FALUN, Sweden (AP) — The U.S. cross-country skiers are showing off some funky dance moves to get fans back home excited about the world championships.
The American team spent three weeks producing a four-minute video with the men’s and women’s cross-country skiers dancing in the snow, moon-walking in ski boots and lip-syncing to “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson. It was choreographed by reigning team sprint world champion Jessie Diggins, who said the team wanted to “share our passion with the rest of our fans back in the U.S.”
It seems to be working. Less than a day after being uploaded on Wednesday evening, the video had been viewed more than 250,000 times on the team’s Facebook page.
The Nordic skiing world championships began Thursday with individual sprint races.
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