HomeTag

Brian McKeever

FasterSkier’s Para-Nordic Skiers of the Year: Oksana Masters and Brian McKeever
GeneralIPCNewsPara NordicRacing

FasterSkier’s Para-Nordic Skiers of the Year: Oksana Masters and Brian McKeever

FasterSkierApril 10, 2017

With the 2016/2017 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 Para-Nordic skiers on the IPC World Cup circuit.  Previous categories: Collegiate Skiers of the Year | U.S....

CONTINUE READING
‘More Than Perfect,’ Harvey Caps Season with Second Place in Pursuit, Third in Overall
Canadian National Ski TeamGeneralNewsRacingUS Ski TeamWorld Cup

‘More Than Perfect,’ Harvey Caps Season with Second Place in Pursuit, Third in Overall

Gabby NaranjaMarch 19, 2017

Canada’s Alex Harvey has had one heck of a season. In January, he reached the top of a World Cup podium for the first time in three years. The following weekend, he helped Canada to its first-ever relay podium and two weeks before that, won the men’s team sprint in Toblach, Italy, with his teammate Len Valjas. A little more than a month later, he earned his first individual World Championships gold. The 28-year-old Harvey kept the ball rolling...

CONTINUE READING
Canadian National Ski TeamNewsRacingTeam nominationsUS Ski TeamWorld Cup

Canada Enters 30, U.S. 27 at World Cup Finals in Quebec (Updated x3)

FasterSkierMarch 14, 2017

For the second-straight year, the World Cup’s season-ending races will be held in Canada, with Québec City hosting 2017 World Cup Finals, this Friday through Sunday. Canada initially announced a according to a press release. On Thursday, FasterSkier confirmed that the list included the Women | U.S. selection criteria, and

CONTINUE READING
Sunday Rundown: Harvey Wins World Champs Gold in Lahti; PyeongChang + Vasaloppet (Updated)
Canadian National Ski TeamNewsRacingUS Ski TeamWorld Cup

Sunday Rundown: Harvey Wins World Champs Gold in Lahti; PyeongChang + Vasaloppet (Updated)

FasterSkierMarch 5, 2017

FIS Nordic World Championships (Lahti, Finland): Men’s 50 k freestyle mass start After a week of missing out on the medals at 2017 Nordic World Championships, Canada’s Alex Harvey, a four-time World Championships medalist from 2011, 2013 and 2015, achieved his first individual gold medal in the final race of this year’s World Championships in Lahti, Finland. Harvey, 28, won the men’s 50-kilometer freestyle mass start in a drag race to the finish. Entering the...

CONTINUE READING
Golden Biathlon Breakthrough for Masters, Second Gold for Arendz and McKeever of 2017 IPC World Champs
GeneralNewsPara NordicRacing

Golden Biathlon Breakthrough for Masters, Second Gold for Arendz and McKeever of 2017 IPC World Champs

Gabby NaranjaFebruary 21, 2017

The 2017 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Championships concluded this past weekend Feb. 18-19 in Finsterau, Germany with a biathlon sprint and a middle-distance cross-country event. Claiming their second gold medals of the week were Oksana Masters, of the U.S., and Canada’s Mark Arendz. Race recap and results below. *** The U.S. Paralympics Nordic Team’s Oksana Masters is plenty used to winning cross-country events. She ended last season undefeated in every cross-country race and...

CONTINUE READING
Another Gold for Masters; Historic Relay Medal for Canada; McKeever Wins 20 k at IPC World Champs
GeneralNewsPara NordicRacing

Another Gold for Masters; Historic Relay Medal for Canada; McKeever Wins 20 k at IPC World Champs

Gabby NaranjaFebruary 17, 2017

After a rest day, Paralympic athletes returned to the nordic venue in Finsterau, Germany, for Days 3, 4, and 5 of the 2017 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Nordic Skiing Championships. Long-distance biathlon races took place Tuesday, cross-country relays on Wednesday and individual cross-country races on Thursday. *** At the finish of Tuesday’s 15-kilometer individual biathlon race, Canada’s Mark Arendz could only think about one thing: his miss. But later, with his Canadian Para-Nordic Skiing press release. “But...

CONTINUE READING
Canadian National Ski TeamJuniorsNewsNordic CombinedOtherRacingUS Ski TeamWorld Cup

Saturday Rundown: PyeongChang, Soldier Hollow & Eastern Canadian Champs (Updated x3)

Alex KochonFebruary 4, 2017

FIS Nordic Combined Junior World Championships (Park City and Midway, Utah): Normal hill/5 k [UPDATED] In the individual normal hill/5-kilometer Gundersen on Saturday, the last nordic-combined competition of 2017 Nordic Junior World Championships, American Ben Loomis captured his first top 10 in his third Junior Worlds in ninth place. Eighteen-year-old Loomis jumped to 10th then picked off one place in the 5 k to finish ninth, 1:22.3 minutes behind the winner, Germany’s Vinzenz Geiger. Geiger...

CONTINUE READING
Wednesday Workout: Double-Pole Endurance Training
TrainingWorkouts

Wednesday Workout: Double-Pole Endurance Training

Gerry FursethFebruary 1, 2017

Double poling is an increasingly important part of cross-country skiing and it pays to be good at it. If watching World Cup stars double pole short races on television doesn’t have you convinced, take a look at the races you might enter. Most loppets, marathons and citizen races feature flatter courses with a lot of double-poling time. Even in skating, the three main techniques all include slight variations on double poling. When five Canmore skiers...

CONTINUE READING
Sunday Rundown: Falun, Duszniki-Zdrój, & The Marcialonga (Updated x4)
BiathlonBiathlon CanadaCanadian National Ski TeamRacingUS BiathlonUS Ski TeamWorld Cup

Sunday Rundown: Falun, Duszniki-Zdrój, & The Marcialonga (Updated x4)

FasterSkierJanuary 29, 2017

FIS Cross-Country World Cup (Falun, Sweden): 15 / 30 k classic mass start Men’s report In the women’s 15-kilometer classic mass start on Sunday, Norway swept the podium with Marit Bjørgen taking the win in a time of 41:28.8 in Falun, Sweden. Crossing just half a second behind her was her teammate, Ingvild Flugstad Østberg in second place. Rounding out the podium was Heidi Weng in third (+8.1). American Jessie Diggins was the first to cross the line...

CONTINUE READING
Browne Dominates M.S.A. NorAm Distance Weekend; NDC Thunder Bay Tops Men’s Races
Canadian National Ski TeamContinental CupNewsRacing

Browne Dominates M.S.A. NorAm Distance Weekend; NDC Thunder Bay Tops Men’s Races

Gerry FursethFebruary 2, 2016

Cendrine Browne used home-course advantage to command the women's classic individual start and freestyle pursuit last weekend at the NorAm at Mont Sainte-Anne, Quebec. She won the latter by nearly a minute and a half. Meanwhile, Bob Thompson led an NDC Thunder Bay podium sweep on Saturday, and Andy Shields skied away to the pursuit win on Sunday.

CONTINUE READING

Newer Posts

Older Posts