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Skiers Hollmann, Schmidt celebrate key Olympic trials victories

On Monday at Vernon, British Columbia, Max Hollmann and Sonjaa Schmidt won the 10-kilometre interval-start freestyle races at the Nordiq Canada 2026 Olympic Winter Games Trials, finishing in 24:50.8 and 28:36.2 respectively.
After surgery and rehab, Max Hollmann overcame a scaphoid injury from eleven weeks ago and trained without poles since early October, while Sonjaa Schmidt marked her birthday with a second consecutive win.
The podiums featured R�mi Drolet and Tom Stephen finishing second and third in the men's race, while Jasmine Drolet took second and Amelia Wells third on the women's podium, with Drolet's rebound highlighted.
The win secures a nomination-line place for Hollmann from Thunder Bay, Ont., adding him alongside Schmidt and Stephen to Canada's Olympic cross-country nomination list, while selectors noted U-23 relay gold medallists’ Olympic readiness.
Hollmann reflected that he didn’t realize he was leading until he saw teammates, while the U-23 World Championship relay gold medallist showed resilience after crossing the line in tears on Sunday.

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