Alison Mackie won gold in the women’s 20-kilometre mass start and fellow Canadian Xavier McKeever took bronze in the men’s event Thursday at the under-23 cross-country skiing championships in Lillehammer, Norway.
Mackie, from Edmonton, finished her race in 49 minutes 41 seconds, with Norway’s Eva Ingebrigtsen finishing second and France’s Leonie Perry third.
The 20-year-old was coming off an impressive Olympic debut at last month’s Milan-Cortina Games, where she finished eighth in the women’s 10km interval start.
McKeever finished third in the men’s race in 43:33.1, 6-10ths of a second behind gold medallist Elias Keck of Germany. Russia’s Savelii Korostelev took silver.
The 22-year-old from Canmore, Alta., also had an impressive Olympic debut last month, helping Canada finish fifth in the 4×7.5 km relay and sixth in the men’s team sprint.
Competition in Lillehammer continues through Sunday.
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