December 16, 2019
LILLEHAMMER, Nor.–The Canadian Para-Nordic Team celebrated a medal hat trick at the IPC World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway on Monday. Teenager Natalie Wilkie and Collin Cameron both sprinted to their first podium performances of the season, while Brian McKeever and his guide, Graham Nishikawa, won their second-straight silver, and third podium of the season-opening event. The reigning World Champion in the men’s sit-ski category, Collin Cameron of Sudbury, Ont.,...
December 15, 2019
LILLEHAMMER, Nor.–Canada’s mixed relay team finished shy of the podium in fifth place at the IPC Para-Nordic World Cup in Lillehammer, Norway on Sunday. Paralympic teammates, Collin Cameron (Sudbury, Ont.), Natalie Wilkie (Salmon Arm, B.C.), Mark Arendz (Springton, P.E.I.) and Brittany Hudak (Prince Albert, Sask.) combined to post a time of 30:17.1 in the 4×2.5-kilometre relay at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium. “Overall, I think the team was pretty happy with...
December 14, 2019
DAVOS, Sui.—Canada’s Dahria Beatty opened her World Cup season with a 25th-place finish in the skate-ski sprint races in Davos, Switzerland on Saturday. The 25-year-old Whitehorse resident squeaked into the head-to-head heats as the final qualifier with the top-30 athletes on the challenging 1.5-kilometre trail. “I was happy with my day. It is always great to get into the points and have the chance to race in the heats,” said Beatty. “For my first World Cup of the...
December 13, 2019
LILLEHAMMER, Nor.–Canada’s Brian McKeever and his guide, Graham Nishikawa, battled to the silver medal in the men’s 15-kilometre visually-impaired skate-ski race on Friday in Lillehammer, Norway. McKeever (Canmore, Alta.) and Nishikawa (Whitehorse) were knocked off the top step of the podium for just the third time in the last two years after clocking a time of 37:38.4. “The body was just too tired today. There was just no ability to go,” said the 40-year-old...
December 12, 2019
LILLEHAMMER, Nor.–The leaders of Canada’s Para-Nordic Team wasted no time getting the maple leaf onto the international cross-country ski podium while celebrating a double-medal day at the IPC World Cup opener in Lillehammer, Norway on Thursday. Plaralympic legend, Brian McKeever, who carried the Canadian flag into Opening Ceremonies at the 2018 Games claimed the gold with guide, Russell Kennedy, in the men’s 7.5-kilometre classic-ski visually impaired category....
