Lake Louise WOMEN - Dec. 4, 2008
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The mercury has dropped a few bars since the men left Lake Louise last weekend and a few snowflakes have fallen from the sky, but the pre-race hype and drama is equally intense. 

The Canadian women had solid times in the training runs - Britt Janyk 3rd and 14th, Emily Brydon 10th and 4th - but Kelly VanderBeek's crash during Wednesday's training run left her sore, bruised and possibly put her out of contention.

But as we all were reminded last weekend during the men's races, anything can happen on race day...

-- SRC Editors


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Vonn
 Lindsey Vonn, of the US Ski Team, is one of the race favourites after posting top-3 times in both training runs. (Photo: Paul Morrison/SRC)
 
PAERSON FASTEST IN TRAINING - Canadian VanderBeek sore after crash Wednesday

Anja Paerson of Sweden scorched the final training run on a freezing cold day (minus-20) Thursday to set up a showdown with American Lindsey Vonn for the opening World Cup women's downhill race. Emily Brydon was the fastest Canadian with the fourth fastest time, 0.65 seconds behind Paerson.

"Every year, everybody is beatable," said Paerson, who has 38 World Cup victories...

Guay in Beaver Creek
  Canadian Erik Guay during downhill training Wednesday. The men are scheduled for super-G race Friday and giant slalom Saturday. (Photo: AGENCE/ZOOM)

Heavy snow wipes out Colorado super combi
 
The men's World Cup super-combined racein Beaver Creek, Colorado was cancelled Thursday after nearly 18 centimetres of snow fell at the Birds of Prey course overnight. It was the second straight day that snow has interfered with the competition...
World Cup '09 Preview

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Mr. Bode Miller -  the American Rebel - graces the cover of SRC's World Cup Preview Issue after an overwhelmingly dominant 2008 season: six wins, 11 podiums, eight non-finishes and eight disqualifications. 
    To put his dominance into perspective, the Canadian men scored 2,048 World Cup points, collectively. Bode,1,409.
    Beyond Planet Bode, there are a handful of blazing hot stories that set the stage for one heckuva season in 2009. The 15-month march to 2010 will be ripe with entertainment value. SRC dug deep and spoke with coaches, technical directors and athletes to extract the stories worth watching, downloading or witnessing first-hand this season...
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