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RSS FeedsCanada´s Beaulieu-Marchand wins Olympic bronze in men´s slopestyle skiing
(The Star Food)

 
 

18 february 2018 15:48:36

 
Canada´s Beaulieu-Marchand wins Olympic bronze in men´s slopestyle skiing
(The Star Food)
 


PYEONGCHANG, South Korea—Alex Beaulieu-Marchand was standing at the bottom of the hill in bronze-medal position, with two more skiers to come. He wasn’t worried. Whether he landed on the men’s slopestyle podium or not, the 23-year-old from Quebec City delivered the performance of his life. It’s rare to have regrets when that happens.“I landed my run how I wanted and showcased my skiing to the whole world how I wanted,” he said. “It’s just cool that I got the bronze medal.”Read more:Is Canadian hockey coach Willie Desjardins up to the challengeCanada could be headed for record medal total in PyeongchangAt Olympics, Russians are fans without a countryNorway’s Oystein Braaten put down an outstanding run to win gold, and American Nick Goepper took the silver, adding to the bronze he won from the last Winter Games.When this sport made its Olympic debut in Sochi in 2014, Beaulieu-Marchand was Canada’s only male to qualify and he finished 12th. This time, he was joined by three teammates, with two finishing in the top six —Teal Harle from Campbell River, B.C., was fifth; Evan McEachran of Oakville, Ont., sixth.A big part of why Beaulieu-Marchand was so thrilled about the quality of his skiing Sunday was because of what he had to go through just to get to the top of the course here. A series of injuries — surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in 2015, a broken collarbone in 2016 and another knee injury and a concussion in 2017 — tested him physically and mentally. It also meant so much time off snow that some of the tricks he used to win that Olympic medal Sunday are ones that he had rarely practised.“I was skiing so good today. I’ve never skied that good in my life,” Beaulieu-Marchand said. And, for anyone keeping track, that was a complicated series of tricks on rail features and jumps that sounded something like this: disaster switch tails to line two . ...


 
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