Canada picked up its first two medals of the Para alpine world championships on Wednesday with podium finishes in each the ladies’s and males’s standing downhill races in Espot, Spain.
Frédérique Turgeon skied to bronze within the girls’s standing downhill for her first medal since struggling a leg harm in a downhill coaching crash at the Beijing Paralympics final 12 months.
The 23-year-old from Candiac, Que., completed with a time of 56.64 seconds, whereas Germany’s Anna-Maria Rieder gained gold (55.35) forward of France’s Aurélie Richard (56.27). It is Turgeon’s fourth world championship medal following her silver and two bronze medals in 2019.
“Today felt really awesome,” Turgeon mentioned in a press launch. “As a team we were really focused on what we needed to do to nail this course and to keep the racing line. There were some things to clean up and do better but I’m very happy with today’s performance.”
“It feels really good to be back on the podium, especially in the downhill after the crash in Beijing. This is a little surreal.”
Turgeon completed fourth in Tuesday’s alpine mixed and fifth in Monday’s super-G.
SHE IS BACK!! 🔥 Huge morning for <a href=”https://twitter.com/frede_turgeon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@frede_turgeon</a> coming 3RD🥉within the Downhill at Para World Championships—her first podium again after final 12 months’s harm in DH coaching at the paralympics!!! That’s how ya DO IT. 😤 <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/fastandfurious?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#fastandfurious</a> <a href=”https://t.co/9uFRYzCiIx”>pic.twitter.com/9uFRYzCiIx</a>
—@Alpine_Canada
Fellow Canadian Alexis Guimond took residence bronze within the males’s standing downhill on Wednesday for his first-ever downhill medal at a serious occasion.
The 23-year-old from Gatineau, Que., was the primary man down the course, laying down a time of 51.07 that held up for third place.
Four-time Paralympic medallist Markus Salcher of Austria gained gold (50.03), whereas Switzerland’s Robin Cuche completed forward of Guimond for silver in 50.11.
Guimond beforehand gained a bronze medal within the big slalom at the 2018 Paralympics.
“Today was a good day overall,” Guimond mentioned. “I think the team really pushed hard and we got some really good results. It’s great to be back on the podium, especially in downhill.”
Calgary’s Kurt Oatway simply missed the rostrum with a fourth-place end within the males’s sitting downhill (51.24), whereas Brian Rowland of Merrickville, Ont., was thirteenth (56.70).
Seven-time Paralympic medallist Jesper Pedersen of Norway topped the boys’s sitting podium with a time of 49.62, ending forward of fellow Paralympic veteran Taiki Morii of Japan (50.52).
Jeroen Kampschreur of the Netherlands claimed bronze in 50.97.
The Para alpine world championships proceed by way of Sunday.
Canada’s Frédérique Turgeon, Alexis Guimond ski to bronze medals at Para alpine worlds
Canada’s Frédérique Turgeon, Alexis Guimond ski to bronze medals at Para alpine worlds
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Canada’s Frédérique Turgeon, Alexis Guimond ski to bronze medals at Para alpine worlds