Canadian National Ski Team – Page 31

Scott and Niederhauser Inducted to Canadian Ski Hall of Fame

FasterSkierDecember 16, 2011

On November 2nd, snow-lovers gathered to celebrate the most recent inductees into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame. Gathering at the prestigious Chateau Cartier in Gatineau, Quebec, six nominees were celebrated in style, including Beckie Scott and the late Heinz Niederhauser. Part of the Canadian Ski Museum located in Ottawa, Ontario, the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame commemorates over 140 individuals involved in the ski or snowboarding world. Formerly named the Honour Roll of Canadian...

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Babikov Battles to Seventh in Davos World Cup, Nishikawa 34th

Topher SabotDecember 10, 2011

No Alex Harvey, no Devon Kershaw, no problem for the Canadian men’s team as Ivan Babikov toyed with the top-5 and ultimately placed seventh in the men’s 30km freestyle in Davos, Switzerland on Saturday. With Kershaw and Harvey sitting out in preparation for the Tour de Ski, it was up to Babikov to pick up the slack. Circumstances seemed ideal for the distance specialist. The length of the race, the challenging hilly course, and the...

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Scott and Theriault to Lead Cross Country Canada’s Women’s Committee

FasterSkierDecember 7, 2011

CANMORE, Alta.—Cross Country Canada has named two of Canada’s best-ever femalecross-country skiers, Beckie Scott and Milaine Theriault as chairs of its Women’s Committee. The Committee has recently been given a fresh mandate that will improve the profile of the Committee as it facilitates opportunities for girls and women in all facets of cross-country skiing. The Women’s Committee is an operational committee of Cross Country Canada (CCC) which exists to ensure equality of opportunity for girls...

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Goldsack and Valjas Lead North American Men with 5th Place Finish, Davis Gains Experience as US Men Take Last

Topher SabotDecember 4, 2011

With Devon Kershaw returning to Italy to join Alex Harvey, the defending World Champions in the Team Sprint turned to Drew Goldsack and Len Valjas to represent the nation of Canada. And represent they did. The pair may not have reprised Harvey and Kershaw’s gold medal performance, but they certainly surpassed expectations, advancing to the finals in Dusseldorf and remaining in contention for the podium in the final before settling for fifth place. “Most would...

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Few Sweating Lack of Snow in Davos

Alex KochonNovember 30, 2011

The North Americans on the World Cup circuit had plenty to look forward to as they flew to Davos, Switzerland. After three straight days of races in Kuusamo, Finland, the cross-country skiers would have a chance to kick back, train and enjoy the sun. What many didn’t think about was the snow. The Canadians first set eyes on the green landscape before the Americans, as they drove from the airport to Davos on Monday. As...

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Olsson Stuns Field With Big Win, Northug Sprints for Second

Topher SabotNovember 19, 20112

Petter Northug (NOR), famed for his unmatched finishing kick, fired up the afterburners once again, accelerating out of the final stadium hairpin and into the homestretch. The seconds ticked off the clock, and it seemed impossible that Northug would overtake his challenger. But lifting off the snow with each stride, Northug ate up the final meters, lunging across the line before collapsing in a heap, just two tenths of a second ahead of Roland Clara...

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Notes and Quotes from Sjusjøen: Canadian Edition

Alex KochonNovember 19, 2011

Following Ostersund, Sweden). Not all of the Canadians got their wish. In fact, few of the North Americans did in the men’s 15 k freestyle. Alex Harvey was a bright spot, placing fifth in 32:49.9, 40.6 seconds behind Sweden’s Johan Olsson, the winner. Additional coverage of Harvey’s performance can be found in the main race recap here. Devon Kershaw was 37th (1:37.1), a week after placing 28th in Bruksvallarna. Saturday’s finish wasn’t exactly the result...

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Gaiazova, Canadian National Team Aim for Integration, Questions Remain

Kieran JonesOctober 21, 2011

Last season, Dasha Gaiazova was making headlines with a strong World Cup campaign which saw her pick up her first World Cup medal, and finish 6th in the Team Sprint at World Championships in Oslo, Norway. However, she has spent much of this spring and summer in limbo due to a disagreement with Cross Country Canada (CCC) and the Canadian National Ski Team (CNST). Earlier this year, at a CNST training camp in Bend, Oregon,...

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Canadians Run Camps in Park City, Whistler; Looking Forward to ‘Frozen Thunder’

Kieran JonesOctober 17, 2011

Say what you will about the Canadians, but the country with the Team Sprint World Champions aren’t resting on their laurels. A week after returning from a camp in Park City, Utah, Canadian National Ski Team (CNST) Head Coach Justin Wadsworth had the athletes packing up again and headed for Whistler, B.C. for a short intensity-filled camp before heading back to Canmore, Alberta, for Canadian Thanksgiving. While it may seem unusual that the Canadian team...

