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Endurance race part of annual Ski Fest celebration If you think of cross-country skiing as a quiet and leisurely glide through the woods, you might want to stay away from the Lost Lake trails during the annual Ski Fest celebration Jan. 19-20.

Roy’s ninth leads team With three World Cup competitions during the last three weeks keeping our athletes in Europe, and no podiums to speak of, the holiday season has been less than kind to the Canadian Alpine Ski Team.

The Canadian women’s technical team, which has demonstrated both depth and podium results this season, came up with goose eggs in a pair of races at Lienz, Austria last weekend.

For the Canadian men’s World Cup downhill team, 2001 couldn’t end soon enough.

The list of Olympic champions from 1998 who won’t be at Salt Lake City to defend their titles got a little longer last weekend.

Olympic speedskating champion Catriona Le May Doan topped the polls as the Canadian Press’ Female Athlete of the Year.

For the past three years Whistler skiers have set the standard on the International Freeskiiing Association World Tour, with Hugo Harrison claiming back to back world tour titles and Jeff Holden grabbing the title in 1999.

It’s been said a thousand times in a thousand different ways, but there’s really no place like Whistler. And one of the things that sets us apart from all the other mountain towns out there is our all-consuming passion for our sports.

Excellent results in Whistler World Cup ‘changed the landscape’ Although Jan.

Simard posts eighth place finish, qualifies for Salt Lake City Canmore’s Thomas Grandi got an early Christmas and New Year present on Dec. 20 th with a sixth place finish in the giant slalom at Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.