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While the rest of the ski world watched Lindsey Vonn’s reconstructed knee, two Canadian women refused to let the bold American steal all the glory last weekend (Dec. 6-8).

Unrelenting blasts of arctic air chilled Albertans to their very core, but they couldn’t keep Canadian Mariëlle Thompson from speeding down Nakiska to gold in -30 C weather at the Ski Cross World Cup stop on Saturday (Dec. 7).

Banff’s Heidi Widmer and Canmore’s Andrea Dupont took the early lead in the hunt for the NorAm cross-country ski title with wins in the 10-kilometre skate and classic sprint races respectively near Vernon, B.C.

A quick wrist shot from the point was all the Canmore Eagles needed to run a winning streak to four games, Tuesday (Dec. 10) at Alex Kaleta Arena.

Canadian sit-skiers Colette Bourgonje and Chris Klebl both narrowly missed the podium in the IPC World Cup debut at the Canmore Nordic Centre, Monday (Dec. 9).

Mark Arendz was the second fastest qualifier and finished fifth overall in the Canmore ParaNordic World Cup classic standing sprint competition on Tuesday (Dec. 10) at the Canmore Nordic Centre.

The Canadian Alpine ski team has started a new trend in off-season training: the less time on snow, the better the results in Lake Louise.

Climbing may have been passed over by the International Olympic Committee in its bid for inclusion in the 2020 Games, but that hasn’t stopped the Russians from including ice climbing in the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics taking place in Sochi in Febru

Canmore biathlete Megan Imrie isn’t one to dawdle. In the first individual race of the season, the 27-year-old had the best world cup race of her career on Saturday (Nov. 30) finishing 22nd in the 7.

Clear the track, Crawford’s back.