Prince George to host junior national speed skating championships

The Olympic-sized rink at Kin 1 used for the 2015 Canada Winter Games will again attract the country’s top 16-18-year-old athletes for the Canadian junior short-track open championships, Jan. 11-12, 2025.

“People don’t realize how good our ice is. We’re kind of that hidden secret and it will be exciting to see all these people coming from across the country coming to Prince George to see how fast our ice is at Kin1. I’ve talked to a few people and they’ve said Prince George ice is top five in Canada, of the ice they’ve skated on.”

“They knock it out of the park every time,” said Masich. “It’s just a different flooding technique with the Zamboni. They’ve done it every year, so it’s going to be a great competition come January.”Masich said the 200-by-100-metre Olympic-sized surface is one of only four with the wider dimensions in B.C.

The junior national event was last held in Prince George at the same venue as a test event for the Canada Games.

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