I was trying to save everything for the last two kilometres. From the day I had on Thursday, I knew that I could sprint well and close well. I was able to come back on the flat section, and I just held on in the downhill sections of the last two kilometres,” Harvey said. By…
I thought I could put together a decent result, but there was no way I could have expected this,” a teary-eyed Lunder said about her silver-medal performance. By Jordan Small, Rocky Mountain Outlook February 28, 2015 With tears streaming down her rosy wind burnt cheeks, biathlete Emma Lunder warmly hugged teammate Claude Godbout in disbelief…
@jcockney & @LennyValjas Ski to 13th in Team Sprint at Nordic World Ski Championships http://t.co/8avjGhqCZw pic.twitter.com/XoHKseuCI9 — Cross Country Canada (@cccski) February 22, 2015 cccski.com February 22, 2015 FALUN, Sweden —Jesse Cockney and Len Valjas had a strong performance, but the World Championship pace was a bit too much while skiing to 13th spot in…
As soon as I had gotten my stuff, I left the finish area and went and cooled down away from the TVs and the stadium,” he wrote in an email. “I knew I would probably stay in the top 10 but it was way too hard to watch the results. By Chelsea Little, fasterskier.com February 21, 2015…
Alex Harvey won silver for the first time in 2015 as Canadian sprinters blitzed the opposition for their best world cup weekend just in time for this week’s world championships in Falun, Sweden. By Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook February 19, 2015 In the final, Harvey, 27, fought from the back of the pack. The sprint course…
As my first-ever World Cup, my only goals are to enjoy it, to absolutely make the most out of it, and learn! By Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook February 19, 2015 The lean, mean Canadian cross-country ski world champion team surprised some by its lack of size, but for many in the ski world, the addition of…
If this week’s races are any indication of future Paralympic success, Canada should be a beast of a team in the east. By Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook February 19, 2015 Already looking ahead to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, Canmore ParaNordic skiers have travelled to Japan to get accustomed to racing on the other…
Hélie, the lone Canadian to reach the semis on Sunday, had a great start in the small final. He skied with the lead all the way, claiming his first 5th place finish. By Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook February 19, 2015 For two years, Banff’s Louis-Pierre Helie has pushed the physical limits of his body in striving…
skitrax.com, February 17, 2015 (Vietalva, Latvia) – It was a beautiful day in Vietalva, Latvia as the Canadian team tackled Day 2 of the Latvian Championships, the 10 and 15k skate races. Temperatures were just below zero C. with beautiful blue skies. Once again, there were Canadians on the podium as Kevin Sandau claimed top honours…
paralympic.org, February 17, 2005. Second wins for Russia’s Vladislav Lekomtcev and Canadian Brittany Hudak in Asahikawa, Japan. The USA’s Andrew Soule continued his fantastic run of form at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup on Tuesday (17 February), with his third win in as many races in Asahikawa, Japan, in classic cross-country long distance…
By Lander Karath, fasterskier.com February 16, 2015 Noah Hoffman entered Sunday’s 15 k freestyle individual start in Östersund, Sweden with uncertainty, but exited with a clear objective of improvement. The race was the 25-year-old’s first World Cup finish since March of 2014 and marked Hoffman’s first competition after a November crash in Kuusamo, Finland that resulted in…
Release by Gatineau Loppet. February 16, 2015 (Gatineau, QC) – Day two of the 37th edition of the Gatineau Loppet competitions began with frigid temperatures and unrelenting winds swirling throughout the École secondaire Mont-Bleu site. Yet all participants, from the top ranked elite to the newest amateur, were eager to launch themselves onto the trails of…
fasterskier.com, February 15, 2015 by Alex Kochon. It had been almost two months since Emily Nishikawa raced on the World Cup, yet the 25-year-old Canadian National Development Team skier picked up essentially where she left off, collecting her second-best result of the season on Sunday in the women’s 10-kilometer freestyle in Östersund, Sweden. “It was great…
Our women’s team also had a good day in the relay! @sarah_beaudry out sprinted Belorussia to bring us home in 8th! pic.twitter.com/MhBZA6H0jv — Rosanna Crawford (@RosannaCrawford) February 15, 2015
The team’s goal is to win two medals at world championships. Harvey is the only Canadian with a world cup medal this year. By Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook February 12, 2015. Alex Harvey will lead Canada at the cross-country ski world championships in Falun, Sweden, but he’ll have plenty of company from his Canmore-based teammates. Olympians…
