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OLYMPIC COVERAGE
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EditorsDesk:
Deep thoughts
Canada has undoubtedly the deepest freestyle team in team in the world, with Olympic medal contenders in aerials, moguls and ski cross. But with only 18 Olympic spots to split between the three disciplines, at least a few serious medal threats will be watching from the sidelines in Vancouver.
We've already seen the heartache felt by aerialist Ryan Blais, who will be left off the Olympic squad despite earning a bronze medal at this weekend's World Cup in Lake Placid. Aerials teammate Olivier Rochon was knocked out Sunday by ski cross racer Dave Duncan after Duncan finished third in the Lake Placid World Cup.
Aleisha Cline and Davey Barr, who won gold and bronze, respectively, at the World Cup ski cross Olympic test events at Cypress in 2009, will also be left off the Olympic team.
Despite their war or words in the media recently, kudos to Cam Bailey of Canada Ski Cross and Peter Judge of Freestyle Canada in putting together programs with such depth that every athlete on the 18-member Olympic freestyle team is a medal contender. But with a team this deep comes a certain measure of sadness in knowing there are medal threats who will not get a chance to pursue their Olympic dreams on home turf.
A better scenario? The Canadian Olympic Committee reserving a couple "wild-card" spots for the select few - such as Blais, a no-brainer medal threat - and allocating those spots at the 11th hour.
- SRC Editors
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Tech blitz at Kitz: Canadian team
lands 4 in top 14
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Jan. 25, 2010
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Janyk 5th in historic effort by slalom racers
Felix Neureuther of Germany vaulted from third to first with a great
second run to win the Kitzbühel World Cup slalom Sunday, with the
Canadian men placing four racers in the top 14, led by Michael Janyk's
fifth place. Julien Cousineau was 11th, Brad Spence 12th and Trevor White 14th for
the Canadian team, which enjoyed the best day in tech team history.
Click here to read moreCuche claims Hahnenkamm speed crowns
Didier Cuche of Switzerland earned his second straight World Cup
victory on Saturday, winning a downhill on the Streif course a day
after he captured a super-G. In the downhill, Erik Guay was 14th to lead the Canadians. In the super-G, Guay nabbed fifth, finishing in 1:18.33, just .10 off the podium for a big lift before the Olympics. Olympic veteran Simard hangs up race skis She cried when she telephoned to tell her mother, but once the tears
dried Genevieve Simard felt relief over her decision to retire from ski
racing. Simard badly wanted to compete in next month's Winter Olympics in
Whistler, B.C., even possibly grab that one last handful of glory in
front of family and friends at home. But the pain throbbing in her left
knee, and her disappointing World Cup results this season, convinced
the 29-year-old from Val-Morin, Que., it was time to walk away while
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FREESTYLE WORLD CUP, GMC WORLD OF SKIING ON TV
Follow the freestyle World Cup tour this winter on Sportsnet. Click the logo above for the FIS Freestyle World Cup TV schedule. Click the Sportsnet logo for the GMC World of Skiing schedule on Sportsnet, and the OLN logo for the GMC World of Skiing schedule on OLN.
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McIvor elevates game at Blue Mountain
 With each stop on the World Cup circuit, Canadian freestyle skier
Ashleigh McIvor is cementing her status as a medal contender at the
Vancouver Olympics.
Her latest podium appearance came Wednesday as she won silver in the
women's ski cross at Blue Mountain. It was the third medal of the month
for the 26-year-old skier from Whistler, B.C., who won gold and bronze
at recent events in France. Click to read more
SRC VidPix: Rockstar Grand Prix
Freestyle Olympic team features 18 contendersAfter months of number-crunching, position-jockeying and frayed nerves,
Canada's freestyle skiers finally know who will represent the host
country at next month's Vancouver Olympics. The 18-member roster became official Sunday.
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McKeever on track for Olympic and Paralympic dream
 Canada will send one of its most talented teams of cross-country skiers
to the start line with a focus on contributing to the nation's medal
count at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Cross Country Canada announced
during a media conference on Friday. Brian McKeever of Canmore, Alta., will become the world's first
winter-sport athlete who will compete in the Olympic and Paralympic
Winter Games. |
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