Hockey Canada announced today a roster of 27 players that will be centralized at the WinSport’s Markin MacPhail Centre for Canada’s national women’s team for the 2013-14 season.

The centralization of the roster will be in preparation for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, which are scheduled for Feb. 7-23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

The roster includes three goalies, nine defencemen and 15 forwards. Among the players named were three members of the WinSport-based Alberta team in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League, including defencemen Tara Watchorn, Meaghan Mikkelson and Jocelyne Larocque.

All 27 players named Thursday will be in Calgary in late May for fitness testing and orientation, before beginning to train full-time with Hockey Canada in August.

Canada’s final Olympic roster is expected to be determined in late December.

Eleven new members were announced today as the latest inductees to Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.

Among the athletes named were Russ Howard (curling), Joe Sakic (hockey), Alison Sydor (cycling), Andre Viger (Paralympian wheelchair racer) and the four members of the women’s coxless fours rowing team which won gold at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

In the builders’ category, hockey visionary Murray Costello and sport development architect Dr. Jean-Guy Ouellet were added.

This year’s induction celebrations will be held in Toronto on Oct. 16. They had been held in Calgary each of the past three years.

If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Hall, which is located at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park, it is an awesome facility with a great tribute to Canadian sport.

It has been an outstanding week for members of the WinSport Academy, with several podium finishes and personal bests in a variety of events.

WinSport dominated at the junior nationals at Apex, winning nine of a possible 32 medals up for grabs in slopestyle and Big Air. Meagan Fiselier and Dakota Eliuk both led the way with a pair of golds, while Bryana Cressey won F3 gold in slopestyle and bronze in slopestyle. Tom Nelner was golden in M2 Big Air, while Dustin Cressey took silver in M2 Big Air. Ryan Kennedy chipped in with bronze in M3 Big Air. “Ryan and I were amazed by the entire team,” said coach Chip Milner. “It was an awesome show of effort and commitment. We are very impressed with the depth of talent on this team.”

* Evan McEachran picked up a score of 90.8 to finish second on Wednesday in men’s slopestyle at the FIS Freestyle North American Cup in Sun Valley. More importantly, his result helped him clinch the overall Noram title. Corbin Lefebvre was ninth in Wednesday’s race, while Keaton Carlson was 10^th. On Tuesday in half-pipe in Sun Valley, Garett Northey led the way with a fifth-place finish, while Lukas Bowman was sixth. Brendan MacKay also cracked the top-10 with an eighth-place finish.

* At Snow Crown, the freestyle snowboarding championships held here at Canada Olympic Park, WinSport`s Kirsty Macdonald was a big winner, with a third-place in junior slopestyle finals, third in junior half-pipe and first overall in women`s open slopestyle. Three athletes qualified for finals in junior men`s slopestyle and Callum Michie led the way in junior men`s half-pipe with a fifth-place finish.

Canadians dominated the FIS World Ski Mogul Championships today in Voss, Norway, with Mikael Kingsbury winning gold and Alex Bilodeau taking silver in the men’s event. Justine Dufour-Lapointe won bronze on the women’s side.

For Kingsbury, becoming world champion is a dream come true.

“I have been waiting a while for this and dreaming about the day that I would earn the world championship title. I worked hard all summer to get to this day and I’m very happy,” said the 20-year-old, who took top spot at the World Cup moguls event in January at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. “When I woke up this morning, I was in a world championship mood. I felt perfect. My body was perfect, so I knew it could be today.”

Meanwhile, it was a quiet weekend on the World Cup scene for Canadian winter athletes, with alpine skiers taking centre stage at World Cup stops in Kvitfjell, Norway and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Manny Osborne-Paradis came closest to hitting the podium, with the 29-year-old Vancouver native finishing fourth in Saturday’s downhill in Kvitfjell, just 0.01 seconds off the podium. Osborne-Paradis clocked a time of one minute 29.61 seconds and was bumped off the podium by third-place finisher Klaus Kroell of Austria.

“I’ve been fourth before, but never one one-hundredth out. It sucks but that’s racing – the clock never lies,” said Osborne-Paradis. “Being fourth is just one of those things. It was close but really, I’m five-tenths away from first.”

