Bjorn Dæhlie's reported VO2 max of 96.0 or 96.6 ml/kg/min in 1996 was not scientifically published and the machine's calibration was doubted.

“the previous king was a guy named bjorn dally uh a norwegian the greatest cross-country skier in history who in the late 90s reputedly tested 1996. 96.0 or 96.6 depending on who you ask this was never published in a journal this was basically uh the the norwegian ski team leaked it to the press as a kind of pr move and i i asked a guy who who was working in norway at the time and he said they didn't believe the machine he he didn't believe the machine was correctly calibrated but he think he figured they decided that it was a good pr move anyway”