CANMORE (December 19, 2025) – Nordiq Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced the roster of Team Canada cross-country skiing athletes nominated to compete at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The athletes are: Antoine Cyr (Gatineau, Que.) Jasmine Drolet (Rossland, B.C.) Rémi Drolet (Rossland, B.C.) Liliane Gagnon (Shawinigan-Sud, Que.) Max Hollmann (Thunder Bay, Ont.) Alison Mackie (Edmonton, Alta.) Xavier McKeever (Canmore,...
When Graham Ritchie walked into the stadium at the 2025 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, he knew he wouldn’t be racing that day. He was the alternate for Canada’s men’s relay team, a role that often goes unnoticed. But for Graham, being part of the team wasn’t about standing on the start line. It was about being there for his teammates, helping wherever he was needed, and celebrating their success, no matter what. Growing up in Parry...
When you catch Max Hollmann after a long day of training, chances are he’s exhausted, but smiling. This last month has been a blur of double threshold sessions, long hours, and gym work: a training block designed to push him right to the edge. “It’s been a big month,” Max laughs, “the training load is full-on right now.” It’s the kind of grind few people would willingly sign up for. But for Max, a 23-year-old rising star in Canadian cross-country skiing, it’s all...
Reid Carter had a decision to make. Four months before the first race start of the Nordic Junior & U23 World Ski Championships in Whistler, the event was in jeopardy of being shut down. Carter was torn. Fold or fight. He hadn’t established the Black Tusk Nordic Events Society to walk away with the dream of Canada hosting the prestigious event unfulfilled. A long-time cross country skier, and Division chair of Cross Country BC, Carter had been...
“In the off-season, our athletes would hop on cross country skis,’ Keisha Lewis explains. “They use it as their cross training. I saw our competitive guys do it, and then I had some homeschoolers say to me: ‘Oh, I’d love it if my kids could do something like that,’ I reached out to Kanata Nordic and launched a home-schoolers cross country program for the kids.” “Problem being, as so often happens, there was no one willing or available to implement what was...
