Yukoners Katie Peters and Fabian Brook glided through the finish line with ease Thursday afternoon.

The two cross country skiers won gold in the junior male and female 10 km classic race, bringing the crowd to a loud roar during the sport's last individual event.

"I just pulled away half way through the second lap, and then I just went for it,” Brooke said a few minutes after crossing the finish line.

He beat Russia's Aleksandr Popov by 10 seconds with a time of 31:50. Spectators watched the top junior men race in a tight pack throughout the first and most of the second lap. Many seemed surprised to see Peters and Brook's strong lead as they skied into the stadium.

"It was pretty crazy, I thought they were going to catch me, but I just went for it,” Brook repeated. "So it's pretty sweet.”

Team coach Allain Masson said he was expecting strong results from Brook's race on Thursday. The 17-year-old also medaled Monday with a bronze in the 5 km free race.

"We knew it was gong to be his best race of the week because he's a good classic skier. A surprise to win, but not a surprise to see him in the middle. He was already third in skating, and he's a better classic skier.”

About ten minutes later, Peters mimicked Brook's first-place finish with a time of 37:19. She finished about 30 seconds before Alaska's Ann Penelope Spencer and Yamal's Diana Yakimets.

"Today is definitely our best day so far,” Masson said just before Peters crossed the line.

"I think for some of the skiers, it's been really good,” he said of the team's performance this week.

"There has been some surprised with the lesser known skiers; the newer skiers. Some of them have raced very, very well.”

Peters' teammate Holly Frances Tineves Bull finished seventh in the race, while

Adrienne Hynes and Nahanni Sagar came in 11th and 16th, respectively.

Brook, who said he's been racing for his whole life, admitted the conditions were a little slow.

"There's a lot of fresh snow here, but it's still awesome.”

In Thursday's 2.5 km midget race, Yukoner Natalie Hynes made the top five while Ian Higeboom-Burr came in 7th.

The first four skiers in juvenile male 7.5 km race collapsed after crossing the finish line. Volunteers helped the exhausted athletes take off their skis, urging them to move out of the way so others skiers had room to finish.

The winner, Finland's Jussi Rytky, spoke to the Star in his limited English after getting up from the ground.

"I was second the first two laps, and then I sprinted,” he said before talking to Sapmi media.

Alaska's Grace Graham won the 7.5 km in the female category.

"Longer distances are my best, and I thought maybe I would medal, but I had no idea I would win,” she said.

"I started out in the top little group and in the middle of the second lap we kind of broke away, I think there was about three or four of us. In the last lap I tried my best to stay with the two others in the top three. My goal was to stay with them and then sprint to the finish.”

Today cross country ski teams from Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Alaska, Sapmi and Yamal wrap up the week with relay races.