Para alpine skier Frédérique Turgeon continued her World Cup medal haul on Thursday with silver within the ladies’s standing downhill occasion in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria.
The 23-year-old from Candiac, Que., skied with confidence after successful the primary ladies’s standing downhill on Wednesday, crossing the end line in a time of 1:17:53 to complete simply behind Germany’s Anna-Maria Rieder (1:16.46).
“Today went fairly okay for me, I feel I skied rather well in some sections, however then I really slowed down on objective in direction of the tip, which isn’t one thing you wish to do with a purpose to win a downhill, and sadly, I didn’t,” Turgeon stated in a press launch.
“I’m nonetheless in line to win the downhill globe. It’s promising, it is actually thrilling, and second place is not unhealthy at present. I’m nonetheless fairly pleased with it, understanding that I made such a giant mistake.”
Turgeon skied to bronze in the identical occasion at Para alpine worlds final month for her first medal since struggling a leg harm in a downhill coaching crash on the Beijing Paralympics final 12 months.
She will race within the subsequent two super-G occasions in Saalbach-Hinterglemm on Friday and Saturday.
Alexis Guimond of Gatineau, Que., completed fourth within the males’s standing downhill with a time of 1:10:26, bettering upon his fifth-place end from Wednesday.
“Today wasn’t the best day, I did not really feel nice in the beginning of the day, however I feel I bought essentially the most that I may at present out of the race,” Guimond stated. “I pushed and gave it my all, I’m not glad with my end result, however contemplating the scenario, I’m comfortable to be again within the prime 4 once more.”
In the lads’s sitting occasion, Calgary’s Kurt Oatway completed fifth after tough snow circumstances bounced him round, pushing him out of the highest three.
Oatway is recovering from a lingering abdomen bug.
“All in all, the race collection hasn’t gone the way in which I’ve been wanting to this point, however there are nonetheless two extra super-G’s within the subsequent few days, and my well being is trending in the proper route, so I’ll be placing my max effort in for these.”