Calgary’s Jan Hudec also wasn’t far off the podium, finishing in sixth place.

In Sunday’s super-G, Hudec was the top Canadian, with a 16^th-place finish. Erik Guay and Osborne-Paradis didn’t finish their runs. In the women’s super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Marie-Michele Gagnon led the Canadian contingent with a 29^th-place finish.

* In speed skating, the trio of Ivanie Blondin, Kali Christ and Cindy Klassen teamed up to win a silver medal in the women’s team pursuit race at a World Cup race in Erfurt, Germany. Edmonton’s Jamie Gregg turned in Canada’s best individual result, with a fourth place finish in a 500-metre race, missing the podium by one one-hundredth of a second.

The world is taking notice of Canada’s national cross-country ski team at the Nordic World Ski Championships.

Alex Harvey made Canadian history last Thursday with a bronze medal in the classic-sprint race in Val di Fiemme, Italy, becoming the first Canadian male to win an individual medal at the world championships. It was Canada’s third ever medal at the worlds.

“This is absolutely huge. I am so thrilled,” said the 24-year-old Harvey. “The day started tricky qualifying 26th, but the skis sped up as the day went along and I felt absolutely great in the final. It feels great.”

Harvey teamed up with Devon Kershaw two years ago to win gold in a team sprint race, while four-time Olympian Sara Renner took third in a women’s sprint event in 2005.

On Saturday, Harvey and Kershaw joined forces in the team sprint event and came within a snowball of hitting the podium, capturing fourth overall. Daria Gaiazova and Perianne Jones paired up in the women’s team sprint to finish 13^th. 

Luge: Canada’s national luge team will be front and centre at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, as the unique relay event makes its Olympic debut. The Canadian relay team, which consists of Calgarians Sam Edney and Alex Gough, along with the doubles duo of Tristan Walker and Justin Snith, captured a bronze medal Sunday at a World Cup event in Sochi, serving notice that they will be a podium threat in 12 months. On Saturday, Walker and Snith teamed up to finish fourth in a doubles event, while Gough was sixth in a women’s singles race.

Alpine skiing: Marie-Michèle Gagnon had a career-best fifth-place finish Sunday at a World Cup super combined race in Meribel, France. Gagnon turned in the second-fastest run in her slalom race.

Freestyle moguls: Canadian freestyle skiers had a huge weekend at a World Cup stop in Inawashiro, Japan, led by a four-medal day on Friday. Mikael Kingsbury reached the top step of the podium for the sixth time in eight events this season, with teammate Alex Bilodeau earning a bronze medal. On the women’s side, Audrey Robichaud took gold, with teammate Chloe Dufour-Lapointe taking third place. Biodeau added a silver medal on Saturday in a dual moguls race, while Kingsbury, the current wearer of the yellow bib as the overall points leader, was fifth.

Freestyle aerials: Travis Gerrits led the Canadian contingent at a World Cup stop Saturday in Bukovel, Ukraine, finishing fifth overall, just outside of the four-man super finals.

Para-alpine: Canadian skiers won three medals on Sunday in La Molina, Spain, with sit-skier Kimberly Joines, visually impaired skier Viviane Forest and standing skier Alexandra Starker all hitting the medal podium.

Here’s a closer look at the weekend:

SUNDAY

Luge World Cup (at Sochi, Russia)
Sam Edney, Calgary         25^th men’s singles

Canadian Team  3^rd team relay
(Sam Edney, Calgary/Alex Gough, Calgary/Tristan Walker, Cochrane/Justin Snith, Calgary)

Para-Alpine World Championships (at La Molina, Spain)
Kimberly Joines, Kimberley, B.C.  3^rd women’s sit-ski slalom
Viviane Forest, Edmonton             3^rd women’s visually impaired slalom
Alexandra Starker, Calgary            3^rd women’s standing slalom
Caleb Brousseau, Terrace, B.C.    7^th men’s sit-ski

Alpine World Cup (at Meribel, France)
Marie-Michele Gagnon, Lac-Etchemin, Que.          5^th women’s super combined

Nordic World Championships (at Val Di Fiemme, Italy)
Canada 4^th men’s team sprint
(Devon Kershaw, Sudbury, Ont./Alex Harvey, St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que.)

