The 24-year-old completed the course in 1:57.450, more than two seconds ahead of the runner up, Mexico’s Alejandro Elias Gonzalez.

Wilson came in third in last year’s primary election but he’s still following in the footsteps of Romney, Utah’s 2002 Winter Games leader, as the CEO of the state’s next Olympics in 2034, responsible for running the day-to-day operations of the new organizing committee.

The signatories to an open letter calling for IOC action on climate change range from Australia's most decorated Olympian, swimmer Emma McKeon, to Cyrille Tchatchet II, a weightlifter who represented the refugee team at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

More than 400 athletes, including more than 20 Canadians, speak up about threat of climate change to both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.