Team Canada is the U23 Mixed Team Relay World Champions!
2024 FIS World Jr/U23 Championships, Slovenia
Jasmine Drolet (BC), Max Hollman (Ontario), Derek Deuling (Yukon), and Liliane Gagnon (Quebec) win Canada's first U23 Relay World Championships title. It was a tremendous effort by the athletes, and the team behind the team. Battling in the rain, the team would battle to hang onto the lead pack with enormous efforts in each leg. Max Hollmann tagged off to Liliane Gagnon for the final leg in fifth position. With the weight of a nation on her shoulders, Gagnon made her move in the final straight free skating ahead of the competition to cross the line, and write Canadian skiing history!
Relay photos: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=781155780711410&set=pcb.781159450711043
You Tube: LIVE: U23 FIS Nordic JWSC Championships 2024 - Mixed Team Relay 4x5km C/F - YouTube
ALSO: BEST EVER individual result for a BC athlete at the World U23 Championships! Jasmine Drolet from Black Jack Cross Country Ski Club (Rossland) finished 10th in the 10k classic. Jasmine also has the best ever BC female result at the World Junior Championships, placing 8th in the 5k classic in 2022.
ALSO: Tied for BEST EVER individual sprint result for a female BC athlete at the World Junior Championships! Alexandra Luxmoore from the Revelstoke Nordic Ski Club finished 18th in the free technique sprint race.
All results - FIS Cross-Country - Planica (SLO) - Event Details (fis-ski.com)
World Junior Championships – history of the top BC results - https://www.crosscountrybc.ca/world-jr-championships-bc
World U23 Championships - history of the top BC results - https://www.crosscountrybc.ca/world-u23-championship-bc