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Emilie Desforges
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My ski season starts in May and ends in April.
During this period, I have physical training camps and ski
camps and finally it's the competition season. We are always
travelling which limits the rest and healing periods.
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It is always with pleasure that I get back home knowing
that there are specialists who can help me at any time.
Thank you for fast and professional care for
osteopathy, physiotherapy and sports therapy from your teams of
West Island and Mont-Tremblant.
Emilie DesForges
Canadian Team of Alpine Skiing
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LATEST NEWS by www.canski.org
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TWO CANADIAN FIRSTS IN NOR AM ACTION
Emilie Desforges and Julien
Cousineau record their first Nor Am titles
Canada struck gold at Nor Am races on both sides of
the border, Thursday, as Montreal’s Emilie Desforges and Lachute,
Que., native Julien Cousineau both skied to their first-ever Nor
Am Cup victories.
It was at the CIBC Coupe Nor Am Cup event at Mont-Garceau,
Que., that Desforges skied a great second run of 53:00 to finish
first on the podium in the women’s giant slalom – much
to the delight of her family, who was in attendance.
"I’m so happy with my result of today,”
said Desforges. “I came within an ace of a catastrophe many
times during the second run. The course was very fast and if you
were loosing your line, you were falling behind. I took off too
fast at the top and once in the compression, I was too much in the
back, but I still managed to keep the rhythm."
With a total time of 1 minute, 45:79, Ashley Linda
Spina of the U.S. finished second for her first Nor Am podium and
her best result to-date. Sophie Splawinski, also of Montréal,
finished third with a total time of 1:45.84 to end the day with
two Canadians on the podium. In fact, eight of the top-15 finishers
were Canadian.
South of the border at the Sunday River Ski Area in
Maine another young Canadian started the new year with a bang as
Julien Cousineau took the Nor Am giant slalom title with a time
of 2 minutes, 25.74.
“I was going smooth in the first run without
making too many errors, but I really attacked for the second run,”
said Cousineau, who turns 22 on January 17th. “I had nothing
to lose. This victory feels good.”
Last year, Cousineau missed earning a World Cup giant
slalom bib by 1/100th of a second when he placed second to American
Chip Knight in the final Nor Am race of the season. Cousineau wants
to make sure that doesn’t happen this year.
“Last year I finished third, and I don’t
want that to happen again this year,” he said.
Cousineau was the lone Canadian among a sea of Americans
in the top-15. Jesse Marshall of the U.S. finished second with a
time of 2:26.48, while his teammate Jeffrey M. Harrison rounded
out the podium with a final time of 2:27.10.
“We expect that Julien should be winning here,
but it’s hard to win, no matter who is in the field,”
said Canadian coach Dusan Grasic. “Cousi has been extremely
fast in training and we gave him an opportunity at the start of
the season to race World Cup, then go for the overall titles in
the CIBC Nor Am slalom and GS.”
More race action is set for Friday. At Mont-Garceau,
the women will compete in a giant slalom, and the race can be viewed
through live timing via the Alpine Canada Alpin Web site by visiting
www.canski.org and clicking on “Results.” At Sunday River,
the men will run giant slalom again Friday before shifting to slalom
for the weekend.
CIBC COUPE NOR-AM CUP - MT-GARCEAU, QC.
GS WOMEN - GEANT FEMMES
Standings / Résultats
(Rank) Bib / Name / Nat / Run 1 / Run 2 / Total Diff.
(1) 18 DESFORGES Emilie, Montreal, 0:52.74 / 0:53.00 / 1:45.74 +0.00
(2) 6 SPINA Ashley Linda USA 0:52.33 / 0:53.46 / 1:45.79 +0.05
(3) 4 SPLAWINSKI Sophie, Montreal, 0:52.50 / 0:53.34 / 1:45.84 +0.10
(4) 2 RICHARDSON Kaylin L USA 0:53.48 / 0:53.30 / 1:46.78 +1.04
(5) 13 LANGEVIN Julie, Montreal, 0:53.09 / 0:53.70 / 1:46.79 +1.05
(6) 22 KELLEHER Keely Blair USA 0:53.12 / 0:53.72 / 1:46.84 +1.10
(7) 25 ACTON Brigitte, Sault Ste-Marie, ON, 0:53.83 / 0:53.28 /
1:47.11 +1.37
(8) 1 KELLEY Jessica C USA 0:53.05 / 0:54.25 / 1:47.30 +1.56
(9) 14 PRCHAL Anna, Montreal, 0:53.42 / 0:54.03 / 1:47.45 +1.71
(10) 16 HUGHES Megan USA 0:53.35 / 0:54.23 / 1:47.58 +1.84
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Previous News by
www.canski.org
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NARROW MISS FOR EMILIE DESFORGES AT
CIBC COUPE NOR-AM CUP IN LAKE LOUISE
Maggie Pattillo, the first racer in the new CIBC Nor Am series
Lake Louise, Alta (December 9, 2002) – Canadian Alpine Development
Team skier Emilie Desforges of Montreal was just one one-hundredth
of a second away from standing on the podium Monday after the first
super-G of the CIBC Coupe Nor Am Cup in Lake Louise.
Competing on the same course that hosted the World
Cup men’s and women’s Winterstart events over the last
two weeks, Desforges raced to a time of one minute 15.39 seconds,
only 0.98 seconds off Kirsten Bybee’s winning time of 1:14.37.
The super-G was an American sweep, as Lauren Van Ness finished in
second place at 1:14.80 and Bryna McCarty rounded out the top three
at 1:15.34.
Bybee, who has won two gold medals in downhill at
South American Cups, has never won a Nor Am super-G before today.
Desforges, 19, had an opportunity to preview the racetrack
in Lake Louise last weekend when she and her teammates foreran the
Audi FIS Ski World Cup Winterstart.
"It was great training for this race, and it
was amazing to be out there with the big girls," she said of
the world’s best, who descended on the Canadian Rockies for
two downhill races and one super-G.
Desforges was satisfied with her result Monday, but
couldn’t believe she missed the podium by such a narrow margin.
"I’m happy. It’s a great result for
my Nor Am ranking. It’s a little bit frustrating, but it’s
fine," she said, "I’ll make it up. I’m going
for the win tomorrow."
Women ages 15 and up will race one more super-G Tuesday,
and a downhill this weekend as they battle for Nor Am victory and
a coveted spot on the World Cup circuit for next year.
Meanwhile, the Canadian male Nor Am contingent wrapped
up competition at Beaver Creek, Colorado, with three top 15 finishers
in the super-G Monday, with Banff’s Paul Stutz leading the
team with a seventh-place finish. The men are headed to the CIBC
Coupe Nor Am Cup at Lake Louise where the men’s and women’s
downhill training runs begin on Wednesday.
Top 10 Results – CIBC Coupe Nor Am Cup at Lake
Louise
December 9, 2002
Women’s super-G
1. Kristen A. Bybee USA 1:14.37
2. Lauren Van Ness USA 1:14.80
3. Bryna McCarty USA 1:15.34
4. Emilie Desforges, Montreal, Que. 1:15.39
5. Rachel Roosevelt USA 1:15.42
6. Caitlin Ciccone USA 1:15.68
7. Sherry Lawrence, Calgary, Alta. 1:16.01
8. Brigitte Acton, Sault-Ste-Marie, Ont. 1:16.59
9. Christin Lathrop USA 1:16.77
10. Stacey J. Cook USA 1:16.90
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