Canada 13^th women’s team sprint
(Perianne Jones, Almonte, Ont./Daria Gaiazova, Banff)

Freestyle World Cup (at Inawashiro, Japan)

Alex Bilodeau, Rosemere, Que.    3^rd men’s dual moguls
Mikael Kingsbury, Deux-Montagnes, Que.               5^th men’s dual moguls
Marc-Antoine Gagnon, Terrebonne, Que.               10^th men’s dual moguls
Simon Pouliot-Cavanagh, Quebec City      11^th men’s dual moguls
Cedric Rochon, St. Sauveur, Que.               16^th men’s dual moguls
PO Gagne, Montreal        17^th men’s dual moguls
Philippe Marquis, Quebec City      21^st men’s dual moguls
Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, Montreal              6^th women’s dual moguls
Audrey Robichaud, Quebec City   7^th women’s dual moguls
Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Montreal            8^th women’s dual moguls
Chelsea Henitiuk, Spruce Grove, Alta.        21^st women’s dual moguls
Andi Naude, Penticton, B.C.          DNF women’s dual moguls

SATURDAY

Freestyle World Cup (at Bukovel, Urkaine)
Travis Gerrits, Milton, Ont.            5^th men’s aerials
Jean-Christophe André, Montreal               15^th men’s aerials

Sabrina Guerin, Laval, Que.           14^th

Nordic World Championships (at Val Di Fiemme, Italy)
Alex Harvey, St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que.  13^th men’s 30km skiathlon
Ivan Babikov, Canmore   32^nd men’s 30km skiathlon
Graham Nishikawa, Whitehorse  52^nd men’s 30km skiathlon

Brittany Webster, Caledon, Ont.  57^th women’s 15km skiathlon
Emily Nishikawa, Whitehorse       DNF women’s 15km skiathlon

Snowboard World Cup (at Moscow)
Caroline Calve, Aylmer, Que.        1^st women`s parallel slalom
Ariane Lavigne,  Lac-Superieur, Que.         13<sup>th</sup> women`s parallel slalom
Marianne Leeson, Burlington, Ont.            16^th women`s parallel slalom
Ekaterina Zavialova, Calgary         31<sup>st</sup> women`s parallel slalom
Matthew Morison, Burketon, Ont.             14^th men`s parallel slalom
Jasey Jay Anderson, Lac-Superieur, Que.  15<sup>th</sup> men`s parallel slalom
Michael Lambert, Toronto            17^th men`s parallel slalom
Matthew Carter , Maryhill, Ont.   41<sup>st</sup> men`s parallel slalom
Indrik Trahan, Trois-Rivieres, Que.             47^th men`s parallel slalom
Sebastien Beaulieu, Sherbrooke, Que.       48<sup>th</sup> men`s parallel slalom
Darren Gardner, Burlington, Ont.               49^th men`s parallel slalom

Luge World Cup (at Sochi, Russia)

Tristan Walker, Cochrane/Justin Snith, Calgary      4^th men’s doubles

Alex Gough, Calgary        6^th women’s singles
Kim McRae, Calgary         9^th women’s singles
Arianne Jones, Calgary    15th women’s singles

Alpine World Cup (at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany)
Erik Guay, Mont-Tremblant, Que.               22^nd men’s downhill
Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Vancouver, B.C.              25^th men’s downhill
Conrad Pridy, Whistler, B.C.          28^th men’s downhill
Ben Thomsen, Invermere, B.C.     34^th men’s downhill

John Kucera, Calgary       36^th men’s downhill
Jan Hudec, Calgary           39^th men’s downhill

Morgan Pridy, Whistler, B.C.        45^th men’s downhill

Alpine World Cup (at Meribel, France)
Marie-Michele Gagnon, Lac-Etchemin, Que.          41^st women’s downhill

FRIDAY

Freestyle World Cup (at Inawashiro, Japan)