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NDC Thunder Bay, Len Valjas Highlight Massive Southern Ontario Training Camp

Kieran JonesOctober 4, 2011

Over 115 athletes, 30 coaches, the full National Development Center Thunder Bay (NDC T-Bay) roster, and Canadian National Ski Team (CNST) World Cup team member Len Valjas. Does this sound like any ski camp you’ve been to this year? Unless you’re in Norway, chances are it sounds more like a skiing fantasy rather than reality. Yet Ontario’s Team Hardwood, a club just outside of Orillia, Ontario, attracted the massive numbers in a training camp at...

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World Champion Kershaw Continues to Push: Part 2 of 2

Kieran JonesJune 26, 2011

Canadian Devon Kershaw has risen steadily through the ranks of the cross-country skiing world, to the point where he is now considered one of the best skiers on the World Cup circuit. Last season, he finished seventh in the Tour de Ski, after standing on the podium four times during the event – including a win. Along with teammate Alex Harvey, he also became Canada’s first World Champion in cross-country skiing, winning the team sprint...

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World Champion Kershaw Continues to Push: Part 1 of 2

Kieran JonesJune 24, 2011

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‘Convergence Trips’ Big Part of Canadian Develpment Strategy

Kieran JonesMay 23, 2011

Next winter, up-and-coming Canadian athletes will have a big carrot dangling in front of them. That’s because Cross Country Canada has begun an aggressive new strategy aimed at getting Canadian skiers the international racing experience they need. In planning meetings this spring, the CCC High Performance Committee earmarked over $100,000 in budget money for what Head Coach Justin Wadsworth calls “convergence trips”. These trips are geared towards developing athletes who are not FIS regional leaders,...

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Preview: Canadians Prepare to Announce National Ski Team Selections

Kieran JonesMay 2, 2011

Cross Country Canada (CCC) is expected to announce the 2011-2011 National Ski Team (NST) in the next couple of days, and some major personnel changes may be in the works. According to head coach Justin Wadsworth, there will be three divisions to the National Ski Team in the 2011-2012. If you are a Canadian athlete, you can be nominated to the World Cup team or the Senior Development Team, while the country’s top juniors skiers...

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Canadian Stalwart George Grey Retires

Kieran JonesApril 12, 20112

If you’ve been paying attention to skiing in North America over the past 10 years, you should know the name George Grey. While he has never shushed the crowd in Oslo, or wailed on a ski air guitar, the low-key Grey has been one of Canada’s best male skiers over the past decade. At 32 years old Grey has been a fixture on the Canadian World Cup team, earning 78 starts in locations from Canmore,...

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Kilroy Takes Reins as CCC Athlete Director

Kieran JonesApril 11, 2011

Greg Kilroy started his ski season as an average 20 year-old university skier in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He trained hard, focused on school, and rooted for Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey on the World Cup. But by April, the hard-working athlete from a small town in Northern Ontario found himself in a much bigger role – a seat on the Cross Country Canada (CCC) Board of Directors as the new Athlete Director. Kilroy came into...

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Freeman Misses Sun Valley Sprint Heats With Sugar Problems, Crash

Nathaniel HerzApril 1, 20111

At the top of the results sheet for Friday’s classic sprint qualifier in Sun Valley, there weren’t any surprises: Kikkan Randall, Ida Sargent, and Chandra Crawford were the top three women, and Andy Newell, Simi Hamilton, and Skyler Davis were the top three men. But scanning down and looking through the rest of the top 30, one name was conspicuously absent: that of Kris Freeman, who was the overall leader of the SuperTour Finals mini-tour...

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Sun Valley Notes: Hamilton’s Break, Elliott’s Classic Breakthrough, and $$$

FasterSkierMarch 31, 2011

Off days are good for any number of things: big breakfasts, easy ski sessions, and watching NASCAR on TV. (Yeah, it’s been a slow afternoon at the FasterSkier regional headquarters). But they’re also good for catching up on all the things we missed from the last few days. Below is a brief selection. –Simi Hamilton’s dominating performance in the men’s prologue on Tuesday was a demonstration of what a well-trained athlete can do in a...

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Sun Valley Mini-Tour to Wrap Up 2011 SuperTour, Season

Nathaniel HerzMarch 29, 20111

The cross-country ski season’s last stand begins on Tuesday, when the final domestic races of the year kick off in Sun Valley, ID. The mini-tour known as the SuperTour Finals will start with a 3.3/2.8 k freestyle prologue on a stout course, followed by three more races in four more days. The winner of both the men’s and women’s overall will be the first competitor to arrive atop a ridge on Dollar Mountain, a local...

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Sun Valley 50 K Notes: Waxing, Sandau, and the Rabbits

FasterSkierMarch 26, 20111

When a race lasts for more than two-and-a-half hours, there’s bound to be a little more material than can fit inside a single race report. Below, some extra tidbits that didn’t make the first cut: –The conditions for the race could have ended up being a lot more challenging for waxers, had the temperature warmed more than it did—in the end, hard wax did the trick. While most of the lead men ended up with...

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