PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA—What does Alex Harvey mean? He is Canada’s greatest ever men’s cross-country skier at age 28, the first North American man to ever win the 50-kilometre world championship, a pioneer. Now Alex Harvey is hoping to add Olympic cross-country gold to his trophy case. ( Gian Ehrenzeller / The Canadian Press )“Sochi was maybe the closest thing you could find to a climb,” said Harvey. So it looked like they built it for athletes that have way more endurance than anybody else in the world.

Source: thestar February 09, 2018 00:56 UTC