Mikael Kingsbury, Deux-Montagnes, Que.               1st men’s moguls
Alex Bilodeau, Rosemere, Que.    3^rd men’s moguls
Marc-Antoine Gagnon, Terrebonne, Que.               4^th men’s moguls
Philippe Marquis, Quebec City      5^th men’s moguls
Simon Pouliot-Cavanagh, Quebec City      14^th men’s moguls
PO Gagne, Montreal        15^th men’s moguls
Cedric Rochon, St. Sauveur, Que.               DNF men’s moguls
Audrey Robichaud, Quebec City   1st women’s moguls
Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, Montreal              3rd women’s moguls
Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Montreal            4^th women’s moguls
Andi Naude, Penticton, B.C.          8^th women’s moguls
Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Montreal          19^th women’s moguls

Chelsea Henitiuk, Spruce Grove, Alta.        21^st women’s moguls

Alpine World Junior Ski Championships (at Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.)
Mikaela Tommy, Wakefield, Que.              30^th women’s giant slalom
Candace Crawford, Toronto         31^st women’s giant slalom

Valerie Grenier, St-Isidore, Que.  34^th women`s giant slalom
Julia Roth, Waterloo, Ont.            45<sup>th</sup> women`s giant slalom

Kelly Moore, Mont-Tremblant, Que.          46^th women`s giant slalom

THURSDAY

Nordic World Championships (at Val Di Fiemme, Italy)
Alex Harvey, St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que.  3^rd men’s classic sprint
Len Valjas, Toronto          40^th men`s classic sprint
Devon Kershaw, Sudbury, Ont.     46<sup>th</sup> men`s classic sprint
Phil Widmer, Banff           49^th men`s classic sprint
Daria Gaiazova, Banff     42<sup>nd</sup> women`s classic sprint
Perianne Jones, Almonte, Ont.     48^th women`s classic sprint

Andrea Dupont, Timmins, Ont.     49^th women`s classic sprint
Emily Nishikawa, Whitehorse       57<sup>th</sup> women`s classic sprint

The 2014 Winter Olympics are still a year away, but Canadian athletes are finding the Sochi venues to their liking, with several making trips to the podium over the past week at Olympic test events in Russia.

One of the big highlights came on Tuesday when reigning ski cross world champion Kelsey Serwa won the gold, while teammate Marielle Thompson captured the silver. Chris Del Bosco, who is coming back from a shoulder injury, won silver in the men’s event.

The Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, which is located in Krasnaya Polyana and will host the freestyle skiing and snowboard events, is already a successful venue for Canadians.

Calgary’s Rosalind Groenewoud led the way with a silver medal in the women`s ski halfpipe event, while Keltie Hansen added a bronze and Mike Riddle took third in the men’s event. In moguls, Mikael Kingsbury won on Friday for the fifth time this season on the World Cup moguls circuit, taking gold at the Extreme Park. Teammate Philippe Marquis won the bronze, while Audrey Robichaud was the top Canadian woman, finishing fifth overall. Olivier Rochon was the top Canadian in the aerials Olympic test event, with a fourth-place finish.

* The 17-corner sliding track in Sochi could also prove to be a medal haul for Canadians. Calgary’s Kaillie Humphries and brakeman Chelsea Valois teamed up Friday to finish third at the World Cup stop, but more importantly wrapped up the overall World Cup crown. Humphries had eight straight international victories earlier this season.

On the men`s side, The dynamic duo of Lyndon Rush and Jesse Lumsden finished fourth in a two-man World Cup race on Saturday, but it was good enough for Rush to capture the overall two-man World Cup title.

Rush hit the podium four times this season, with Lumsden and Brown sharing brakemen duties at various times during the season.

“I have always really wanted to win an overall title, and this feels great,” said Rush. “Big thanks to Jesse and Lascelles (Brown) for the great starts and to all the members of the team that worked so hard for this all year. The Sochi track is awesome. Everything about it is big and impressive. It is by far the nicest facility on tour.”

