Exciting news, you guys! Thanks to USSA, you can now watch all of our races at World Champs! Follow along as we start the races this Thursday in Lahti, Finland. We’ve been working so hard towards these races since May (and, to be honest, for the last 5 years because it takes that long to build up fitness!) and I’m super excited to get these races underway!

Excited to race again! (photo from Cork)

Excited to race again! (photo from Cork)

Here’s how you can watch: Each day of the Championships, NBCsports.com will provide live streaming with full same-day event coverage of each medal competition on either NBCSN or Universal HD. Check out the schedule below for times (and so you know what we’re racing each day)!

I’m really sorry – I realize that many of these events take place in the middle of the night! But, that’s why there is the TV broadcast option for you to watch later!

2017 FIS NORDIC WORLD SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS
Live Streaming and Broadcast Schedule (times EST)

Thursday, Feb. 23
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Skate Sprint – LIVE STREAM
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. – Skate Sprint – TV: NBCSN

Friday, Feb. 24
3:30-4:30 a.m. – Nordic combined HS100m ski jumping – LIVE STREAM
6:30-7:30 a.m. – Nordic combined 10k – LIVE STREAM
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Women’s HS100m ski jumping – LIVE STREAM
1:30-2:30 p.m. – Women’s HS100m ski Jumping – TV: NBCSN
2:30-4:00 p.m. – Daily broadcast coverage – TV: Universal HD

Saturday, Feb. 25
5:00-7:00 a.m. – Women’s skiathlon – LIVE STREAM
7:30-9:30 a.m. – Men’s skiathlon – LIVE STREAM
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Men’s HS100m Ski jumping – LIVE STREAM
8:00-11:00 p.m. – Daily broadcast coverage – TV: Universal HD

Sunday, Feb. 26
5:00-6:00 a.m. – Nordic combined team HS100m ski jumping – LIVE STREAM
6:30-8:30 a.m. – Team classic sprint – LIVE STREAM
8:30-9:30 a.m. – Nordic combined 4x5k team event – LIVE STREAM
10:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m. – Mixed gender HS100m ski jumping team event – LIVE STREAM
9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. – Daily broadcast coverage – TV: Universal HD

Tuesday, Feb. 28
6:45-8:45 a.m. – Women’s 10k classic – LIVE STREAM|
5:30-7:00 p.m. – Women’s 10k classic – TV: Universal HD

Wednesday, Mar. 1
5:00-6:00 a.m. – Nordic combined HS130m ski jumping – LIVE STREAM
6:45-8:45 a.m. – Men’s 15k classic – LIVE STREAM
9:15-10:15 a.m. – Nordic combined 10k – LIVE STREAM
7:00-10:00 p.m. – Daily broadcast coverage – TV: Universal HD

Thursday, Mar. 2
8:00-10:00 a.m. – Women’s 4x5k relay – LIVE STREAM
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. – Men’s HS130m ski jumping – LIVE STREAM
1:00-3:00 p.m – Daily broadcast coverage – TV: NBCSN

Friday, Mar. 3
6:30-8:30 a.m. – Men’s 4x10k relay – LIVE STREAM
9:00-10:00 a.m. – Nordic combined HS130m ski jump – LIVE STREAM
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. – Nordic combined 2×7.5k team sprint – LIVE STREAM
12:00-2:30 p.m. – Daily broadcast coverage – TV: NBCSN

Saturday, Mar. 4
7:30-9:30 a.m. – Women’s 30k freestyle – LIVE STREAM
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. – Men’s HS130m ski jumping team event – LIVE STREAM
7:30-10:30 p.m. – Daily broadcast coverage – TV: Universal HD

Sunday, Mar. 5
7:00-9:00 a.m. – Men’s 50k freestyle – LIVE STREAM
1:30-3:30 p.m. – Men’s 50k freestyle – TV: Universal HD

Full details in this press release: http://my.ussa.org/news/live-coverage-nordic-world-champs-nbc

Coming out of the gates in Otepaa! (photo from Facebook-Anatolii Tsymbalov)

Coming out of the gates in Otepaa! (photo from Facebook-Anatolii Tsymbalov)

Last weekend it was great to get back to racing the World Cups again in Estonia. After a 3 week break I was feeling antsy to go again! My plan was to just race the sprint and then make sure that going into World Champs I’m super, super rested up since I’d like to do quite a bit of racing in the next 2 weeks.

En route to earning a place in the semis (photo from Facebook-Anatolii Tsymbalov)

En route to earning a place in the semis (photo from Facebook-Anatolii Tsymbalov)

The skate sprint went well for me – making it to the finals consistently is a goal I’ve been working hard towards and it was great to set my sights high on the day! We had totally awesome skis and it’s so important to thank the service team because it takes such a huge team of people to carry the small team of racers!

The athletes and staff after racing (and cheering) for the night tech sprints! (photo from Assar Jõepera)

The athletes and staff after racing (and cheering) for the night tech sprints! (photo from Assar Jõepera)

Which made the tech team sprints the night before so fun to see! Finally, a race where all our service team gets to shine! These are held every couple years when we race in Estonia and it’s always my favorite event of the year to see.

Start of the tech sprints! (photo from Assar Jõepera)

Start of the tech sprints! (photo from Assar Jõepera)

They’re at night under the bright stadium lights, and each country gets to enter one team of 3, and each person skis 2 laps total of the 600 meter course (usually it’s half of the sprint course). The tag zone is always total chaos and this year didn’t disappoint, but the real standout for us was seeing Andrew Morehouse, Tim Baucom and our wax tech Oleg Ragilo’s son, Frank, race around the course.

Andrew, smiling while racing (photo from Assar Jõepera)

Andrew, smiling while racing (photo from Assar Jõepera)

Tim racing up the hill! (photo from Assar Jõepera)

Tim racing up the hill! (photo from Assar Jõepera)

Frank getting after it! In the background, we were all yelling for him. (photo from Assar Jõepera)

Frank getting after it! In the background, we were all yelling for him. (photo from Assar Jõepera)

Now we’re excited to tackle the 6 races of World Champs. I’m going to end this post with a puppy photo, because in a few weeks this cute little guy will be coming to the Diggins household. And while he has nothing to do with racing, it’s too cute not to share. A happy skier is a fast skier, so I look at this photo daily. Now you can, too!

Look at that little guy! (photo from my Mom)

Look at that little guy! (photo from my Mom)

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