Team Canada makes history at World Junior and U23 Ski Championships
Team Canada made history at the 2025 FIS Nordic Junior and U23 World Ski Championships, bringing home four bronze medals. Let’s count them…
1. 🥉It all started with Edmonton’s Alison Mackie, who captured Canada’s first women’s junior worlds medal since 1989 with a stunning third-place finish in the 20km mass start classic. Full story here.
2. 🥉Quebec City’s Liliane Gagnon kept the momentum going, earning bronze in the U23 20km classic. Full story here.
Team photo after Liliane’s bronze! On shoulders (L to R): Xavier McKeever (7th), Liliane Gagnon (3rd), Jasmine Drolet (6th), and Tom Stephen (5th).
3. 🥉Alison Mackie wasn’t done—she won a second bronze medal in the Junior 10km skate race. Full story here.
Alison celebrates with the junior team. Alison Mackie is lifted by teammates Clara Hegan (left) and Minty Bradford (right).
4. 🥉Finally, Liliane Gagnon captured her second bronze of the week in the U23 women’s 10km race—fighting through tough white-out snow conditions to claim a spot on the podium. Watch here.
2025 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Competition Team
Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to the World Ski Championship Team in Trondheim, Norway from February 17 – March 9, 2025