See below for a complete list of weekend results:

TUESDAY

Ski Cross World Cup (at Sochi, Russia)
Kelsey Serwa, Kelowna          1st women
Marielle Thompson, Whistler, B.C.   2nd women

Georgia Simmerling, West Vancouver          13^th women

Danielle Sundquist, Calgary 16^th women
Chris Del Bosco, Montreal     2^nd men

Tristan Tafel, Canmore          5^th men

Brady Leman, Calgary            13^th men
Dave Duncan, London, Ont.  22^nd men

SUNDAY

Cross Country World Cup (at Davos, Switzerland)
Alex Harvey, St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que.      56^th men’s 15km skate-ski
Ivan Babikov, Canmore          DNF men’s 15km skate-ski
Zina Kocher, Red Deer           36^th women’s 10km skate-ski

Biathlon World Championships (at Nove Mesto, Czech Republic)
Jean-Philippe Le Guellec, Shannon, Que.     22^nd men’s mass start

Freestyle World Cup (at Krasnaya Polyana, Russia)
Olivier Rochon, Gatineau, Que.        4^th men’s aerials
Jean-Christophe Andre, Montreal    19^th men’s aerials
Travis Gerrits, Milton, Ont.   25^th men’s aerials
Sabrina Guerin, Laval, Que.   17^th women’s aerials

Speed skating World All-Round Championships (at Hamar, Norway)

Christine Nesbitt, London, Ont.        9^th women’s overall
Brittany Schussler, Winnipeg            11^th women’s overall
Kali Christ, Regina      12^th women’s overall
Lucas Makowsky, Regina       17^th women’s overall
Alec Janssens, Chilliwack, B.C.           20^th women’s overall

Alpine World Championships (at Schladming, Austria)
Mike Janyk, Whistler, B.C.     14^th men’s slalom
Trevor Philp, Calgary  35^th men’s slalom
Sasha Zaitsoff, Queens Bay, B.C.       DNF1

SATURDAY
Freestyle World Cup (at Krasnaya Polyana, Russia)
Rosalind Groenewoud, Calgary         2^nd women’s ski halfpipe
Keltie Hansen, Edmonton     3^rd women’s ski halfpipe
Mike Riddle, Sherwood Park 3^rd men’s ski halfpipe
Noah Bowman, Calgary         10^th men’s ski halfpipe
Matt Margetts, Penticton, B.C.         19^th men’s ski halfpipe
Kris Atkinson, Calgary            26^th men’s ski halfpipe

Biathlon World Championships (at Nove Mesto, Czech Republic)
Men’s team    8^th team relay
(Jean-Philippe Le Guellec, Shannon, Que./Scott Gow, Calgary/Nathan Smith, Calgary/Scott Perras, Regina)

Alpine World Championships (at Schladming, Austria)

Marie-Michele Gagnon, Lac Etchemin, Que.            13^th women’s slalom
Erin Mielzynski, Guelph, Ont.            17^th women’s slalom

Elli Terwiel, Sun Peaks, B.C.   28^th women’s slalom
Brittany Phelan, Mont-Tremblant, Que.       30^th women’s slalom

Youth Luge World Cup (at Winterberg, Germany)
Jenna Spencer, Pemberton, B.C.       2^nd women’s overall
Jordyn Carss, 8^th women’s overall
Laura Glover, 9^th women’s overall
Tim Stone, 7^th men’s overall

Cross-country World Cup (at Davos, Switzerland)
Len Valjas, Toronto    6^th men’s sprint
Devon Kershaw, Sudbury, Ont.         8^th men’s sprint
Alex Harvey, St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que.      39^th men’s sprint
Phil Widmer, Banff     46^th men’s sprint
Daria Gaiazova, Banff 12^th
Perianne Jones, Almonte, Ont.         41^st
Andrea Dupont, Canmore     53^rd

Bobsleigh World Cup (at Sochi, Russia)
Lyndon Rush, Humboldt, Sask./Jesse Lumsden, Burlington, Ont.   4^th men’s two-man
Chris Spring, Calgary/Lascelles Brown, Calgary        6^th men’s two-man
Justin Kripps, Summerland, B.C./Neville Wright, Edmonton          18^th men’s two-man

Skeleton World Cup (at Sochi, Russia)
Mellisa Hollingsworth, Eckville, Alta.            14^th women
Cassie Hawrysh, Brandon, Man.       16^th women

