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Biathlon Canada: Hiring Next Gen Coach
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Biathlon Canada: Hiring Next Gen Coach

FasterSkierApril 29, 2021

Are you interested in working with Canada’s future Olympic Biathletes and having the opportunity to lead Team Canada at international events? Biathlon Canada is targeting an energetic coach to lead our next generation of athletes to international podiums! This position provides an incredible opportunity for growth working directly with the national team coaches. The exciting position is based out of the home of Biathlon Canada in the beautiful Canadian Rockies community of Canmore, Alberta. Biathlon...

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Covid-19 Positives Linked to Frozen Thunder
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Covid-19 Positives Linked to Frozen Thunder

FasterSkierNovember 18, 2020

Yesterday, RMOTODAY.com, reported 11 “active” cases of Covid-19 linked to Frozen Thunder, an early season on-snow event organized at the Canmore Nordic Centre. According to the news report, athletes, clubs, and national governing bodies like Nordiq Canada and Biathlon Canada were notified about the cases on November 17. RMOTODAY contacted Chris Dornan, Nordiq Canada’s communications director, who emailed, “These individuals are in quarantine and following all of the required protocols in place to protect themselves and the...

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Canada’s Four Nordic Sports Sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Explore Joint Opportunities to Achieve Performance and Operational Goals (Press Release)
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Canada’s Four Nordic Sports Sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Explore Joint Opportunities to Achieve Performance and Operational Goals (Press Release)

FasterSkierJuly 30, 2020

Press Release New Steering Committee to guide Nordic Strategy research focused on evaluating opportunities to do more together   CANMORE, Alta.—Canada’s four Nordic sports have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to begin exploring ways they can work together to achieve their ultimate goals of putting more Canadian athletes on podiums and increasing participation in each of their sports. Biathlon Canada, Nordic Combined Ski Canada, Nordiq Canada and Ski Jumping Canada will work together to...

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U.S., CANADIAN NGB/NSOs FORM NORTH AMERICAN FLUOROCARBON FREE POLICY WORKING GROUP (Press Release)

FasterSkierJune 15, 2020

Press Release PARK CITY, Utah (June 15, 2020)  – National Governing Body’s and National Sport Organizations (NGB/NSOs), and snow sport organizations from the United States and Canada today are announcing the formation of a Fluorocarbon Free Policy Working Group. With representation from U.S. Ski & Snowboard, USA Nordic, U.S. Biathlon, USA Para Nordic, USA Para Alpine, Alpine Canada, Canada Snowboard, Freestyle Canada, Nordiq Canada, Biathlon Canada, Nordic Combined Canada and Ski Jumping Canada in addition...

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Fourcade Wins in Östersund as the French take a Podium Sweep

FasterSkierDecember 4, 2019

In Östersund, Sweden on Wednesday, the IBU World Cup picked up again with the men racing the 20-kilometer individual. The depth of the French team was evident as they swept the top-for spots.  Martin Fourcade won in a time of 53:11.9 minutes — and shooting clean until his final bout, when he missed a single target. Simon Desthieux was second (+12.7; 0+1+0+0), and Quentin Fillon Maillet third (+1:50.8; 2+0+0+1).  Scott Gow of Canada was the...

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Biathlon Canada Names Head Coach for Season: Justin Wadsworth
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Biathlon Canada Names Head Coach for Season: Justin Wadsworth

Gerry FursethOctober 7, 2019

Last week, Biathlon Canada announced Justin Wadsworth as the Head Coach for the 2019-2020 season. In April, 2019, Wadsworth took on a temporary role as the team’s summer coach. That fill-in-the-gap stint will extend through this season’s racing. Wadsworth joins Canadian biathlon at a challenging time, with limited funding and after the retirement of many top athletes. “My job is really just for the national team — we have 12 athletes and I would say...

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JUSTIN WADSWORTH NAMED HEAD COACH FOR 2019-2020 SEASON (Press Release from Biathlon Canada)
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JUSTIN WADSWORTH NAMED HEAD COACH FOR 2019-2020 SEASON (Press Release from Biathlon Canada)

FasterSkierOctober 1, 2019

Press Release from Biathlon Canada Three-time Olympian and one of Canada’s most successful national team cross country ski coaches, Justin Wadsworth, has been named Biathlon Canada National Team Head Coach through to the end of the 2019-2020 season. Wadsworth, who was named interim head coach in April of this year, is excited to continue working with the team. “Since April, our plan has been centred around consistent, quality training. The team has responded extremely well...

