Mollie Jepsen of West Vancouver, British Columbia has won Canada’s first medal at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. It just so happened to be gold. On Friday evening in Canada (Saturday morning in China), Jepsen, who was born Read more
In a shocking result, Cameron Alexander of North Vancouver, British Columbia has won a World Cup men’s downhill ski race in Kvitfjell, Norway on Friday. The reason why Alexander’s gold medal was stunning was because there were zero signs Read more
James Crawford of Toronto, Ontario has won Canada’s ninth medal at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. On Thursday, Crawford won the bronze medal in the men’s alpine combined, becoming the first Canadian to win a medal in this alpine Read more
Broderick Thompson of North Vancouver, British Columbia stunned the skiing world on Thursday with a bronze medal in a men’s super giant slalom competition in Beaver Creek, Colorado. For Thompson, it was his first career World Cup medal. However, what Read more
According to Doug Harrison of CBC Sports on Saturday, Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Quebec won the bronze medal in a World Cup women’s super giant slalom from Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. For Gagnon, it was her fifth career World Cup medal, but Read more
According to CBC Sports on Wednesday, Canadian Paralympic gold medalist Josh Dueck of Kimberley, British Columbia has been named the Chef de Mission for Canada at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. Dueck won the gold medal for Canada Read more
Former Canadian alpine skier Kelly VanderBeek of Kapuskasing, Ontario has tested positive for coronavirus according to CBC Sports on Saturday. VanderBeek currently lives in Canmore, Alberta, with her husband, David Ford of Edmonton, a former Canadian Olympic canoer, and son, Read more
Canadian alpine skiing great Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Vancouver, British Columbia retired at age 36 on Tuesday according to Jim Morris of CBC Sports. Osborne-Paradis won 11 World Cup medals in his career and the bronze medal in the men’s super Read more
The World Cup events in alpine skiing at Lake Louise that were scheduled to take place this fall have been cancelled because of coronavirus according to the Canadian Press on Thursday. There will be a World Cup alpine skiing season Read more
Canadian Olympic gold medallist Therese Brisson of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec has been named the president of Alpine Canada according to Donna Spencer of the Canadian Press. However, one should realize that Brisson was never a skier as an athlete, but was Read more