Gagnon wins opening Northwest Funds Coupe Nor-Am Cup GS at Georgian Peaks
THORNBURY, ON Marie-Michèle Gagnon (Lac-Etchemin, QC) led a Canadian sweep of the podium at the opening Northwest Funds Coupe Nor-Am Cup giant slalom race at the Georgian Peaks Club near Thornbury, ON.
Gagnon, who has now won three Northwest Funds Coupe Nor-Am Cup races in as many days, finished today’s GS with a winning two-run combined time of one minute 43.41 seconds.
“Once again it was an awesome day. I can’t ask for anything better. Things have been going really well for me these last couple days,” said Gagnon, who won Nor-Am slalom races at Craigleith Ski Club before the race series headed to Georgian Peaks.
Canada actually took the top four positions on the day with Emilie Desforges (Montréal, QC) finishing second in 1:43.56 and Larisa Yurkiw (Owen Sound, ON), racing to third place on her home hill in a time of 1:43.90. Shona Rubens (Canmore, AB) was fourth.
“It’s so good to have the team on the podium, it’s great for Canada,” Gagnon added.
As for the men, Robbie Dixon (Whistler, BC) led the way at today’s Nor-Am giant slalom race in Sunday River, USA. Dixon, who has been on the 13th at a World Cup downhill race in the past month, finished second today in a two-run time of 1:58.65. A Norwegian, Leif Kristian Haugen, won today’s GS race in 1:58.48 with American David Chodounsky finishing third.
The men’s Nor-Am event at Sunday River continues tomorrow with another GS followed by slalom races on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Northwest Funds Coupe Nor-Am Cup event at Georgian Peaks concludes tomorrow with a ladies giant slalom.
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THORNBURY, ON – JAN. 5, 2009 - NOR-AM SLALOM – LADIES
| 1 | 16 | GAGNON Marie-Michele | 1989 | CAN | 52.46 | 50.95 | 1:43.41 |
| 2 | 4 | DESFORGES Emilie | 1983 | CAN | 52.04 | 51.52 | 1:43.56 |
| 3 | 2 | YURKIW Larisa | 1988 | CAN | 52.83 | 51.07 | 1:43.90 |
| 4 | 3 | RUBENS Shona | 1986 | CAN | 52.93 | 51.44 | 1:44.37 |
| 5 | 10 | MIELKE Kristen | 1982 | USA | 53.30 | 51.74 | 1:45.04 |
| 6 | 9 | COOPER Kirsten | 1988 | USA | 53.09 | 52.23 | 1:45.32 |
| 7 | 6 | STAPLES Kiley | 1989 | USA | 53.08 | 52.25 | 1:45.33 |
| 8 | 15 | FORD Julia | 1990 | USA | 53.26 | 52.14 | 1:45.40 |
| 9 | 14 | MIELZYNSKI Erin | 1990 | CAN | 53.58 | 52.01 | 1:45.59 |
| 10 | 1 | SIMMERLING Georgia | 1989 | CAN | 53.44 | 52.37 | 1:45.81 |
COMPLETE RESULTS
