Local speed skater to junior World Cup
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It’s not quite the Olympics, but Winnipeg-born speed skater Skylar Van Horne is headed overseas with the Maple Leaf on her back.
The 18-year-old will represent Canada in Inzell, Germany, for the ISU Junior World Cup Final and ISU World Junior Speed Skating Championships this month.
Van Horne races in the women’s 1,000-metre event at the Junior World Cup, which goes Feb. 21-22. She’ll have a full slate the following week as she races in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 3000m, Team Sprint and Team Pursuit events at the World Junior Championships from Feb. 27 to March 1.
Van Horne’s selection comes after a second-place overall showing at the Canadian Junior Long Track Championships in Quebec City last month. She placed first in the 1,500m, 1,000m and Team Pursuit, second in the 500m and third in the 3,000m.
Van Horne, who trains in Calgary, was also selected to Team Canada for last year’s events in Italy. There she earned a silver medal in the Team Sprint and a fourth-place finish in the 1,000m — the top performance by a Canadian — at the World Junior Championships.
Van Horne is in her last year on the Canadian Junior Team. She’ll train next season as a senior athlete.