FRIDAY

Freestyle World Cup (at Krasnaya Polyana, Russia)
Mikael Kingsbury, Deux-Montagnes, Que.   1^st men’s moguls
Philippe Marquis, Quebec City          3^rd men’s moguls
Simon Pouliot-Cavanagh, Quebec City         9^th men’s moguls
Marc-Antoine Gagnon, Terrebonne, Que.    13^th men’s moguls
Alex Bilodeau, Rosemere, Que.         14^th men`s moguls
Cedric Rochon, St. Sauveur, Que.      32^nd men’s moguls
PO Gagne, Montreal  DNF men’s moguls
Audrey Robichaud, Quebec City       5^th women’s moguls
Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Montreal  7^th women’s moguls
Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, Montreal    9^th women’s moguls
Andi Naude, Penticton, B.C.  13^th women’s moguls
Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Montreal 19^th women’s moguls
Chelsea Henituk, Spruce Grove, Alta.           22^nd women’s moguls

FRIDAY
Bobsleigh World Cup (at Sochi, Russia)
Kaillie Humphries, Calgary/Chelsea Valois, Zenon Park, Sask.        3^rd women’s two-man
Jenny Ciochetti, Edmonton/Kate O’Brien, Calgary  6^th women’s two-man

Skeleton World Cup (at Sochi, Russia)
John Fairbairn, Calgary          9^th men’s singles

Eric Neilson, Kelowna, B.C.    10^th men’s singles
Jon Montgomery, Russell, Man.        12th men’s singles

Alpine World Championships (at Schladming, Austria)
Phil Brown, Toronto  35^th men’s giant slalom
Dustin Cook, Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que.            DNF2 men’s giant slalom

Biathlon World Championships (at Nove Mesto, Czech Republic)
Women’s team           12^th team relay
(Zina Kocher, Red Deer/Rosanna Crawford, Canmore/Megan Heinicke, Prince George, B.C./Audrey Vaillancourt, Quebec)

THURSDAY

Alpine World Championships (at Schladming, Austria)
Marie-Michele Gagnon, Lac-Etchemin, Que.            8^th women’s giant slalom

Marie-Pier Prefontaine, Saint-Sauveur, Que.           28^th women’s giant slalom
Mikaela Tommy, Wakefield, Que.     DNF1 women’s giant slalom

Mikael Kingsbury, along with Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe celebrate on the podium Saturday. WinSport
VP of sport, Stephen Norris, handed out the $5,000 cheques for the Sarah Burke Performance Awards.

It was an outstanding weekend for Canadian winter athletes, at WinSport, the Canadian Winter Sport Institute in Calgary, and across the globe.On the mogulsat Canada Olympic Park, Canadians took three of six podium spots, with Mikael Kingsbury earning his 13^th career win and 25^th World Cup medal in men’s action, while Montreal sisters Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe took gold and silver, respectively.

In addition to the medals, all three athletes earned $5,000 each from WinSport as part of the Sarah Burke Performance Awards, which honours the late skier. Both Mikael and Justine also won the awards at last year’s World Cup, while Chloe stood on the podium in Calgary for the first time.

“It’s touching me so much to receive this award because Sarah was a great skier and every day I think about her when I ski because she touched my heart,” said Chloe. “In fact I think she touched every person on the Canadian team.”

In Stoneham, Que., Canadian snowboarders won four medal at the world championships, including Maelle Ricker and Dominique Maltais, who won gold and silver, respectively, in snowboard cross during the final weekend of championship competition.

Across the ocean, Erik Guay hit the World Cup podium for the 19^th time in his career, when the defending world downhill champion tamed the legendary Hahnenkamm downhill in Kitzbuehel on Saturday.

Kaillie Humphries and Chelsea Valois became world champions in two-man bobsleigh, while Calgary ski jumper Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes set a Canadian ski jumping record in Norway.

Canadians also won medals at the X Games, with Kaya Turski (silver) and Dara Howell (bronze) hitting the slopestyle podium in Aspen, Colo., with Rosalind Groenewoud (silver) and Megan Gunning (bronze) starring in halfpipe. Mark McMorris and Max Parrot won gold and silver, respectively, in the men’s slopestyle.

Keep reading below for more details on each of the events (I’ve tried to pick out some of the highlights in a very busy weekend, apologies for any ommissions:

Alpine: Guay’s silver medal moved him to within one podium finish of legend Steve Podborski’s Canadian record of 20 top-three finishes. He was one of four Canadians to crack the top-20, along with Manuel Osborne-Paradis (10^th), Ben Thomsen (17^th) and Jan Hudec (18^th). “If ever there’s a place you want to podium it’s Kitzbuhel. It’s definitely the Super Bowl of the World Cup,” said Guay, who was fifth in Friday`s super-G. Mike Janyk, meanwhile, led the way in Sunday’s slalom race, finishing 14^th overall.

