Canadian team for the Canmore World Cup

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Canadian team for the Canmore World Cup

by Leandro Lutz • 07.02.2024

Photo: GEPA/Oliver Lerch/Bildbyrån

This week, the upcoming cross-country skiing World Cup season 2023/2024 stage starts in Canmore (CAN). Check out the nominated Canadian national team.

Canmore, Canada, is the place for the next stage of this year’s cross-country skiing World Cup. The Canmore World Cup starts on Friday, February 9, with a 10km interval start race in freestyle technique, followed by a sprint race in freestyle technique on Saturday, February 10, then a 20km mass start race in classic technique on Sunday, February 11, and a sprint race in classic technique on Tuesday, February 13.

In a press release, Nordiq Canada has named their cross-country ski team for the upcoming World Cup in Canmore. Canada will start with 26 athletes. On the women’s side, Canada will start with 10 skiers. Already on the men’s side, 16 athletes will start for the North American country.

According to the release, the Canadian team is a mix of seasoned World Cup veterans and promising young talents making their international debut.

“It’s going to be an exciting week for our National Ski Team program and for our Canadian athletes. It’s an opportunity to showcase Canada to the Nordic world and the unrivaled beauty of Canmore,” said Chris Jeffries, High-Performance Director of the Olympic cross-country ski program.

“For some members of our team, this is a chance to fight for the podium. For others, this will be their first World Cup start and a significant step in their development pathway. The focus continues to be on refining individual processes, finding new opportunities to learn and grow, and most importantly, representing our community through our core values and behaviors as a team.”