January 15, 2020
ALTENBERG, Ger.— Brian McKeever and Graham Nishikawa bounced back to win the gold medal, while Collin Cameron battled to bronze under marginal conditions in a short distance skate-ski race at the Para-Nordic World Cup in Altenberg, Germany. A winner of 17 Paralympic medals, the 40-year-old McKeever was looking to rebound after a disappointing sprint race earlier in the week. He did exactly that on Wednesday, dusting the field in a six-kilometre race that saw the...
January 13, 2020
Mont-Sainte-Anne, 20 janvier 2020 – Le Mont-Sainte-Anne accueillera du 30 janvier au 2 février 2020, une épreuve de la série NorAm Haywood qui servira de sélection pour désigner les membres de l’équipe canadienne qui participera aux Championnats mondiaux juniors/M23 qui auront lieu du 29 février au 7 mars, à Oberwiesenthal, en Allemagne. Ces épreuves serviront également à identifier les athlètes qui participeront aux dernières épreuves de la Coupe du monde qui se...
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...
