The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics are fast approaching, and Canadian athletes continue their preparation on the various World Cup circuits — even a few days before the holidays, if we are skiing or snowboarding. snows.
- Sports has prepared this little summary of the weekend for you, so you don't miss anything and stay informed.
The two days of the World Cup in Bakouriani, Georgia, went very differently for Mikaël Kingsbury. Although he took 2nd place on Friday in the individual event, he fell the next day in the quarter-finals of the parallel event. Despite everything, the king of moguls
remains in 1st place in the general ranking, ahead of the Swede Walter Wallberg.
Individually on Friday, Julien Viel ranked 10th, Gabriel Dufresne 12th, Elliot Vaillancourt 22nd, Samuel Goodison 35th, Sam Cordell 37th and Charles Beaulieu 48th. At the same time, Cordell and Viel reached the round of 16, while Dufresne, Vaillancourt, Goodison and Beaulieu did not make it past the 16th.
On the women's side, Maia Schwinghammer finished in the top 10 twice this weekend, with 6th place in the individual event and 4th in the parallel event. Individually, Laurianne Desmarais-Gilbert finished 16th and Jessica Linton finished 21st, while their parallel journeys had the same end, in the round of 16.
There was something for everyone on the alpine ski slopes this weekend. The men were in Italy and the best Canadian result came on Friday, during the super-G presented in Val Gardena, when the British-Columbian Cameron Alexander finished in 5th place. Alexander did it again on Saturday, during the downhill, with his 9th place.
A giant slalom was then presented on Sunday at Alta Badia, and the only Canadian participating, Erik Read, finished 20th.
Other Canadian results
Super-G
- James Crawford 13e
- Brodie Seger 26e
- Kyle Alexander 48e
- Ryley Seger 53e
- Jeffrey Read is not finished
Descent
- Brodie Seger 11e
- Jeffrey Read 37e
- James Crawford 53e
- Kyle Alexander 57e
The ladies, for their part, skied near Saint-Moritz, in Switzerland, where Lindsey Vonn's return to competition was celebrated, after almost six years of absence. Vonn managed to place 14th in Saturday's super-G by taking a low-risk approach.
The two Canadians who participated in this same World Cup competition, Valérie Grenier and Cassidy Grey, were not able to complete their runs.
The second day of this competition was canceled due to bad weather.
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Reece Howden (Archives)
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In ski cross, Saturday, in Innichen, Italy, Canadian Reece Howden finished 1st for the second time this season in the World Cup. This victory places him in 2nd position in the general classification, 14 points behind Florian Wilmsmann.
Three other Canadians, Kevin Drury, Kristofor Mahler and Nicholas Katrusiak, reached the quarter-finals of this competition. British Columbian Gavin Rowell had to admit defeat in the round of 16. Jared Schmidt and Zachary Reynolds had to make do with qualifying.
Friday, the best performance of the representatives of the maple leaf was Schmidt's 10th place.
On the women's side, India Sherret finished twice off the podium. A fall on Saturday prevented her from finishing her race in the grand final. However, she finds herself in 2nd position in the season rankings, just ahead of Vancouver's Marielle Thompson.
Sherret was followed in Saturday's standings by three other Canadians: Hannah Schmidt, Thompson and Courtney Hoffos.
Abby McEwen finished 16th on Saturday, but she had achieved her best World Cup result the day before with a 6th place.
Two events were presented at the Copper Mountain halfpipe in Colorado. Friday, during the snowboarding event, no Canadian athlete managed to qualify for the finals.
The best result of the representatives of the maple leaf was that of Elizabeth Hosking, 13th in the qualifications. Felicity Geremia was also stopped at this stage of the competition, just like the Canadian men. Ryan Vo took 24th, Kiran Pershad finished 26th and Lucas Briggs settled for 31st.
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Cassie Sharpe's last event before this season was the final of the Beijing Olympics, where she won the silver medal.
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It was a completely different story on Saturday. The Canadians offered themselves two podiums, including Cassie Sharpe's first since returning from maternity leave. In her third event since giving birth to her daughter in August 2023, the Albertan took 3rd place. The other Canadians in the final, Amy Fraser and Rachael Karker, finished 6th and 7th respectively. Dillan Glennie's journey ended in qualifying.
On the men's side, Brendan Mackay finished the event in 2nd position. His compatriots Dylan Marineau, Quincy Barr, Steven Kahnert, Benjamin Lynch, Noah Bowman and Evan Marineau did not qualify.
In ski jumping, Calgarian Alexandria Loutitt soared to 5th place, a few points from a podium on Saturday in Engelberg, Switzerland. She was unable to continue her momentum the next day as the second competition was canceled due to windy conditions and snowfall. She was 2nd after qualifying.
Abigail Strate and Nicole Maurer, 21st and 24th respectively on Saturday, are now 19th and 33rd in the general classification. Loutitt finds himself 10th in this same ranking.
At the World Cup in Davos, Switzerland, snowboarders Aurélie Moisan and Arnaud Gaudet both lost in the round of 16 in the parallel slalom.
Kaylie Buck and Megan Farrell did not advance through qualifying, as did Ben Heldman, Michael Nazwaski and Jamie Behan in the men's section. Justin Carpentier and Jules Lefebvre were disqualified.
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