The new training season has started off on a great new note with our athletes participating in an on snow training camp up at @fortressmountainresort last week!⁠
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Great to see our athletes working with coaches @tsvatten and @nikkilgilman as well as some members who are on the @nordiqcanada national teams training with that group and going through fitness testing while not on snow.⁠
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Thank you everyone who made it possible! Photo credit to @nathaniel_mah⁠
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ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 We are thrilled to welcome Nicole Gilman as Head Coach for the Academy program, Jouni Pitkänen as Development Coach for the post-secondary program based out of Calgary and Tormod Vatten will return as High Performance Coach. Welcome Coaches!⁠
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New team announcement coming soon...⁠
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For more information please go to link in bio.⁠
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Following a few very special nights of celebration we want to thank every single person who has contributed to the success of our 2021-22 season! Thank you to our supporters who came to celebrate this year's successes and say farewell to coach Chris and Julia. ⁠
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After 2 years without celebrations with our supporters, it was great to have everyone together again for an informal BBQ and celebration!⁠
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We are so proud to complete the 2021-22 season on such a high note and excited for the upcoming season as this sets the stage to continue this momentum into the 2022-23 season.⁠
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Thank you to all our coaches and support team who made this past week of racing possible. We had two more days of epic racing at Nationals: team sprint where athletes teamed up with members of their home clubs and the final day of competition with the 45km distance day of dramatic competition in the pouring rain. ⁠
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This week also had many bitter sweet moments as we said good bye to some team members who have been training with us for many years. We are very proud of their accomplishments and excited to see them pursue the next chapter in their life!⁠
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We want to take this moment to also say a big thank you to the Organizing Committee of Nationals in Whistler @black_tusk_nordic_events and its volunteers who made this event so special for our team.⁠
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PC: @anna4036 @vr45photography and Black Tusk Nordic Events⁠
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Stronger as a collective!⁠
After 2 years of absence from Nationals Championship, being together as a whole community has brought the best out of our group.⁠

From outstanding podium performances of several of our athletes to many personal bests as well as retirement announcement of some of our athletes. We celebrate it all!⁠
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So many elements to celebrate, here is a synopsis highlighting some moments so far at Nationals:⁠
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First day of competition was an individual skate race where Sonjaa Schmidt, Tom Stephen and Katherine Stewart-Jones' outstanding performances resulted in winning national titles.⁠
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In the classic distance, it was great to see Katherine and Dahria Beatty as well as Tom and Xavier McKeever once again taking the top two spots on the podium in their categories!!⁠
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Nordiq Canada hosted a women in skiing panel featuring many Canadian women including Academy athletes Maya MacIsaac-Jones, Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, Dahria and Katherine! There was a great turn out and it was great to celebrate women in sport together!⁠
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Following a rest day, it was the exciting classic sprints. ⁠
Wax techs were kept on their toes but they absolutely nailed it seeing many athletes making moves on the descents in the heats. It was amazing to watch Dahria and Laurence Dumais crush their heats to place first and second on the Canadian podium. There were several personal bests achieved in our U20 group! It was equally as exciting to watch Xav win the Sr Sprint fighting his way in a strong field of North American racers. Olivia contributed to the event by interviewing racers and providing more insights on the process of racing to online viewers. Yesterday, we watched and celebrated Maya's final race and amazing ski career, we are all excited to see what is next for her!!⁠
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It has been great to see some of the Academy's biathletes fresh off of biathlon nationals and the IBU Cup circuit switch things up a bit and take part in this competition.⁠
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Can't wait to see what the remainder of nationals has in store for our collective! ⁠
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Time for an update on our #WorldCupAcademy athletes from the past few weeks of racing before the final competitions of the season get underway in Whistler at Canadian Nationals and Supertour finals!!

Benita Peiffer continued with her international biathlon races at World Junior Championships held in Soldier Hollow Utah. Benita's top race was the individual where she placed 28th overall and she also helped the Junior Women's relay team end up with an 8th place!!

Other biathletes Matt Strum and Gillian Gowling returned to Europe to compete in the final IBU Cups of the season held in Ridnaun Austria and Lenzerheide Switzerland! Matt once again showed us his sprinting speed by qualifying 12th and ending up 26th in the final in the super sprint in Lenzerheide. Gillian also had some very strong performances in the shorter distances placing 32nd and 33rd in both regular sprint races!

Back on cross country World cup we had athletes Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt, Dahria Beatty and Katherine Stewart-Jones competing, as well as Tom Stephen and Xavier McKeever making their World Cup debut! Competitions were held in Falun Sweden as well as Dramen and Holmenkollen Norway!! Some result highlights from these competitions include Dahria finished in the top 10 in the first-ever World Cup mixed team sprint with Graham Ritchie, Kath getting an impressive 22nd at the Holmenkollen 30k and Olivia and Xav both being very close to qualifying for the heats in the sprint competitions. Olivia came in 31st and Xav placed 43rd and 44th

Finally we had biathlete Romeo Champagne competing at Canadian Biathlon National Championships that were held in Prince George BC. Romeo's top result was a 6th in the pursuit!!

Some athletes also stayed in Canmore and were training in the area while we were hosting the World Masters event. During that time some roles were reversed as athletes cheered on Coach Chris in his Nordiq Canada alumni event and fore-ran the courses before masters athletes competed!

Photo/Video Credit to @lucassmith200 @juliamystgaard @biathlonalbertatc @detlef_e @nmah_media @germain.cole @k_voigt_fotografie

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Thank you everyone who made last week's racing at the Masters World Cup 2022 a success! ⁠
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18 countries took part in this event, 715 participants met in beautiful Canmore to take part in the Masters World Cup. ⁠
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This event was made possible with the dedication of 200 amazing volunteers who made it their mission to ensure that all participants had a smile at the end of their races. THANK YOU!⁠
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An event like this requires the support of several partners. We are thankful for the support of @youralberta @canmorekananaskis @canmore.nordiccentre @billwarrentrainingcentre @trailsportscanmore @alpine_insurance @rockymountainoutlook @kaestleski @bubeckca @saveonfoods @roam_transit @aircanada⁠ also thanks @gibbymtbphoto for some awesome photos
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