Bobsleigh: Humphries and Valois continued their world domination on Saturday, capturing the women’s two-man bobsleigh world championship in St. Moritz, Switzerland. It was the dynamic duo’s 12^th straight podium finish. In men`s action on Sunday, Chris Spring and Lascelles Brown teamed up to guide the Canada2 sled to sixth place at the worlds. The Canada1 sled with Lyndon Rush and Jesse Lumsden was eighth.

Ski Jumping: Boyd-Clowes broke his own Canadian record, landing a 197-metre jump at a World Cup event in Vikersund, Norway. The 21-year-old Calgarian finished 30^th, just a day after finishing 24^th at the same venue.

X Games: Montreal’s Turski achieved a milestone on Sunday by completing a rodeo 540 off the second jump in the three-rail, four-jump course in Aspen, en route to the silver. Howell matched her bronze medal performance from Euro X in 2012, while Alex Bellemare was the top Canadian in the men’s event, finishing fourth. In Friday`s superpipe, Canadians took three of the top four spots, led by Calgary`s Groenewoud (silver), Gunning (bronze) and Edmonton`s Keltie Hansen (fourth).

Speed skating: Christine Nesbitt took top spot Saturday in the women’s 1,000m race, after clocking the season’s fastest time in the distance and setting a track record for the Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City. Jamie Gregg tied for second in the men’s 500m. On Sunday, Gregg was second in the 500m and fourth in the 1,000m, to finish a career best fourth overall. Calgary’s Gilmore Junio was third in the 500m. Nesbitt was the top Canadian woman Sunday, finishing second in the 1,000m and fifth overall.

WinSport is always proud of our team members and our support of Canadian high-performance athletes.

We are especially proud of their successes.

Benard Onsare is one of those successes. A member of the WinSport custodial staff, Onsare is one of the top marathon runners in the country. He runs from downtown to Canada Olympic Park to come to work each day and while he awaits becoming a Canadian citizen, he continues to take care of his wife and daughter in Mexico City and other family members in Africa.

Check out this article in the current issue of Impact Magazine. http://www.impactmagazine.ca/features/feature-articles/herobenardonsare.html

There was some good news and some bad news over the weekend for Canada’s winter sport athletes.

The good news is Canadians continued to dominate on the World Cup freestyle and ski cross circuits, but the bad news is that one of Canada’s top speed skaters, Denny Morrison, will be sidelined with a broken leg.

Ski Cross: Kelsey Serwa captured gold and Georgia Simmerling took the silver on Sunday in Innichen-San Candido, Italy. The course was the same course where Serwa won the two season-opening races of the 2011-12 season. The reigning world champion roared from last to first to claim the gold. Simmerling hit the World Cup podium for the first time in her career. Calgary`s Brady Leman was fifth, after he went down in the men`s semifinal.

Freestyle: Canada`s moguls team continued their medal-winning ways on Saturday in Krieschberg, Austria, with Alex Bilodeau capturing a silver medal and Mikael Kingsbury taking bronze in the men`s dual moguls event. Kingsbury has now hit the medal podium in 16 straight World Cup events. Justine Dufour-Lapointe won bronze in the women`s event.

Speed skating: Denny Morrison was training on his own this past week when he broke the fibula bone in his left leg while cross-country skiing. “I’m optimistic about my recovery,” said Morrison, the reigning world champion in the 1,500 metres. “I’m expecting to be in good form for the world single distances championships in March, which are also a venue test event for the Sochi 2014 Olympics.”

Alpine: Last Thursday, Erin Mielzynski finished fifth in a night slalom race in Are, Sweden, marking just the second time in her career she`s cracked the top-10. Last season, the rising star became the first Canadian since 1971 to win a World Cup slalom race, after she took top spot in Ofterschwang, Germany.

Christmas came early for Canada’s winter sport athletes, with nine trips to the podium this past weekend on the World Cup circuit in a variety of sports.

