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....
December 18, 2019
LILLEHAMMER, Nor.–Canada’s Collin Cameron battled to the bronze medal in the opening biathlon competition of the IPC World Cup season on Wednesday in Lillehammer, Norway. The 31-year-old took advantage of fast skis to lock up third spot with a time of 42:00.8 in the men’s sit-skiing 12.5-kilometre race. “It was a really sweet race today. My goal was to just use it as a training race and focus on my range procedure,” said Cameron, who won a silver in the...
