yyzcanuck Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 CANADIAN ALPINE SNOWBOARDING TEAM SHOWS DOMINATION AT FIS NOR-AM CUP IN THE UNITED STATES Canadian women sweep Nor-Am Podium; two guys take first and third spot (Mt Batchelor, USA – February 4, 2010) The Canadian Alpine Snowboard Team proved today they are ready for the 2010 Olympic Games by taking home five of the six available medals at the FIS Nor-Am Cup race at Mount Batchelor in the United States. The event is part of a training camp to finalize last preparations for the team heading to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. In women’s racing, the Canadian women swept the podium, taking the first four spots. Alexa Loo (Richmond, BC) took home the gold medal by defeating teammate Caroline Calvé (Aylmer, QC) in the gold medal dual. Kimiko Zakreski (Calgary, AB) won the bronze medal by edging Ariane Lavigne (Mont-Tremblant, QC) in the bronze medal dual. The riders fought extreme weather conditions, racing in a massive snowstorm. “They fought hard today for these results. We’re really happy to have been able to post those results in the conditions that the riders had to face,” said Sylvain Jean, Coach of the Canadian Alpine Snowboarding Team. In Men’s action, Michael Lambert (Toronto, ON) defeated Chris Klug of the United States of America in the ultimate duel. Jasey-Jay Anderson took the bronze. Matt Morison (Burketon, ON) was back at racing in today’s race after sustaining a left elbow fracture earlier in December at the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup in Telluride. Morison did not finish. The Alpine snowboarding team will head back to the race hill tomorrow in a second PGS in FIS Nor-Am action prior to their arrival at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, BC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 But Matt didn't finish!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBee Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 It looks like there were also "reporting" issues at Mt. Batchelor. As of 6h30 am Friday morning, live-timing & FIS site are giving: 1. Jasey-Jay 2. Chris Klug 3. Tyler Jewell 4. Michael Lambert..... Today's race has been changed to a 2-run GS, much simpler as far as timing...Hope they will go "live" on www.live-timing.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasbin Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Gongrats to Mike L. I really like the way he is peaking at the right time. The kid is in a good state of mind, I like his chances at the Olympics. I just hope the snow conditions don't affect the mind set of all our snowboarders. To bad for Matt, not sure weather he has enough time to recover in time to be at his peak. My money is still on JJ, Go Canada Go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 No timing issues. There is just no wi-fi at the race shack so live-timing will not be working for the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBee Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 As of 10h30 FIS website was corrected: 1. Lambert 2. Klug 3. Anderson 4. Jewell Thanks for the tip Phill. I stay at my screen yesterday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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