January 13, 2020
DRESDEN, Ger.—Canada’s Para-Nordic squad sprinted to the silver and bronze-medal steps of the podium at the World Cup in Dresden, Germany on Monday. The leader of the Para-Nordic Team, Brian McKeever and his guide Graham Nishikawa, sprinted to the silver medal in the men’s visually impaired category. Women’s standing teen, Natalie Wilkie, grabbed her second sprint podium of the season with the bronze medal. “This was a good day for the team,” said Robin McKeever,...
January 12, 2020
DRESDEN, Ger.—Canadian sit-skier Collin Cameron sprinted to the silver medal on a historic weekend in Dresden, Germany for the Para-Nordic World Cup which was being held on the same course as World Cup races for the first time in the history of the sport. Cameron, of Sudbury, Ont., locked up his second sprint podium performance of the season in the men’s sit-ski race which was held over the last two days, following a thrilling dash to the finish line where he was...
December 20, 2019
PLANICA, Slovenia—Dahria Beatty skied into the points for the second-straight week on the World Cup with a 16th-place result in a skate-ski sprint race in Planica, Slovenia on Saturday. Locking up her spot in the heats with the top-30 athletes after clocking a 29th-place qualifying time, the Whitehorse-based Olympian improved on a 25th-place sprint finish in her season-opener on the World Cup one week ago. “I am very happy with today. It is definitely the...
December 19, 2019
LILLEHAMMER, Nor.–Mark Arendz will ski into the holiday break with a silver medal around his neck. The eight-time Paralympic medallist from Hartsville, P.E.I. captured his first biathlon podium of the season on Thursday in Lillehammer, Norway where he finished second in the men’s 7.5-kilometre sprint with a time of 20:12.8. “I think yesterday’s effort helped me today,” said Arendz, who was fourth in a 15-kilometre distance race on Wednesday. “I was able to put...
December 19, 2019
CANMORE, Alta.—Four Canadian cross-country skiers will stride into Lausanne, Switzerland for the 2020 Youth Olympic Games, January 9-22. Nordiq Canada officially nominated two women and two men to represent Canada at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games, which brings together more than 1,880 athletes ages 15 to 18, from 70 nations, who will compete in more than 80 events. Jasmine Drolet (Rossland, B.C.) and Liliane Gagnon (Quebec) will toe the line in the women’s race....
