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Men's cross-country skiing; Representing Canada; World Championships; 2011 Oslo: Team sprint: 2017 Lahti: 50 km freestyle: 2015 Falun: Individual sprint: 2013 Val di Fiemme: Individual sprint: 2015 Falun: 30 km skiathlon: Junior World Championships; 2011 Otepää: 30 km skiathlon 2008 Mals: 10 km classical 2007 Tarvisio: 10 km freestyle 2007 ...
Nov 18, 2020 · On Instagram. On Twitter. Check out the first two stories from this series to see what Joannie Rochette and Mariane St Gelais are up to now. Team Canada - The greatest cross-country skier in Canadian history, Alex Harvey, retired at home in Quebec City in the winter of 2019.
Sep 18, 2011 · 184cm. Weight. 75kg. Birthplace. Quebec City, Quebec. Home Province. Québec. Hometown. Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec. Residence. Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Quebec. Personal Channels. Biography. Alex Harvey is the most successful Canadian cross-country skier in history outside of the Olympic Games.
Mar 17, 2017 · On the eve of the World Cup finale in his hometown of Quebec City, cross-country skier Alex Harvey broke away from the media scrum and called on a cell phone. "It's exciting," he said...
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The cross-country programme at PyeongChang 2018consists of the ladies' skiathlon (10 February), men's skiathlon (11 February), men's and ladies' individual sprint classic (both 13 February), ladies' 10km freestyle (15 February), men's 15km freestyle (16 February), ladies' 4 x 5km relay (17 February), men's 4 x 10km relay (18 February), men's and la...
While technique is obviously critical if you're going to win medals, all athletes at the top level have great ability. The crucial differentiators between winning and losing, according to Harvey, are athleticism and the right skis. "It comes down to who is strongest on the day, mainly," he said. "There's no substitute for training, and working hard...
"You've got to start with Marit Bjoergen, from Norway," Harvey said. "She's the most successful skier ever in our sport, with well over 100 world cup wins. An absolute legend. She can break the record for the most gold medals in our sport in Korea – and she's a great person, too. "The whole Norwegian team is so strong, too, especially Heidi Weng, w...
"My previous two Olympic experiences have been quite different," Harvey said. "At Vancouver 2010, our team came in with low expectations and went way beyond them. We got fourth in the team sprint and some really good individual finishes, too. "We carried our confidence over into Sochi 2014, and came in with such high expectations. But we weren't ab...
Aug 31, 2018 · Canada's Alex Harvey is 50 km World Champion Aug 31, 2018 · Cross-Country (Lahti, Finland) - Canada's Alex Harvey won the men's 50 km free technique mass start competition to end the 2017 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
Mar 24, 2019 · Retiring Canadian cross-country skier Alex Harvey went out in style, earning his second silver medal in as many days at a World Cup event in Quebec City on Sunday. He finished second in...
