WEEKEND ADVISORY – FEBRUARY 26 – 28
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Canada Ski Cross
This ski cross team is back on tour this weekend racing on the other side of the world in Bokwang Pheonix Park, Korea for the first ski cross test event in advance of the 2018 Olympic Games. This will be the second-last World Cup ski cross race of the season. Marielle Thompson heads into the weekend holding her second-place position in the overall standings, 208 points back from Sweden’s Anna Holmlund who is leading the pack.
Brady Leman is holding onto the second-place position in the World Cup overall standings on the men’s side, trailing by just 74 points. Chris Del Bosco is sitting in third-place overall, trailing first-place by 106 points and second-place by just 32 points. It’s a tight race for the men as they come into crunch-time to clinch the Overall Crystal Globe.
The team will be racing qualifications Friday and racing Sunday.
Ladies’ Ski Cross
Kelsey Serwa
Marielle Thompson
Men’s Ski Cross
Chris Del Bosco
Ian Deans
Kevin Drury
Louis-Pierre Hélie
Brady Leman
Canadian Alpine Ski Team
It’s a mixed weekend of speed and tech events for the alpine team. The women will be racing a super G and alpine combined race this weekend in Soldeu, Andorra. The men will race two giant slalom races and a super G in Hinterstoder, Austria.
Ladies’ Alpine
Candace Crawford
Marie-Michèle Gagnon
Marie-Pier Préfontaine
Men’s Alpine
Phil Brown
Jeffrey Frisch
Erik Guay
Morgan Megarry
Manuel Osborne-Paradis
Trevor Philp
Morgan Pridy
Broderick Thompson
WHERE TO WATCH
Catch the ladies’ super G race on Sportsnet360 at 8:00PM EST on Saturday night and the ladies’ alpine combined race Sunday night at 8:00PM EST, also on Sportsnet360.
DATES AND START TIMES
Friday, February 26, 2016
Men’s Giant Slalom 1st Run – 1:30AM MST
Men’s Giant Slalom 2nd Run – 4:30AM MST
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Ladies’ Super G – 2:30AM MST
Men’s Super G – 4:00AM MST
Ski Cross – 8:00PM MST
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Men’s Giant Slalom 1st Run – 1:30AM MST
Men’s Giant Slalom 2nd Run – 4:30AM MST
Ladies’ Alpine Combined 1st Run – 2:30AM MST
Ladies’ Alpine Combined 2nd Run – 5:30AM MST
For further information or press inquiries, please contact Ashley Shantz at ashantz@alpinecanada.org or call 587.226.3007.
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