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Sunday, August 30
Academy Feature Athlete: Kate Brennan
- By: Shayla Swanson
Canada has many reasons to be thankful for the late Heinz Niederhauser's selfless devotion to the sport of Cross Country skiing in Canada. We, the athletes of the Alberta World Cup Academy, are especially thankful for Heinz's recruitment strategy at a daycare in Pakenham, Ontario... [ click to read more ] |
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Friday, August 28
Cross Country Canada Names New Executive Director
- By: CCC
Cross Country Canada names Davin MacIntosh as the new Executive Director.... [ click to read more ] |
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Friday, August 28
Olympian Phil Widmer to host personal fundraising luncheon
- By: Torsosports
Olympic cross-country skier Phil Widmer is reaching out to his home community of Banff, AB for assistance in raising the funds he needs to reach the 2010 Olympic Winter Games... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, August 26
Kershaw and Harvey, Twittering Odd Couple
- By: Randy Starkman - thestar.com
Randy Starkman blogs on the banter between cross-country skiers Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey. "These guys are a Twittering Odd Couple, the kings ofkibbitz."... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, August 26
Chepalova, Dementyev, & Rysina fail doping tests
- By: http://russiatoday.com/Sport.html
Russians Yulia Chepalova, Evgeny Dementyev , and Nina Rysina, have failed a doping test they took this January.... [ click to read more ] |
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Tuesday, August 25
Third Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Coming to Canmore
- By: Pam Doyle, The Canmore Leader
The world will visit Canmore once again this winter, as the XC World Cup Society and its local organizing committee is hosting the third cross-country skiing World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre... [ click to read more ] |
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Monday, August 24
Canadian skiers sweep podium in New Zealand
- By: CTVOLYMPICS.CA
The Canadian cross-country team cleaned up in the first two events at the Winter Games NZ... [ click to read more ] |
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Monday, August 24
Canada's Drew Goldsack Begins Comeback with Golden Sprint at Snow Farm in New Zealand
- By: CCC
Canada’s Drew Goldsack had the perfect start to his comeback season by winning gold in the men’s skate sprint on Monday in New Zealand... [ click to read more ] |
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Friday, August 21
B.C. town's decision not to fund Olympic athlete causes city hall controversy
- By: Raymond Masleck, The Canadian Press
TRAIL, B.C. - A British Columbia town's decision not to fund an Olympic athlete has created a rift between the mayor and at least one councillor.... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, August 19
Sean Crooks Video Update from New Zealand
Video update by National Ski Team athlete Sean Crooks from New Zealand's Snowfarm ... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, August 19
Cross-Country skiers test summer shape
- By: FIS
In the past two weeks, several top athletes competed in interesting dryland events... [ click to read more ] |
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Monday, August 17
Athlete Excerpts: Devon Kershaw
A few weeks ago I made my annual pilgrimage home to visit my family in Sudbury, Ontario. Since it’s a cool 3500 + kilometers east of Canmore, it’s a voyage that I don’t get the privilege of partaking often ... [ click to read more ] |
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Tuesday, August 11
Canadians seeking home-snow advantage
- By: Matthew Sekeres, The Globe and Mail
Six months until the Games get going, most national sports organizations feel they'll have an edge come February ... [ click to read more ] |
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Tuesday, August 11
Athlete Excerpts: Phil Widmer
Well, that old saying 'a set-back is a set-up for a come back' is the cliché for my situation at present... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, August 5
Athlete Excerpts: Phil Widmer
A lot has happened since my last update. The glacier was great for the team with a week of fabulous skiing... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, August 5
XC Heads South for Snow Time
- By: US Ski Team
With a summer already full of rollerskiing, the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team is in the southern hemisphere to get some vital on-snow time prior to the start of the 2010 Olympic season... [ click to read more ] |
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Wednesday, August 5
Where are they now: Beckie Scott
- By: James Christie, The Globe and Mail
Canada knows Beckie Scott by reputation as much as by name... [ click to read more ] |
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