By virtue of his marriage to Beckie Scott, one of Canada’s all-time greatest cross-country skiers, it’s obvious that Justin Wadsworth would be tied into that country’s ski community. But few anticipated his recent appointment as the head coach of the national team, which came after he worked for several years on the World Cup with the American squad. In one sense, Wadsworth doesn’t face too much of a challenge: the Canadian men pulled down half...
CANMORE, Alta.—Canada’s high-performance cross-country ski athletes will begin their four-year march to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games with a new head coach blazing the trail to world-leading results. Justin Wadsworth, a three-time Olympic cross-country skier for the United States, has accepted the role as head coach of the National Ski Team, Cross Country Canada announced on Friday. The 41-year-old Wadsworth, who is very familiar with Canada’s cross-country ski program as the former training partner and now husband of...
The sun has come up over the mountains, warming the stadium from the overnight chill. It is another beautiful day in Canmore. We are just over 30 minutes from the start of the women’s 10km individual freestyle race. The track is firm, and the snow a bit colder than expected. 66 women are slated to start on the challenging 5km loop. The men will follow at 12:30 for the 15km event. Nat Herz checked in...