Canadian skiers Remme, Gagnon pursue downhill gains for combined success

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Canada lacks a classic downhiller in women's ski racing, but speed is vitally important to the all-rounders on the national alpine team.

Roni Remme of Collingwood, Ont., and Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., have stood on the World Cup podium in alpine combined.

Both of Gagnon's career World Cup victories are in combined, and she's also won a pair of bronze medals in slalom. Emily Brydon was the last Canadian woman to stand on the downhill podium at Lake Louise, finishing second and third in 2009. "I haven't been on downhill skis since April," Remme said. "For me, this is a big jump. I definitely don't feel confident on that run I just took.

Gagnon suffered season-ending knee and shoulder injuries crashing in a Lake Louise training run two years ago. She wasn't able to compete in the 2018 Winter Games."It was pretty intense all of last year on the speed side," Gagnon said. "My body language was not agreeing with my mentality in the start hut.

Lake Louise hosted its first World Cup in 1980 when Steve Podborski, Ken Read and Dave Irwin -- known as the Crazy Canucks -- raced a men's downhill.

 

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