USA’s Naasz and Canada’s Legere win ice races through Marseille
By Abiodun Ogundairo
15 January 2017 |
4:03 pm
Cameron Naasz of the United States wins the Crashed Ice series opener in Mediterranean port of Marseille with Jacqueline Legere of Canada winning the women's race
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