THE Australian Rollerski Championships were held at Canberra’s Mount Stromlo over the weekend with local athletes reaching the podium.

There were strong results for Snowy Mountains based athletes with Cooma's Bentley Walker-Broose taking out the freestyle criterium 10km event.

Walker-Broose said the win was fantastic, especially after missing a year due to injury.

"I'm super stoked to have been able to lay it all out on the track and push on the redline for the first time in a long time," he said.

In the women’s open freestyle sprint, Jindabyne's Satara Moon took out top spot in 2:54.73 ahead of Hannah Price and Anna Wilford, with fellow Jindabyne local Harriet Greville finishing seventh.

Moon also finished on top of the open women's criterium in a time of 26:26.892 taking two from two wins at Mount Stromlo.

Walker-Broose also finished second in the men’s open freestyle sprint in 2:26.80 just behind rival Jayden Spring in 2:25.88.

“It’s an FIS event, an internationally sanctioned event which means it counts towards points systems, so it’s very closely monitored and controlled,” Jim Walker-Broose (Bentley's father) said.

After eight laps in the Criterium, Bentley finished on top with a time of 22:08.252 ahead of Jayden Spring in second and Adam Barnett in third.

"It’s a fantastic event and an emerging sport in Australia," Mr Walker-Broose said.

“Being Bentley’s tenth year competing in the Rollerskiing Championships it was certainly nice for him to come out on top.

“It was a really big thing for Bentley as he has struggled with health issues over the last 12 months, and he is starting to get back to where he was.

“Where he is with his training he isn’t peaking, but it’s important to remember not to stretch himself ahead of the winter with some room left for improvement.

“It’s done his psychology a world of good.

Mr Walker-Broose said Bentley spends a fair bit of time training on rollerskis because of the lack of snow cover in Australia.