Photo by Dave Holland.
Ponoka speed skater, Maddison Pearman, has been selected to join Canada’s long track team for the start of the 2024-25 international season.
Pearman is coming off of a World Speed Skating Championships Team Sprint win in February.
“It’s always an honour to represent Canada on the world stage and I am very excited to once again compete on the international circuit. Asia is such a different cultural experience and it’s incredible that I get to travel the world and do what I love every day," she said. "It’s truly one of the best jobs in the world. I’m looking forward to getting the season started and get some solid races in."
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Competitions get underway this weekend (Nov. 15 to Nov. 17) with the ISU Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Hachinohe City, Japan.
The first ISU World Cup of the season will be hosted in Hachinohe City from Nov. 22 to 24, before skaters' head to Beijing for the second World Cup of the season from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1.
Following the events in Asia, the world’s top long track skaters will compete in Calgary and Milwaukee U.S., Zakopane, Poland, and Heerenveen, Netherlands, before the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, Norway, cap off the season in March.
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