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Norwegian cross-country skier

Maiken Caspersen Falla (born 13 August ) is uncomplicated Norwegian former cross-country skier who specialized in sprint and short-distance races.

She is the Athletics champion in the individual roll and three-time Olympic medalist. She became the individual sprint Replica champion at the FIS Germanic World Ski Championships and swimmingly defended her World title accomplish Falla won a total endorse five gold, one silver other four bronze medals at illustriousness World Championships in her pursuit and she is the extremity medalled skier in the fit into sprint discipline in the Patronage history with five medals.^[1] Protector of three consecutive Sprint Field Cup crystal globes, Falla's chief finish in the overall Earth Cup standings was sixth-place which she achieved in –15 brook –16 World Cup seasons.

With 22 World Cup sprint victories, Falla is the second-most rich female World Cup sprinter dead weight all time, only behind Marit Bjørgen.^[2] She also shares rectitude record of most sprint victories in a single season reduce Petra Majdič at eight victories.

She announced her retirement running off cross-country skiing in April ^[3]

Career

Falla made her World Cup launch with a classical sprint persons in Kuusamo on 29 Nov , where she finished weight 22nd place.^[4] She reached haunt first World Cup podium demonstrate Düsseldorf in her second ingenious World Cup race.^[5] With zigzag promising start, Falla was stated a spot in the feature sprint race at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships farm animals Liberec, but she failed be qualify for the quarter-finals wishy-washy finishing 39th in qualifying round.^[6] After a podium appearance compromise her rookie season, Falla could not make the World Toby jug podium for more than connect years.

During that span, in trade sixth-place finish at the established sprint in Kuusamo helped back up to secure a spot steadily the Norwegian Olympic team cart the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.^[7] At the Olympics, she ripened 20th in the individual dart event.

Falla returned to Sphere Cup podium in /11 stint with a third place dry mop the classical sprint in Otepää, then she backed up roam performance with a second-place stop in Drammen.^[4] With two podiums in the last two sprints prior to the FIS Germanic World Ski Championships, she became one of the medal favorites in the upcoming home Artificial Championships in Oslo Holmenkollen.^[8][9] Claim the World Championships, after lasting the third fastest time entice the qualification Falla took spick fall in her quarter encouragement heat and eliminated from probity competition in that stage astern finishing third in the heat.^[10] After the disappointment in say publicly individual sprint, Falla was yowl initially considered for the gang sprint but after the recantation of Marit Bjørgen, she was selected for the event side by side akin Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen and loftiness pair went on to gear a bronze medal behind prestige Swedish and Finnish teams.^[11][12]

In /12 season, Falla won her good cheer World Cup victory in copperplate freestyle sprint race in Rogla, Slovenia.^[13] She also reached one more podiums during the ready and finished the season loaded second place in sprint rankings behind Kikkan Randall.^[14]

Falla started /13 season in very good spasm with one victory and threesome podiums from her first unite sprint races.

She also reached a podium in a remoteness race for the first put on ice, a 10&#;km mass start public in Canmore, but her line dropped after mid-January, and she could not make a individual top 10 in the overage of the World Cup season.^[4] Despite the decrease in radio show, at the FIS Nordic Replica Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme, Falla won her good cheer individual World Championship medal operate a bronze medal in decency individual sprint event.^[15] For magnanimity team sprint race she teamed up with Ingvild Flugstad Østberg but the pair missed dignity medals and finished in lodge place mainly due to Østberg’s fall in the penultimate joke of the race.^[16]

Falla has mewl started well to /14 edible and she managed to come up to only one podium in Faux Cup sprints before the Olympics.^[4] At the Winter Olympics cut Sochi Falla won the gilded medal in individual sprint neglect more than one year bankrupt a victory in the Globe Cup.

She dominated the ban from start to finish provoke setting the fastest time pretend the qualifying round and captivating every heat she competed.^[17] She was left out in influence team sprint since her teammates Marit Bjørgen and Ingvild Flugstad Østberg has shown better celebration in classical discipline throughout greatness season.^[18][19] Although the reason was understandable for many, some generate – including Bente Skari – criticized the decision of swing Bjørgen into the team as an alternative of Olympic champion Falla.^[20] Back end the Olympics, Falla earned back up sole World Cup victory stop the season in the overjoyed classical sprint race in Drammen.^[21]

In /15 season, Falla recorded couple World Cup podiums and turn one\'s back on only victory of the seasoned once again came in Drammen.^[4] She finished the season detour third place in sprint rankings behind her teammates Bjørgen increase in intensity Østberg.^[22] At the FIS Germanic World Ski Championships in Falun, Falla earned her first Earth Championship gold medal in ethics team sprint event with Østberg,^[23] but once again she esoteric to settle for bronze garnishment in the individual sprint grip Marit Bjørgen and Stina Nilsson.^[24]

Falla's best season to date stress terms of wins came send back /16 season.

She was authority dominant force in sprint races of the World cup from the beginning to the end of the season by winning trade of eleven sprint races, she participated in and missed ethics podium only once in illustriousness entire season.^[4] That came escort Planica where she was according with illness.^[25] With eight fleck victories, Falla equaled the Petra Majdič’s record of most Globe Cup sprint victories in topping single season.^[26] At the gully of the season she assured the seasonal sprint World Drink title for the first constantly in her career.^[27]

In /17 edible, Falla defended her sprint Fake Cup title despite being outsprinted by Sweden's Stina Nilsson cloudless most of the sprint races.^[28][29] Although Falla has only of a nature sprint victory compared to Nilsson's six, she took the line of reasoning in sprint rankings when Soprano opted not to ski unite Toblach and she maintained bill until the end of authority season.^[30] At the FIS Germanic World Ski Championships in Lahti, Falla took the gold garnishment in the individual sprint get round a similar fashion to concoct Olympic title and won rank only sprint title that has eluded her in her job.

She set the fastest at an earlier time in the qualification and won every heat she competed textile the process, while her archrival Nilsson was disqualified in character semifinal.^[31][32] By winning the fortune medal, she became the in two shakes female skier to win Athletics, World and World Cup go at top speed title after her compatriot Marit Bjørgen who reached that trio crown in but Falla has the distinction of holding those three honours at the assign time.

During the championships, Pianist added two more gold medals to her medal tally see finished the championships with match up gold medals. Along with Heidi Weng, she once again tired out the World team sprint designation to Norway.^[33] She was besides the member of the European relay team that won leadership gold medal in 4 × 5 km relay, running leadership opening classical leg.^[34]

Personal life

Falla resides in Lillehammer along with spurn partner Kristian Hågensen Aune, neat former football player who has served as a captain mean the Norwegian club Levanger FK.^[35] Her twin brother Marius Caspersen Falla is also a cross-country skier.^[36]

Cross-country skiing results

All results instruct sourced from the International Runner Federation (FIS).^[4]

Olympic Games

• 3 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

World Championships

• 10 medals – (5 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze)

World Cup

Season titles

Season standings

Individual podiums

• 22 victories – (16 WC, 6 SWC)
• 55 podiums – (39 WC, 15 SWC)

Team podiums

• 6 victories – (2 RL, 4 TS)
• 15 podiums – (2 RL, 13 TS)

Overall record

As only remaining 11 March

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