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Biathlon Canada Selection Trials: Day 3 in Canmore
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Biathlon Canada Selection Trials: Day 3 in Canmore

Jason AlbertNovember 9, 2018

The third and final day of Biathlon Canada’s selection trials concluded on Friday in Canmore, Alberta. The “trials” serve as a method to fill roster spots for athletes representing Canada on the IBU World Cup, IBU Cup, and IBU Junior Cup for the first travel period to Europe. Prior to the selection trials, only Rosanna Crawford and Scott Gow had prequalified for the IBU World Cup. Friday’s race was billed as a modified relay. There...

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Biathlon Canada Selection Trials: Day 1 in Canmore
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Biathlon Canada Selection Trials: Day 1 in Canmore

Jason AlbertNovember 6, 2018

  Selection trials for Biathlon Canada began with a men’s and women’s sprint today in Canmore, Canada. Race results will help determine athletes representing Canada on the IBU World Cup’s opening races, and the first series of races on the IBU Cup and Junior IBU Cup. Prior to Tuesday’s racing, only Scott Gow and Rosanna Crawford had prequalified for Canada’s IBU World Cup team based on a top-16 result last season. Senior National Team member...

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Nic Lemyre on Guiding Cross Country Canada Forward
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Nic Lemyre on Guiding Cross Country Canada Forward

Jason AlbertJune 19, 2018

Cross Country Canada has reset. In this nascent Olympic cycle, there’s been an CCC hired Nic Lemyre as a high performance and development advisor. (Former high performance director Tom Holland recently retired.)   For the past 21 years, Lemyre has resided and worked in Norway, most recently as a professor of sport psychology at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH) in Oslo. He also currently serves as the head of the department of coaching...

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Biathlon Canada Seeks General Manager
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Biathlon Canada Seeks General Manager

FasterSkierMay 9, 2018

en français) Position: General Manager, Biathlon Canada Biathlon Canada, the National Sport Organization for biathlon in Canada, is seeking an independently minded and highly motivated individual to fill the position of General Manager for its operations. The successful candidate will be expected to lead Biathlon Canada to long-term success through the next two Olympic cycles. The General Manager is a key leadership position in the organization providing support to Biathlon Canada’s international and domestic programs....

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FasterSkier’s North American Performances of the Year
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FasterSkier’s North American Performances of the Year

FasterSkierApril 20, 2018

With the 2017/2018 season officially in the rearview, FasterSkier is excited to unveil the last of its annual award winners for this past winter. Votes stem from the FS staff, scattered across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and while not scientific, they are intended to reflect a broader sense of the season in review. This set of honors goes to the North American Performances of the Year in cross-country, biathlon and nordic combined. Previous categories:...

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FasterSkier’s Biathletes of the Year: Tim Burke and Rosanna Crawford
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FasterSkier’s Biathletes of the Year: Tim Burke and Rosanna Crawford

FasterSkierApril 11, 2018

With the 2017/2018 season officially in the rearview, FasterSkier is excited to unveil its annual award winners for this past winter. Votes stem from the FS staff, scattered across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and while not scientific, they are intended to reflect a broader sense of the season in review. This set of honors goes to outstanding North American biathletes on the international circuit. *** Rosanna Crawford, Biathlon Canada Rosanna Crawford had been close to...

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Opening Doors: Biathlon Canada’s All-Female Coaching Staff at Youth/Junior Worlds
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Opening Doors: Biathlon Canada’s All-Female Coaching Staff at Youth/Junior Worlds

Alex KochonMarch 5, 2018

Think about all of the exceptional female biathletes out there. Too many to count, right? Now, if you watch biathlon at the World Cup level, think about how many women you’ve seen coaching there. None? One? There are at least a couple, according to Biathlon Canada’s High Performance Director Roddy Ward, who’s been coaching biathlon internationally since 2011. The Slovakian women’s coach is one and the Austrian team also has a female coach, he wrote...

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20-for-20 with Megan Bankes
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20-for-20 with Megan Bankes

FasterSkierFebruary 27, 2018

In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at this week’s International Biathlon Union (IBU) 2018 Youth and Junior World Championships in Otepää, Estonia, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 20-year-old Megan Bankes, who is representing Canada at her second World Junior Championships after also competing at 2015 World Youth Championships. Bankes won

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20-for-20 with Benita Peiffer
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20-for-20 with Benita Peiffer

FasterSkierFebruary 26, 2018

In an effort to showcase the North Americans competing at this week’s International Biathlon Union (IBU) 2018 Youth and Junior World Championships in Otepää, Estonia, we asked those qualifying athletes several questions about themselves — actually, we had them fill in the blanks. Here we have 17-year-old Benita Peiffer, of Whistler, British Columbia, who is representing Canada at her first World Youth Championships. Today in Otepää, Peiffer finished 11th in the youth women’s 10 k...

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