Janik Riebli is hoping that years of farmwork with his dairy cows in Switzerland will pay off as he vies for a medal in his first Olympics at Milan Cortina. View this story and more Olympics coverage here.
Swiss cross-country skier Janik Riebli goes from farm life to finish line in Italy
Left: @janik.riebli, Right: Grega Valancic/VOIGT/GettyImages
Left: @janik.riebli, Right: Grega Valancic/VOIGT/GettyImages
Left: Switzerland's Janik Riebli poses with cows. Right: Janik Riebli of Switzerland at the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Davos on Dec. 12, 2025, in Davos, Switzerland.
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