Canada’s Alex Harvey wins cross-country ski World Cup 15-kilometre race
ULRICEHAMN, Sweden — Canadian Alex Harvey won a 15-kilometre freestyle race at the cross-country ski World Cup on Saturday.
Harvey’s time of 32 minutes 46.2 seconds made him the first North American man to win a World Cup race since he last topped the podium almost three years ago.
“It’s amazing. Individual start, it’s a real man’s race. You’re there on your own,” said Harvey, who is from Saint Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que. “I’m really happy to be able to check that off.”
Harvey is the first Canadian cross-country skier to earn back-to-back gold medal victories in consecutive weekends on the World Cup. He also won gold last week with Toronto’s Len Valjas in the team sprint relay in Toblach, Italy.