentrum
- 7:40-14:20: Cross-country skiing and biathlon: competitions for age groups and juniors
- 12:00-21:00: OBOS Kid Camp
- 14:30-15:15: Biathlon: Shooting elite
- 15:20-15:40: Cross-country skiing: Prologue women and men
- 15:45-17:37: Biathlon: Quarter-finals start women and men
- 17:44-19:20: Cross-country skiing: Sprint quarter-finals and semifinals women and men
- 19:22-20:08: Biathlon: Semifinals mass start women and men
- 20:10-20:23: Cross-country skiing: Finals sprint women and men
- 20:25-21:05: Biathlon: finals mass start women and men
- 21:25: Prize-giving ceremony
All competitions are broadcast on NRK.