Alex Harvey headlines Canadian cross-country ski team for Winter Olympics
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CANMORE, Alta. — Two-time Olympian Alex Harvey headlines the 11-athlete list of Canadian cross-country skiers who will compete at next month’s Pyeongchang Games.
Harvey, from St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., won a silver medal over the weekend in Austria for his 27th career World Cup podium. He finished third in the overall race at the Tour de Ski this season to become the first non-European to reach the podium at the event.
Harvey is one of six team members with Olympic experience. The others include Devon Kershaw of Sudbury, Ont., Toronto’s Lenny Valjas, Jesse Cockney of Canmore, Alta., Graeme Killick of Fort McMurray, Alta., and Emily Nishikawa of Whitehorse.
The rest of the roster includes Knute Johnsgaard and Dahria Beatty of Whitehorse, Cendrine Browne of Saint-Jerome, Que., Anne-Marie Comeau of Saint-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., and Russell Kennedy of Canmore, Alta.
