Jesse Cockney of the Alberta World Cup Academy pulled off the greatest race of his career, finishing second in Saturday's skate sprint qualifier then finishing ninth overall at the World Cup in Canmore. Lenny Valjas notched seventh for his best result of the season, and Phil Widmer made the heats for 15th overall.
After winning gold in a World Cup skate sprint in Canmore in 2008, Chandra Crawford has some great memories of racing in her hometown. The Canadian National Team member added to the list Saturday, placing sixth in the 1.3 k sprint for a World Cup season best.
Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey were less than impressed after placing 50th and 52nd, respectively, Saturday and failing to make the Alberta World Cup sprint heats. Shortly after the qualifier, they decided to sit out Sunday's skiathlon.
Jesse Cockney didn't forget what it felt like to finish dead last on Thursday and pulled out the second-fastest qualifying time on Saturday in the 1.3 k skate sprint at the Alberta World Cup in Canmore.
Twenty-nine Canadians put themselves to the test Thursday in the first of three races at the Alberta World Cup. FasterSkier spoke with several nation's group skiers to see how the 10- and 15-kilometer classic mass starts went. For some, they it was their first World Cup.
Alex Harvey (CAN) and Kris Freeman (USA) recorded their best results of the season Thursday at the Alberta World Cup opener, a 15 k classic mass start, to build some confidence and lead their respective teams in Canmore.
Germany's Tim Tscharnke made a good day into a great one, capturing his first World Cup win (and individual podium) on his birthday in the 15 k classic mass start at the Alberta World Cup in Canmore, Alberta.
Nobody really knew what to expect when Québec City hosted its first World Cup last weekend. Between the spectators, course and conditions, everything was a bit of a surprise. International athletes and coaches sum up their experiences.
If you watched last weekend’s Québec World Cup live via the USSA website, you’ll be happy to know that there’s more where that came from – potentially close to 20 more. In the immediate future, USSA will stream live footage from the Canmore World Cup, which includes races Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Still waiting to hear from your favorite North American skier that failed to qualify for the Quebec World Cup heats on Saturday? We've got their responses.
For someone who’s never raced a World Cup individual skate sprint before, Sophie Caldwell of the Stratton Mountain School T2 Team didn’t show it. The 22-year-old placed 14th on Saturday, leading the rest of the U.S. women behind winner Kikkan Randall.
With her sixth individual World Cup victory in the bag, Kikkan Randall says the novelty hasn't worn off. In fact, Saturday's 1.6 k freestyle sprint win will be one of her most memorable with one of the best crowds she's ever seen.
For several North American skiers in their first World Cup or team sprint, it was easy to get nervous on Friday. Many took a deep breath, looked around them and smiled as they realized what they had already achieved.
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Friday's World Cup team sprint did not go as Alex Harvey or Devon Kershaw had planned with a late crash derailing their podium run. The two settled for fifth in the men's final, Lenny Valjas and Jesse Cockney placed 10th, and all the Canadians were looking forward to Saturday.
It’s not brain surgery, or so Kent Gordis says. With around 35 employees and 13 cameras working within a relatively small space in front of Québec’s Parliament building, covering the World Cup cross-country ski races Friday and Saturday won’t be any small feat, either.
A staple on the Australian national team for the last 10 years, Esther Bottomley wants to crack the top 30 in a World Cup this season, and she'll go for it in her first World Cup of the year in Québec this weekend.
Québec’s seen pretty much everything when it comes to sporting events, but cross-country skiing city sprints? That'll be a new one. Event-production company Gestev has been working to make it happen, covering the course several days before the Québec World Cup kicks off Friday.
Ever wonder who’s behind the FIS Cross-Country Twitter feed? This season, that would be Jeff Ellis. About two weeks ago, Ellis started his new job as FIS Cross-Country Marketing Support, a job which involves interviewing his wife, Kikkan Randall.
When the season starts, it starts in full force. On the second weekend of World Cup and SuperTour racing, the NorAm season kicked off as well. Up in Canmore, the stakes couldn’t have been higher for two days of domestic racing that determined Canada World Cup starts.