Olympic hopeful Leslie Sexton leads Canadian team into cross-country athletics worlds
Leslie Sexton feels good physically and appears poised to make a final attempt on April 28 in Hamburg, Germany at qualifying for her first Olympic marathon.
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Canadian sit-skier Collin Cameron wins sprint gold at Para nordic World Cup finals
Collin Cameron of Bracebridge, Ont., won the gold medal Saturday in the men's sitting cross-country ski sprint at the Para nordic World Cup finals in Prince George, B.C.
Equestrian-Australian Olympic hopeful Rose badly injured in fall
SYDNEY : Australia's three-times Olympic medallist Shane Rose was seriously injured in a heavy fall this week that could end his hopes of competing in a fourth Summer Games in Paris this year.
Drunken spectator brawls mar women's cross-country race in Norway - ESPN
The 50km women's classic cross-country race in and around Oslo's famous Holmenkollen stadium on Saturday was marred by drunken brawls among the spectators.
Northwestern Ontario athletes play big role in landmark cross-country ski season
It's been a landmark season for elite cross-country skiers right across Canada, and athletes from northwestern Ontario are playing a big role in the success.
Karnataka's Thekkada Bhavani Nanjugunda, The Queen Of Nordic Skiing In India
If there was a prize for the 'Woman of the Khelo India Winter Games 2024' underway in Gulmarg, Thekkada Bhavani Nanjugunda would perhaps walk away with the honours. The Karnataka skier, who is also a mountaineer with decent credentials, completed a hattrick of gold medals in Nordic skiing at the iconic Gulmarg Golf Course on Saturday. Bhavani's consistency in this edition of the Games, where the technical parameters have been directly managed by the Sports Authority of India, impressed no other than six-time Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan, who thinks there is a lot to achieve for Indian snow sport athletes, given the fantastic conditions available in Gulmarg.
Karnataka's Thekkada Bhavani Nanjugunda, The Queen Of Nordic Skiing In India
If there was a prize for the 'Woman of the Khelo India Winter Games 2024' underway in Gulmarg, Thekkada Bhavani Nanjugunda would perhaps walk away with the honours. The Karnataka skier, who is also a mountaineer with decent credentials, completed a hattrick of gold medals in Nordic skiing at the iconic Gulmarg Golf Course on Saturday. Bhavani's consistency in this edition of the Games, where the technical parameters have been directly managed by the Sports Authority of India, impressed no other than six-time Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan, who thinks there is a lot to achieve for Indian snow sport athletes, given the fantastic conditions available in Gulmarg.
Thunder Bay's ski community comes together in 'labour of love' to save ski track from mild winter
When a mild winter threatened the 2024 Ontario Winter Games cross-country ski events, the Thunder Bay community came together to make sure the athletes would have enough snow to compete.