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World Championship Squad Leads 29 Canucks into Quebec City World Cup Finals on Home Snow

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March 19, 2019 (Ottawa, ON)Canada’s 10-member World Championship Team will lead 29 Canadians into Quebec City where they will host the top nordic athletes in the world for the FIS Cross Country World Cup Finals, March 22-24, 2019.

Alex Harvey [P] Nordic Focus
Len Valjas [P] Nordic Focus
Russell Kennedy (CAN) [P] Nordic Focus
Canada will field a team of 15 men and 14 women for the World Cup finale that will consist of one sprint and two distance races on the world-renowned Plains of Abraham in Quebec City.
Emily Nishikawa (CAN)
Dahria Beatty [P] Nordic Focus
Katherine Stewart-Jones [P] Nordic Focus
Each of the athletes earned their coveted spots to compete against the world’s best on home snow through Nordiq Canada’s selection policy for competition trips. The 12 pre-qualified athletes locked up their spots on the start line based on results while competing on the international stage. Canadian Ski Championships in Gatineau, Que. offered a final qualification opportunity.
Pre-Qualified Men
– Alex Harvey – St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que.
– Lenny Valjas – Toronto. Ont.
– Russell Kennedy – Canmore, Alta.
– Evan Palmer Charrette – Thunder Bay, Ont.
– Scott Hill – Toronto
– Remi Drolet – Rossland, B.C.
– Jack Carlyle – Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
Pre-Qualified Women
– Emily Nishikawa – Whitehorse
– Dahria Beatty – Whitehorse
– Katherine Stewart Jones – Chelsea, Que.
– Cendrine Browne – St-Jérôme, Que.
– Maya Macisaac-Jones– Athabasca, Alta.
– Annika Richardson – Vancouver
Qualified Men
– Antoine Briand – Sept-Îles, Que.
– Phillippe Boucher – Levis, Que.
– Julien Locke – Nelson, B.C.
– Julien Smith – Thunder Bay, Ont.
– Bob Thompson – Thunder Bay, Ont.
– Alexis Dumas – Quebec City
– Antoine Cyr – Gatineau, Que.
– Graham Ritchie – Parry Sound, Ont.
Qualified Women
– Anne Marie Petitclerc – St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que.
– Sadie White – Thunder Bay, Ont.
– Marie Coriveau – Mont Saint-Anne, Que.
– Zoe Williams – Cantley, Que.
– Hannah Mehain – Vernon, B.C.
– Frederique Vezina – St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que.
– Alannah Maclean – Thunder Bay, Ont.
– Laura Leclair – Chelsea, Que.
FIS will award crystal globes for the overall World Cup leaders following the Friday’s sprint and Sunday’s distance races. The trio of races set for Quebec City will also mark the end of Alex Harvey’s illustrious career that includes 30 World Cup medals, five World Championship podiums and three Olympic appearances, highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the 50-kilometre event last year in PyeongChang.
For complete information on the FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals, please visit here.




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