Canada’s Alex Harvey just short of podium at cross-country World Cup
RUKA, Finland — Canada’s Alex Harvey didn’t win a medal but he finished fourth in the final race of the season-opening cross-country skiing World Cup on Sunday.
Starting in 12th, 83 seconds behind the leaders — based on results from the opening two days of racing in the Ruka Triple mini-tour — Harvey was on a mission to hunt down precious spots on the leaderboard, and ultimately secure a place on the podium, in the 15-kilometre skate-skiing pursuit race.
The 29 year old from St-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., finished a stride short – just 0.6 seconds from his first podium of the Olympic season, clocking a time of 36 minutes 24.8 seconds.
“I started really hard and spent a lot of energy coming back to catch the field,” said Harvey. “I am in good shape but not my best shape yet so I was cooked at the finish and just needed to cross the line.”