Among the medallists on the weekend were Kaillie Humphries (gold, bobsleigh), Lyndon Rush and Jessie Lumsden (gold, two-man bobsleigh), Mikael Kingsbury (gold, moguls), Sarah Reid (silver, skeleton), Alex Bilodeau (silver, moguls), Brady Leman (silver, ski cross), Justine Dufour-Lapointe (silver, moguls), Erik Guay (bronze, downhill) and Mark Arendz (bronze, para-biathlon)

Bobsleigh: Canada’s Kaillie Humphries continued to dominate the rest of the world, after winning her eighth straight gold medal on the World Cup circuit, after she slid to victory Friday in La Plagne, France. “I wouldn’t have guessed this would happen at the beginning of the year, but I’m not shocked either,” said Humphries. “I think everyone believes they are capable of something like this, and always hope for it, so I’m very happy we have been able to do it.”

On Saturday, Lyndon Rush teamed up with Jesse Lumsden to drive his two-man sled to win their first gold medal of the season on the World Cup tour, taking top spot in La Plagne, France. The dynamic duo posted the fastest times in both their runs.

Skeleton: Calgary native Sarah Reid finished tied for second on Saturday in La Plagne, to capture her third medal of the skeleton World Cup season. Reid has now secured all three of her Olympic qualifying finishes this season and needs just one top-six finish in 2013-14 to earn a berth to the 2014 Olympics. In the men’s events on Friday, Eric Neilson and Jon Montgomery finished eighth and ninth, respectively.

Cross country: The Canmore World Cup was a resounding success, highlighted by Chandra Crawford’s sixth-place on Saturday in the women’s skate-ski sprint. Len Valjas was the top Canadian in the men’s event, finishing ninth. In Sunday’s men’s skiathlon race, two-time Olympian Ivan Babikov finished 12^th, while Graham Nishikawa finished 15^th. Graham’s sister, Emily, was the top Canadian in the women’s 15-kilometre skiathlon, finishing in 34^th spot. Harvey, meanwhile, was 11^th in Thursday’s 15-kilometre classic-ski mass start.

Alpine: Erik Guay took advantage of improving weather conditions on Saturday to capture a bronze medal at World Cup downhill race in Val Gardena, Italy. The reigning world champion downhiller was sitting in top spot after his first run. It was Guay’s 18^th career World Cup podium finish. In Friday’s super-G race, Calgary’s Jan Hudec was the top Canadian, finishing 12^th.

Larisa Yurkiw went out in her first run at a women’s downhill race in Val d’Isere. She was the only Canadian to take part.

Ski Cross: Calgary’s Brady Leman finished second in a photo finish last Thursday at a Ski Cross World Cup event in Telluride, USA. For an encore, he actually won another silver today (Wednesday) in Val Thorens, France.

Biathlon: Rosanna Crawford, a 2010 Olympian, was the top Canadian Friday in a women’s 7.5-kilometre biathlon World Cup race in Pokljuka, Slovenia, finishing 12^th overall. She finished 27^th in a 10-kilometre race on Saturday. Meanwhile, Mark Arendz was the lone Canadian to suit up on the IPC World Cup in Vuokatti, Finland on Sunday. He was sixth in the men’s standing 12.5 kilometre pursuit race, just a day after winning a bronze on Saturday.

Freestyle: Canada’s freestyle team started the moguls season off with a bang, capturing three medals on Saturday at the season-opening World Cup event in Ruka, Finland. Mikael Kingsbury captured the gold medal, while Alex Bilodeau and Justine Dufour-Lapointe took home silver in their respective events. The Canadian team qualified five men and six women for the final rounds of 16.

Kaya Turski and Yuki Tsubota finished first and second, respectively, in the women’s event Sunday during a Dew Cup event in Breckenridge, Colo. The results helped book-end a great weekend for Canada’s freestyle team. The halfpipe ski team had three podium finishes on Friday, including gold by Justin Dorey and a bronze by Mike Riddle in the men’s event, while Calgary’s Rosalind Groenewoud had a bronze in the women’s event.

Speed skating: Denny Morrison (fifth, men’s 1,000m) and Gilmore Junio (5^th, men’s 500m) were the top Canadians on Sunday at a World Cup stop in Harbin, China, the final race of the fall World Cup season. Morrison was also fifth on Saturday in a 1,000m race.