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Canada Athletes

Canada Athletes . At Sochi 2014. BY EMILY FYFE. EVENT #1. Cross C ountry S kiing.

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Canada Athletes

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  1. Canada Athletes At Sochi 2014 BY EMILY FYFE

  2. EVENT #1 Cross Country Skiing

  3. As a sport, cross-country skiing is one of the most difficult endurance sports, as its motions use every major muscle group and it is one of the sports that burn the most calories per hour in execution. The Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the FIS World Cup events have long been a showcase for the world's fastest cross country skiers. Cross Country Skiing Facts

  4. Cross-country skiing originated in Fennoscandian countries in prehistoric times. It was still widely practiced in the 19th century as a way of moving from place to place in winter. Moose, deer and other animals were hunted by skiing. CROSS COUNTRY SKIING FACTS CONTINUED

  5. Emily started skiing at the age of 4. She was also a competitive gymnast until the age of 14, then she focused more on her skiing. Emily had competed at three editions of the FIS World Under-23 Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012, posting a top result of 16th in the 10km free in 2011. Athlete: EMILY NISHIKIWA

  6. Nishikawa made her World Cup debut in January 2008 and in recent years has split her time between that elite circuit and the NorAm Cup. Her Olympic dream sparked when watching Beckie Scott win bronze. This year she competes in Sochi! Her dream has come true!

  7. This has just been Cross country skiing

  8. EVENT #2 SPEED SKATING

  9. Speed skating facts Speed skating, is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track.

  10. The roots of speed skating date back over a millennium to Scandinavia, Northern Europe and the Netherlands, where the natives added bones to their shoes and used them to travel on frozen rivers, canals and lakes. It was much later, in the 16th century, that people started seeing skating as fun and perhaps even a sporting activity.

  11. Mathieu Giroux became an Olympic champion in long track speed skating just over a year after he made the switch from short track. He teamed with Denny Morrison and Lucas Makowsky to win a somewhat surprising gold medal in the team pursuit at Vancouver 2010. Athlete: Mathieu Giroux

  12. Giroux had represented Canada at the world junior championships for short track speed skating in 2003, 2004 and 2005 but came up short in his bid to qualify for the 2006 Olympic team.  Later in 2006 he would suffer an ankle injury that would cause him to miss most of the 2006-07 season.

  13. . The problems carried over into 2007-08 and he was advised to undergo surgery. Upon returning to the ice in September 2008 he found that his ankle was weak and prone to swelling, making the tight corners in short track more difficult. He decided to give long track a try and headed west to train with the national team. He was added to the squad for two of the season-ending World Cups of 2008-09.

  14. This has just been SPEED SKATING

  15. EVENT #3: Biathlon

  16. Biathlon is a Winter Olympic Sport which combines cross country skiing with precision target shooting. In a typical Winter race, a Biathlete is required to ski with his or her rifle over a set distance to a shooting range, where five shots at five knockdown targets 50 m down range are taken from prone position. Biathlon Facts

  17. Depending on the format, either a time penalty or penalty laps are assessed for missed shots. The racer then skiis another loop, and comes back to the shooting range for another set of shots - this time from a standing stance. Again penalties are assessed for missed shots. The biathlete then skiis a final loop to complete the race.

  18. Rock paintings depicting hunters with bow and arrow moving on sliding timber have been found near Roedoey, Norway which date back to the Neolithic age (about 3000 BC). However, the first written descriptions of hunting on skiis come from Roman, Greek, and Chinese historical writings. These include such well known authors as the Roman poet Virgil, who described hunting on skiis in 400 BC.

  19. Athlete: Rossana Crawford

  20. Rosanna Crawford had her Olympic dream sparked while watching older sister Chandra win gold in cross-country skiing at Turin 2006. Four years later they were able to experience the Olympic Winter Games together as both Chandra and Rosanna were members of the Canadian Olympic Team at Vancouver 2010. Crawford started in biathlon at age 10, following her older sister Chandra into the sport. She had been skiing since the age five!

  21. It was not until 2013 that Crawford debuted at the IBU World Championships. She broke into the top-20 with a 17th place finish in the 15km individual event. • Earlier in the season she recorded her career-best result of 12th place in the 7.5km sprint event at the World Cup in Pokljuka, Slovenia. Those results contributed to her being named Biathlon Canada’s Female Athlete of the Year for 2012-13.

  22. GO Go! • We hope ALL of our Canadian athletes do amazing!!! HERE’S HOPE THEY BRING IN GOLD!

  23. CANADA ROCKS!!

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