Winter Olympics 2026: Vomit Andrew Musgrave battles heat and Norwegians set new best

“With 2.5km to go, I put myself in the fight for a medal, but I think I went too fast because the last hills were very difficult. I lost a huge amount of time.

“I would never have been in contention for a medal, but maybe I should have finished fourth. But there’s not much difference from sixth place, no medal.

“It was good, but I still got beaten up by too many Norwegians.”

Musgrave, who moved to Norway 17 years ago, finished seventh in ski racing in 2018 – Team GB’s best result in the sport to date.

As well as setting a new mark here, he now trails only fellow Scot Mike Dixon – who competed in cross-country skiing and biathlon between 1984 and 2002 – when it comes to appearing at the Games for Team GB.

“Where I’m from, we get to do some skating every now and then,” Musgrave said. “But it’s not like being in Scandinavia or the Alps.

“So I don’t think we’re going to become the biggest ski country in the world. But we’ve definitely put ourselves on the map as a cross country country and shown we can compete.”

Fellow Scot James Clugnet was also in the same race and finished 34th.