Canada’s Alex Gough drove to her best-ever result after finishing seventh at the Luge World Cup in Winterberg, Germany on Sunday. The 21-year-old Calgarian, who is competing against athletes nearly 10 years older than her, put together the race of her life by mixing the key ingredients of a winning performance -pulling two solid starts, and completing two consistent runs.
Archive for December 2008
Inconsistency Costs Us
Dec 13th, 2008 | By Laird | Category: Athletes BlogTristan Walker and Justin Snith finish fourth in doubles at Junior World Cup. A lack of run volume during training week and inconsistency on race day cost Canada’s top men’s luge athletes a spot in the top of the standings at the World Cup in Winterberg, Germany on Saturday.
Silver in Germany
Dec 5th, 2008 | By Laird | Category: Athletes BlogCanada’s Luge athletes win silver medal in Team Competition at Junior World Cup in Germany. Young Canucks enjoy one of best days in history of junior program