Blink Festival: Start lists and times for the sprint races

by Leandro Lutz • 05.08.2023
Blink Festival
The fourth and final day of the Blink Festival will see exciting competitions for the cross-country skiers. Here are the start lists 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 15:20 CET. Quarterfinals and semifinals start at 19:22 CET, and the finals at 20:10 CET.

Click HERE for the complete start lists.

Wildcard Men

Men’s Prologue Start List

Women’s Quarterfinals Start List 

Men’s Quarterfinals Start List 

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Read More: Musgrave and Øyre Slind won the Lysebotn Opp double poling race 2023

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 quarterfinals 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.

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