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The countdown is on for the Canmore 2021 World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup
The Season Opener to be held at the Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park will welcome the world’s best skiers from around the world to compete for 6 days in December 2021. CANMORE, ALBERTA November 15, 2021 – The world’s best para...
AIAWCA Athletes qualifying to represent Canada on the international stage
The Cross-Country ski season is in full swing, and 15 of our 27 academy athletes are representing Canada in a variety of international cross-country ski and biathlon races: 2022/2023 FIS Cross Country World Cup Races, 2023 FIS Nordic Junior/U23 Cross-Country World Ski...
AWCS partners with the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley
The Alberta World Cup Society (AWCS) is excited to announce a partnership with the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley (BIBV) in support of its “Shift : Climate Transitions” program. The AWCS recently hosted a very successful Masters World Cup Cross Country Ski...
Masters World Cup of Cross-Country Skiing event proceeding for March 2022
CANMORE, ALBERTA – September 10, 2021 – The Alberta World Cup Society is pleased to announce to the International Masters Cross Country Ski Community that the Masters World Cup 2022 is just over six months away. We invite all Masters Cross Country skiers to join us...
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Congratulations to our seven athletes who represented Canada at World Juniors and U23s last week! Academy members achieved multiple personal bests and a lot of learning while racing in Whistler. Some Highlights include: Xavier McKeever having the 2nd best time on his relay leg, Maximilian Hollmann placing 2nd and 3rd out of athletes born in 2002 in both his races. Amelia Wells getting the 9th best time for athlete born in 2002 in CL mass start, Ry Prior having his best qualifier ever (based on FIS-points) and just missing out on heats in 31st, Whistler local Marlie Molinaro was chosen to be the flag bearer in the opening ceremonies and Coach Tormod traveling to Whistler to help coach the Canadian team!
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Good luck to the athletes who qualified to represent Canada at the World U23 and Jr Championships in Whistler that start this weekend!! We are so excited to watch these athletes compete against the best in the world in their home country! Athletes from the Alberta World Cup Academy are Maximilian Hollmann, Xavier McKeever, Marlie Molinaro, Ry Prior, Sonjaa Schmidt, Anna Stewart and Amelia Wells.
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Last week our entire Cross Country Academy team travelled up to Prince George BC for Nordiq Canada Team trials. Athletes came away with great results against the very best in Canada and we are excited for team naming and to watch athletes compete internationally in the weeks to come!
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We had three Academy athletes competing in Lake Placid NY this past week at the World University games! Nathalie Thain and Robin Mason competed in the nordic skiing events while Romeo Champagne was representing Canada in the biathlon competitions. Congratulations to these athletes, you made all of us and your country proud of your athletic accomplishments while also attending university!
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The new year brought new training equipment for our athletes! The Academy uses SkiErg from Concept2 to focus on technique, strength, injury prevention, recovery, and more!
A big thank you @Concept2inc and @Nordiqcanada for this invaluable training tool!
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2023 is here and the race season continues!
This past weekend we had Academy athletes competing in 5 different locations all across Canada and Europe.
Our biathletes were racing at Sovereign Lake BC in the North America Cup #1 and Biathlon Canada WYJCH Trials. All three - Gillian Gowling, Romeo Champagne and Matthew Strum had podium performances.
At home in Canmore we had our local racers competing in the Alberta Cup against some strong provincial competition. Athletes who competed in the Skate Sprint and Mass Start Classic were Max Hollmann, Scott Hill, Jill Stephen, Natalie Thain, Katie Weaver and Stella Duncan.
In Whistler BC Amelia Wells, Ian Mayer and Marlie Molinaro competed in Canada Winter Games trials for their home provinces.
More athletes raced in Thunder Bay to qualify for Canada Winter Games, representing Ontario including Robin Mason, Theo Ochrym, Tony Gauthier, Anna Stewart and Sarah Cullinan.
Last but not least, Katherine Stewart-Jones and Dahria Betty concluded their Tour De Ski with a very difficult final hill climb bringing Katherine to a 18th place overall for the entire Tour!
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We would like to highlight one of our athletes Gillian Gowling who has been competing internationally in period one of the IBU cup circuit for team Canada! Gillian competed in both Sweden and Italy in December with a top result of 50th. She has since returned to Canada to compete in IBU trials this week at Sovereign Lake along side other Academy Biathletes Matt Strum and Romeo Champagne. Good luck athletes!
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