![Skiiers competing]()
![Skiiers competing]()
On 31 March, the final branch of the championships, the patrol competition, was decided. France won gold in both the women's and men's classes, and the Swedish women took home the bronze.
Photo: Mats Carlsson/Swedish Armed Forces
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Lisa Hauser from Austria won the women's biathlon.
Photo: Mats Carlsson/Swedish Armed Forces
![Two skiers with a Swedish flag]()
Siblings Evelina and Rasmus Wickbom from Boden won the mixed relay in ski orienteering.
Photo: Jens Åkerlund/Swedish Armed Forces
![Man with a flag behind him.]()
Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Fredriksson, chair of the CISM Skiing Committee.
Photo: Mats Carlsson/Swedish Armed Forces
![Two people walking up a steep hillside with skis on their back.]()
On Wednesday and Thursday, competition in the new branch Ski Alpinism took place in Storklinten's ski resort outside Boden.
Photo: David Kristiansen/Swedish Armed Forces
![Person in the forest doing Ski orienteering]()
One of the branches during the championship was Ski Orienteering
Photo: Jens Åkerlund/Swedish Armed Forces
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For the first time, a military world skiing championship included paraskiing, where Estonian Rasmus Penno showed incredible fighting spirit.
Photo: Swedish Armed Forces
![France's women's team won gold]()
France won gold in both the women's and men's classes in the patrol competition. Pictured here is the women's team.
Photo: Swedish Armed Forces
Last week, Boden garrison teemed with athletes and team leaders from 22 different nations. The largest contingent came from France, with some 40 athletes competing in biathlon, ski orienteering, cross country and ski alpinism, as well as in para-skiing.
Great event
Lieutenant Colonel Stefan Fredriksson, chair of the CISM Skiing Committee, was very happy with the championship.
"This was a great event and I really want to praise everyone who has made it possible, the Swedish Armed Forces' staff in Boden, and the volunteers who have pitched in. Without them this would not have been as successful".
"There were many fine performances and the conditions have been excellent, with plenty of snow and sun".
The best nation was France with 160 points, followed by Austria's 86 points, and Sweden's 56 points.
Never give up
Do you have a special memory from the championship?
"I would say that what touched me most was one of the para skiers in sit ski, who fought his way through the seven kilometers course in Pagla without giving up".
This was the first time a military world skiing championship included para disciplines.
Now all that remains is the award ceremony and banquet for all participants and officials, before the athletes leave Boden, hopefully with many good memories of the 55th Military World Skiing Championship.