A trio of Canadians won medals in the slopestyle and big air events as the snowboard World Cup tour made a stop in Quebec, while a cross-country skier made history in Sweden.
Here's more on how our nation's athletes fared this weekend on the Canadian Trail.
Ciccarelli wins snowboarding gold
It was a milestone weekend for Ancaster, Ont., native Michael Ciccarelli, who struck gold on Saturday, winning his first slopestyle title at the FIS snowboard World Cup tour stop in Stoneham, Que.
The 18-year-old laid down two strong runs, putting himself in contention with a 91.50 score on the first and adding an impressive backside 12 on the second and posting a near-perfect run for a score of 95.50.
Nine other Canadians competed in the final, which consisted of 35 riders, with the next best result coming from Montreal's Matts Kulisek, who finished seventh. On the women's side, Laurie Blouin of Stoneham was the top Canadian finisher, placing sixth.
Canucks dominate big air
It was a one-two finish for Canada in the World Cup snowboard big air event in Stoneham on Friday. Darcy Sharpe of Comax, B.C., won the gold with a score of 187.75 points, followed by teammate Tyler Nicholson, who earned 177.25 points for the silver.
Sharpe had two massive jumps, starting off with a 96.25 run and adding a 91.50 effort on his second for the victory.
On the women's side, the top Canadian finisher was Breanna Stangeland, who finished fifth.
Harvey sets record, wins 2 medals
It was one for the record books at the Nordic ski world championships in Falun, Sweden, where cross-country skier Alex Harvey became the first Canadian to win two medals at a world championship meet.
Harvey started things off with a photo-finish silver on Thursday in the sprint event where he was edged out of first place by Norway's Petter Northug. He followed up that impressive performance with a bronze on Saturday in the 30-kilometre skiathlon.
"It's crazy. I only had two medals in my life at world championships and now I have two in three days," said Harvey.
Henrich lands off podium
Calgary's Taylor Henrich finished in fifth place at the women's ski jumping world championship in Falun, Sweden on Friday. She finished nine points behind the winner, Carina Vogt of Germany, with a score of 227.9 points.
On her second jump, the 19-year-old made it half a metre further than her first-round effort, soaring 91 metres to the finish.
Lugers slide into top 10
Two Canadian women finished their luge season with top-10 finishes at the World Cup event in Altenberg, Germany Sunday. Calgarians, Kim McRae and Arianne Jones finished in sixth and eighth, respectively, in their final event of the season.
McRae crossed the line with a time of 1:46.225 while Jones clocked in at 1:46.332.
"Overall today was a pretty good race with two consistent and clean runs, so I am very happy with the result," said McRae. "I felt myself stretching out in the corners, and gaining time on the way down."
The Germans swept the women's event with sliders Natalie Geisenberger, Tatjana Huefner and Dajana Eitberger finishing one, two, three.
Canadian cyclists win 2 medals
The Canadian cycling team won two bronze medals at the track cycling world championships in St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France this week.
First came a third-place finish in the women's team pursuit final on Thursday, making it four straight years the team has reached the podium. Then on Saturday, Allison Beveridge won a bronze in the women's scratch race. She was also a member of the pursuit squad.
Beveridge rebounded from a crash during the race, initially finishing fourth before the third-place finisher, Pascale Jeuland of France, was penalized for an improper move.
"It was definitely up and down," agreed Beveridge. "I felt a bit frustrated after my crash, and then to come fourth was really frustrating. So to end up with the bronze was really exciting and a good way to end off the world championships."
Monique Sullivan of Calgary finished fourth Sunday in the Keirin event.
More results
Canadian cross-country skiers Jesse Cockney and Len Valjas failed to qualify for the team sprint finals at the Nordic si worlds in Falun, Sweden Sunday, finishing in 13th place.
Christopher Fiola of Montreal was the highest-placed male Canadian skater since 2010 at the long track world junior championships in Warsaw, Poland, finishing in eighth place Sunday. Isabelle Weidemann of Ottawa finished in eighth on the women's side.
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