January 23, 2021 - 10:28 AM
LAHTI, FINLAND - Canadian Katherine Stewart-Jones had a career-best 24th place finish Saturday in a women s World Cup cross-country ski event.
Stewart-Jones, of Chelsea, Que., posted a time of 41 minutes 8.6 seconds in the women s 15-kilometre skiathon. Cedrine Browne, of Saint-Jerome, Que., was 27th - her best-ever skiathon finish - in 41:30.0, marking the first time since 2014 that two Canadian women registered a top-30 finish on the World Cup.
And Russell Kennedy of Canmore, Alta., finished 29th in the men s 30-kilometre skiathon.
The skiathlon, which combines classic and skate skiing, was the first World Cup start in nearly 10 months for the Canadians. They trained at home for the first half of the World Cup season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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