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Canadians Maelle Ricker and Dominique Maltais
Topic Started: Jan 9 2014, 01:37 AM (44 Views)
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STONEHAM, Que. -- Canadians Maelle Ricker and Dominique Maltais won gold and silver in the snowboard cross event at the FIS snowboarding world championships on Saturday. Both women were dominant in the first two elimination rounds, but Ricker had the last word over her rival in the final. The first-place finish means Ricker, a native of Squamish, B.C., has secured a spot representing Canada at the Sochi Olympics next year. "Its great," said Ricker, 34, who won gold at the Vancouver Olympics. "Everyone on the team has done a tremendous job." Maltais, a 32-year-old from Petite-Riviere-Saint-Francois, Que., finished a few metres behind Ricker in the final race. Maltais, who was disappointed not to finish first in front of a hometown crowd, said she lost ground early on and wasnt able to catch up. "A small error at the top of course made me lose speed," she said. "Later I tried a few different lines, but it slowed me down." Helene Olafsen of Norway finished in third. 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He waved, said "Im fine and I kept going." Most of the problems happen during the eights races, because the boats are so fast. During one race Tuesday, there were at least three dozen coaches and team officials on bikes racing down the side of the course. And Cookson says Canada might have five or six team officials riding alongside one of their crews. Cookson is often one of them. "It can be scary," he said. "The faster the boat, the scarier it is of course because you get into a peloton and people are watching the race and not really watching where theyre going. Theres a lot of wheels that touch ... Luckily, touch wood, Ive never had an accident but Ive seen quite a few people having them." Its hard to believe the rowers in the boat ccan hear their coaches, especially at the Olympic Games when they come in front of grandstands filled to the brim with cheering fans.dddddddddddd But the coaches try. "My voice is hoarse for a reason," said Cookson. 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Paul is a keen mountain biker who has incorporated road cycling into this rowers fitness regimen this year. He even brought his road bike to England and exited the rowing venue Tuesday with wheel in hand.
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