A dozen or more Ottawa athletes could represent Canada in Sochi, with numerous medal contenders

In local water skiing champion Jonah Shaffer's case, a short rope is a good thing. In late February, Shaffer's rope was short enough to win a bronze medal at the world junior championships in Mulwala, Australia

On the 2014 Olympic course for a test event at Sochi, Russia, former Nakkertok nordic ski club racer Perianne Jones earned a team relay bronze medal, while back at home, more than 600 athletes looking to follow in her tracks competed at the Haywood Eastern Canadian Championships and Nor-Am races at Nakkertok in Cantley.

Mikaela Tommy of Edelweiss Ski Club made her World Cup debut on Jan. 26 in Maribor, Slovenia.

Former Nakkertok Nordic athlete Perianne Jones is continuing a career-best cross-country ski season into 2013.

After an 11-year career on the Canadian national team, Ottawa alpine skier Ryan Semple has retired, the 30-year-old announced recently.

Ottawa alpine skier Dustin Cook got his sophomore season on the World Cup circuit off to a solid start on Oct. 28 in Soelden, Austria, earning a career-best finish.

Pat Biggs says that never suffering a complete tear of the ACL knee ligament may have been the biggest blessing of his career.

Former Nakkertok cross-country skier and Canadian Olympian Perianne Jones will be the star attraction of a Tuesday, Oct. 16 event at the Britannia Yacht Club that includes a waxing workshop and a silent auction from 7 p.m.

To say that Andrew Stewart-Jones has landed on the RADAR is an understatement.
The former national-level cross-country skier from the Nakkertok Nordic club recently switched to a new sport, registering surprising results at races, and with Rowing Canada’s series of evaluating tests.