PHOTOS: First day of the Cross Country World Cup in Canmore

Spectators cheer on the World Cup skiers in the men's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
USA's Jessie Diggins leads the pack in the women's 15-km mass start free during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Canmore's Anna Parent (No. 48) starts the women's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Miranda Miner, left, and Sabrina Miner from Seattle cheer for USA's Jessie Diggins in the women's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Skiers start the women's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Canmore's Sam Hendry competes in the men's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Canmore kids hold up signs and cheer for athletes from 18 countries in the women's 15 km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Canmore's Anna Parent competes in the women's 15km mass start free during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Spectators line the course to cheer on the skiers in the men's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Canmore's Xavier McKeever skis through the stadium in the men's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Skiers get low skiing downhill in the women's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
The men's World Cup skiers rips through a corner in the men's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
The men's World Cup skiers skate in the 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Canmore's Sam Hendry races in the men's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Simen Hegstad Krueger crosses the finish line in first place in the men's 15km mass start free during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Norwegian Harald Oestberg Amundsen and Austrian Mika Vermeulen cross the finish line in second and third place in the men's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Jessie Diggins wins the women's 15km mass start free during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Simen Hegstad Krueger, left, who won first place, hugs Mika Vermeulen, who won third place, and congratulates each other in the men's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
USA's Jessie Diggins celebrates gold in the women's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Bronze medallist and Norwegian Heidi Weng collapses after crossing the finish line in the women's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Canmore's Anna Parent smiles at the finish line with USA's Emma Albrecht after women's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Jessie Diggins celebrates first place in the women's 15km mass start free during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Austrian Mika Vermeulen, who won bronze, cheers as he steps up to the podium in the men's 15km mass start freestyle during the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Men's 15km mass start free winners celebrate on the podium at the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). From left: Norwegian Harald Oestberg Amundsen, Norwegian Simen Hegstad Krueger and Austrian Mika Vermeulen. JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO
Women's 15km mass start freestyle winners celebrate on the podium at the 2024 COOP FIS Cross Country World Cup at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday (Feb. 9). From left: French Delphine Claudel (silver), USA's Jessie Diggins (gold), and Norwegian Heidi Weng (bronze). JUNGMIN HAM RMO PHOTO

PHOTOS: First day of the 2024 FIS COOP Cross Country World Cup in Canmore

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