November 14, 2010 (Bruksvallarna, Sweden) – It was another great day for the Canucks in Sweden with Canada’s Devon Kershaw and Alex Harvey just off the podium in 4th and 5th as Sweden’s Marcus Hellner took the win in the men’s 15km freestyle race.

Post-race Kershaw commented on Twitter…”Finished 4th today – Hellner was an animal out there, and rocked us all. Now 6 days until the World Cup opener in cold, dark Gallivare. woo? Alex Harvey was 5th, rounding out a decent day. Afternoon will include some strength training and cappo drinking. Looking forward to it.

Harvey tweeted “Good/hard 15k skate today. Felt a little tired from the week of training but happy with the result.”

In the women’s 10km free Canada’s Daria Gaiazova made the top ten placing 9th at 1:20 behind winner Charlotte Kalla (Swe) but was less than 30 seconds out of second. Chandra Crawford did not race today.

Full results HERE.

Results (brief)

Men

1. Marcus Hellner (Swe) 35:31.1
2. Johan Olsson (Swe) 30.4
3. Daniel Richardsson (Swe) 35.2
4. Devon Kershaw (Can) 45.8
5. Alex Harvey (Can) 1:13.8

42. Brent McMurtry (Can) 2:57.2
45. Frederic Touchette (Can) 2:59.9
61. Stefan Kuhn (Can) 3:23.0

Women

1. Charlotte Kalla (Swe) 24:05.5
2. Maria Rydqvist  (Swe) 50.6
3. Anna Haag (Swe) 51.0
4. Ida Ingemarsdotter  (Swe) 1:00.2
5. Britta Norgren-Johansson (Swe) 1:04.1

9. Daria Gaiazova (Can) 1:20.3