Canadian Para skier Guimond picks up super-G gold, bronze at World Cup stop in Austria

by
Canadian Para skier Guimond picks up super-G gold, bronze at World Cup stop in Austria

Canadian Para skier Alexis Guimond made two trips to the podium at a World Cup super-G stop on Wednesday in Steinach am Brenner, Austria.

Guimond, from Gatineau, Que., skied to gold in the event’s second men’s standing race of the day after earning a bronze earlier.

This win was Guimond’s first in a World Cup super-G since 2018, but he has skied to nine consecutive podium finishes dating back to last season.

Guimond said after the second race that he was happy to get a long awaited win and was “sick and tired” of finishing second and third.

Calgary’s Kurt Oatway, competing in the men’s sitting category, was fourth in the opening race and third in the second race for his second podium of the season.

Frederique Turgeon of Montreal did not finish her first race and placed fifth in the women’s standing category.

The Para alpine World Cup stop continues Thursday with giant slalom races.

“Today is encouraging heading into tomorrow’s race,” Guimond said. “We’ve done lots of giant slalom training and I’m feeling pretty good.”

FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS

Read original article here

Denial of responsibility! Chronicles Live is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials, please contact us by email – chronicleslive.com. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.

Leave a Comment