Tag: crosscountry

18 MAR

Canadian roundup: Cross-country mixed relay team adds silver to medal haul

Canada’s cross-country mixed relay team won silver on Sunday in Pyeongchang, South Korea to push the country’s Winter Games record to 25 medals.  In the anchor position, Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., made up a lot of ground to move Canada up from fourth to second in the 4×2.5-kilometre race.  The 28-year-old now has six […]

14 MAR

Brian McKeever thinks Canada can be a 'superpower' in cross-country

Brian McKeever is the unofficial Google search engine for everything cross-country skiing. Want to discuss waxing? Ski or boot selection? Cold or flu prevention before big events? No matter the subject, McKeever is your man. “You would be hard-pressed to find someone else in Canada so keen on the sport of nordic skiing,” says Devon Kershaw, […]

14 MAR

(Live at 8:55 pm ET) Paralympic Winter Games | Day 5 | Cross-Country Skiing: Men's and women's sprint and sprint classic qualifying, semifinals and finals

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Watch Paralympic cross-country skiing coverage of the men’s and women’s 1.1km sprint – sitting and 1.5km sprint classic – standing and visually impaired, in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

25 FEB

In the final event of the Winter Olympics, an Austrian cross-country skier took a wrong turn, got lost, and blew a shot at a medal

Quinn Rooney/Getty Images The Winter Olympics concluded on Sunday with the ladies’ 30km mass start classic. Teresa Stadlober of Austria was in a good position to win a medal when she took a wrong turn. The wrong turn took her up a hill and by the time she figured out what happened, she fell from […]

19 FEB

Several cross-country skiers waited at the finish line to congratulate the guy who came in last

Matthias Hangst/Getty Images German Madrazo was the last man to cross the finish line in the men’s 15 kilometer cross-country event at the Winter Olympics. Several other competitors, including the shirtless Tongan Pita Taufatofua, greeted Madrazo at the finish line, giving him a hero’s welcome. After the race, Madrazo compared his reception to that of a World Cup […]

10 FEB

There is actually a logical explanation for why there is an Olympic sport that combines cross-country skiing and guns

Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Every four years, there is one Winter Olympics sport that raises the most eyebrows — biathlon. While most multi-discipline sports are meant to test overall athletic prowess (e.g. decathlon, triathlon), biathlon combines the endurance of cross-country skiing with shooting rifles at a target. The sport actually has a logical explanation that traces […]

29 JAN

Alex Harvey leads Canada's Olympic cross-country ski team

Cross-country skiing star Alex Harvey headlines Canada’s 11-member Olympic team heading to Pyeongchang, South Korea, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Cross Country Canada announced on Monday. The Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que., native will compete in the four individual distances (sprint, 15-kilometre, 30-km and 50-km) and two team events (sprint and relay) and is riding several strong seasons of international […]

25 NOV

Watch the Canadian cross-country championships

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18 NOV

Justyn Knight seeks elusive gold at final NCAA cross-country championships

​A top-10 debut at the track and field world championships in August changed Canadian Justyn Knight as an athlete. While preparing for his fourth and final NCAA Division I cross-country championships this Saturday, the Syracuse senior spoke of how a confidence-boosting ninth-place performance in the men’s 5,000 metres at London has altered the way he […]