Nordic Skiing: Anchorage’s Gus Schumacher makes history as first American men’s distance World Cup champion since 1983

Gus Schumacher finished his 10-kilometer interval-start race ahead of the 34 men who’d started before him. “I thought ‘Sweet, I gotta get in the leader’s chair,” said Schumacher, adding that in his career he’d probably only occupied that seat for a grand total of 30 seconds.

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