Cross-country skiing is one of the longest-standing Winter Olympic sports. Here's what you need to know.

Meet Stevenson Savart of Haiti, the Caribbean nation's first cross-country skier to compete at the Winter Olympics.

Frida Karlsson won the first of what Sweden hopes to be many gold medals in women's cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Team USA’s Jessie Diggins, a three-time Olympian, will be vying for her fourth Olympic medal in cross-country skiing and second gold on Saturday.

TNT Sports – and streaming platform discovery+ – will show every single minute of Winter Olympics action, with TNT Sports 2 showing 24/7 coverage and viewers able to pick between live streams of events. The BBC also boasts TV rights throughout the Games, but is restricted to one live channel, plus one live stream online.

Biathlon combines two sports – cross-country skiing and shooting – into one race. The biathlon first made its debut 66 years ago in the 1960 Winter Olympics at the renamed Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe. This year, the Winter Olympic biathlon games will be held in Antholz (Anterselva), Italy.

Here is how the Biathlon works, including its rules, scoring and history in the Olympics.

Which Winter Olympian has the most medals of all time? Check out the most decorated competitors ahead of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.