WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP NEWS!
An amazing day for the BC Ski Team!
In the Men’s free technique sprint event Raleigh Tarte (Kimberley Nordic Club) finished 7th, the best result ever for a BC athlete in a sprint competition. Finn Redman from the Telemark Nordic Club of Kelowna finished 9th, (he finished FIRST in the Qualification Round), which is the second best-ever result in a sprint competition for a BC athlete. The previous BC best was Chris Werrell’s 15th place finish in 2004. Chris was from the Omineca Ski Club in Burns Lake.
In the Women’s free technique sprint event Ruby Serrouya (Revelstoke Nordic Club) finished 10th, the best-ever result for a BC athlete in the Women’s sprint competition. Louison Dubief (Fernie Nordic Ski Club) finished 15th and Madeleine Wilkie (Larch Hills Nordic Society) finished 18th. The previous BC bests were Marielle Ackermann’s 18th place finish in 2022 and Alexandra Luxmore’s 18th place finish in 2024. Marielle is from the Kimberley Nordic Club and Alexandra from the Revelstoke Nordic Club. Eula Palmer-Bird (Sovereign Lake Nordic Club, Vernon), the youngest of the BC athletes competing today, finished 32nd.
Results: https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/event-details.html?sectorcode=CC&eventid=62427&seasoncode=2026
History of top BC results at the WJC: https://www.crosscountrybc.ca/world-jr-championships-bc