2021-22 Para Nordic World Championships Trip Team Selection

2021-22 Para Nordic World Championships Trip Team Selection

December 21, 2021

The following athletes have been selected to participate in the WPNS World Championships in Lillehammer, NOR Jan 8 – 23, 2022 as per the Para-Nordic Competition Trip Criteria 2021-2022 document. Mark Arendz (PEI) Brian McKeever (AB) Graham Nishikawa (Guide) (YK) Collin Cameron (ON) Derek Zaplotinsky (AB) Brittany Hudak (SK) Nathalie Wilkie (BC) Emily Young (BC)
Laura Leclair and Julian Smith Repeat as Eastern Canada/Candy Cane Cup Champions

Laura Leclair and Julian Smith Repeat as Eastern Canada/Candy Cane Cup Champions

December 12, 2021

Gatineau, Quebec, December 12, 2021 – It was clear and sunny today for the distance classic races at Gatineau’s Nakkertok Ski Centre, a big change from the rain and slush of yesterday’s sprint. The courses were in excellent shape as Chelsea’s Laura Leclair, and Owen Sound’s Julian Smith picked up their second gold medals of the inaugural Eastern Canada Cup race weekend, in the 10 and 15k classic distance events. Laura led from start to finish recording a...
Laura Leclair and Julian Smith are Eastern Canada/Candy Cane Cup Sprint Champions

Laura Leclair and Julian Smith are Eastern Canada/Candy Cane Cup Sprint Champions

December 12, 2021

Gatineau, Quebec, December 11, 2021 – Pouring rain greeted the almost 500 competitors at Gatineau’s Nakkertok Ski Centre, as they arrived for the FIS Eastern Canada Cup, the first major ski race in Eastern Canada, since the start of the pandemic. Fortunately the weather cleared up a bit by race time and there were fast conditions as Chelsea’s Laura Leclair and Varennes’s Étienne Hébert set the fastest time in the skate sprint qualifier, for the...