Junior Canadian Men Battle to Fourth at Nordic World Ski Championships

Junior Canadian Men Battle to Fourth at Nordic World Ski Championships

February 23, 2022

Canadian women team up for seventh spot in 4 x 3.3 km relay LYGNA, Nor.—The next generation of Canadian cross-country skiers finished just shy of the podium in the relay events at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships on Wednesday. The men’s team combined for a fourth-place finish, while the Canadian women placed seventh in Lygna, Norway. Four Canadian teenagers – Félix Olivier-Moreau (Mont St. Anne, Que.), Xavier McKeever (Canmore, Alta.); Sasha Masson...
Alberta Teens Xavier McKeever and Tom Stephen Ski into top-10 at Nordic World Junior Ski Championships

Alberta Teens Xavier McKeever and Tom Stephen Ski into top-10 at Nordic World Junior Ski Championships

February 22, 2022

Canada places six athletes – four men, two women, in top-20 at premier junior event  LYGNA, Nor.— Xavier McKeever and Tom Stephen hunted down the podium while leading six baby Canucks into the top-20 in the distance races that opened the 2022 Nordic Word Junior Ski Championships in Lygna, Norway on Tuesday.   Competing in his third World Juniors at just 18 years old, Xavier McKeever (Canmore, Alta.) delivered the best individual cross-country ski result of his...
2022 WORLD CUP PERIOD 4 COMPETITION TEAM

2022 WORLD CUP PERIOD 4 COMPETITION TEAM

February 22, 2022

Selection Rationale Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to the World Cup Period 4 Team from February 26 to March 13, 2022, with races in Lahti, Drammen, Oslo, and Falun. Athlete selections were based on the 2022 Nordiq Canada Competition Trip Criteria and summarized in the Athlete Nomination Synopsis and Rationale. SUMMARY OF NOMINATIONS  Antoine Cyr  Olivier Léveillé  Russell Kennedy  Rémi Drolet  Philippe Boucher  Pierre...
Olivier Léveillé Skis to Second Top-30 Finish in Olympic Cross-Country Ski Distance Race

Olivier Léveillé Skis to Second Top-30 Finish in Olympic Cross-Country Ski Distance Race

February 19, 2022

BEIJING, Chn—Canada’s Olivier Léveillé wrapped up his first Olympic Games with his second top-30 finish of the week, finishing 27th in the men’s 30-kilometre free technique race. The Sherbrooke, Que. resident persevered through a broken ski and heavy winds that shortened the scheduled 50 kilometre race to 30-kilometres at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre near Beijing. Léveillé completed the course with a time of 1:15:54.3. “I’m very proud of my...