A cross-country ski binding intended to receive a boot equipped with a connecting member, has a base with a receiving portion configured to receive the connecting member, and a holding element movable between an engaged position in which it prevents the connecting member from exiting the receiving portion, and a retracted position, in which the receiving portion is open to allow insertion and removal of the connecting member in the receiving portion. The holding element is carried by a mechanism allowing its rotation with respect to a vertical axis, in which the holding element has two protruding portions oriented in opposite directions, arranged to cover the connecting member when the holding element is in the engaged position, such that the protruding portions are moved in opposite directions of the longitudinal direction between the engaged and retracted positions.

A cross-country ski binding intended to receive a boot equipped with a connecting member, has a base with a receiving portion configured to receive the connecting member, and a holding element movable between an engaged position in which it prevents the connecting member from exiting the receiving portion, and a retracted position, in which the receiving portion is open to allow insertion and removal of the connecting member in the receiving portion. The holding element is carried by a mechanism allowing its rotation with respect to a vertical axis, in which the holding element has two protruding portions oriented in opposite directions, arranged to cover the connecting member when the holding element is in the engaged position, such that the protruding portions are moved in opposite directions of the longitudinal direction between the engaged and retracted positions.