“On behalf of the COC, I congratulate all 11 of our phenomenal cross-country skiing athletes – your country will certainly be cheering you on as you take to the snow in Russia.” “Our cross-country skiers have been training ferociously with unmatched dedication in order to be at the top of their game as we head into Sochi,” said Marcel Aubut, President, Canadian Olympic Committee. “Depth is critical towards mounting an attack on the podium in any sport, and we have seen through the development of our elite program, that our women are hungry to win another medal at the Games, while us guys are now racing to win the country’s first-ever Olympic medal,” said Devon Kershaw, who was the first Canadian male along with Alex Harvey to win a gold medal at the World Championships.
The final four athletes including Graeme Killick, Jesse Cockney, Heidi Widmer and Emily Nishikawa, earned the last four spots to round out the Canadian Olympic Cross-Country Ski Team following Cross Country Canada’s Olympic Trials held last week in Canmore, Alberta. “This is a medal-winning team that has evolved from a group of talented athletes excited to be on the start line into a group of determined high-performers focused on winning, and confident in their ability to achieve podium results,” said Tom Holland, High-Performance Director, Cross Country Canada. Each of these athletes qualified based on their World Cup results over the last two years. For the first time ever, Canada qualified a core group of seven veterans – six of them Olympians who have all won medals on the World Cup circuit over the last four years. The six men: Alex Harvey (St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec) Devon Kershaw (Sudbury, Ontario) Ivan Babikov (Canmore, Alberta) Graeme Killick (Fort McMurray, Alberta) Jesse Cockney (Canmore, Alberta) and Lenny Valjas (Toronto, Ontario) and five women: Chandra Crawford (Canmore, Alberta) Daria Gaiazova (Banff, Alberta) Heidi Widmer (Banff, Alberta) Emily Nishikawa (Whitehorse, Yukon) and Perianne Jones (Almonte, Ontario) were nominated during an announcement at Altadore School in Calgary.Ĭanada is set to send one of its most talented teams of cross-country skiers of yet to the start line with a focus on contributing to the nation’s medal count at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. 11 athletes nominated to historic men’s and women’s teamsĬANMORE, Alberta - Cross Country Canada announced today the men and women officially nominated onto the Sochi 2014 Canadian Olympic Cross Country Skiing Team.
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