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.Its Frans experience,
in NEUES AUS ÖSTERREICH - BERICHTE AUS ÖSTERREICH 08.10.2019 07:31von jokergreen0220 • | 1.402 Beiträge
Canadas freestyle ski team will have a decidedly different look this season. Nmd Uomo Outlet . The likes of Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Dara Howell and Mikael Kingsbury will be there, but there was one glaring absence on the squad unveiled Wednesday. Two-time Olympic moguls gold medallist Alex Bilodeau retired after the last World Cup season, leaving a big hole on the team as it begins the long road to the 2018 Games in South Korea. Bilodeau became the first Canadian to win Olympic gold on home soil with his memorable victory at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, and he repeated the performance in Sochi earlier this year. Kingsbury, who battled Bilodeau for the last few years and finished second in Russia this winter, says he will miss competing against his rival. "The first couple World Cups, Im going to miss somebody to look up to and to learn from. Hes been a great athlete," Kingsbury said on a conference call. "He pushed me. Since I was very young, he was my role model." Kingsbury is a three-time overall World Cup champion, and while he and Bilodeau were friends away from the hill, they were fierce opponents on it. "Im going to miss him in a way, but in another way he was one of the strongest competitors to have," said Kinsbury, a native of Deux Montagnes, Que. "Im going to try to have new motivation, to continue to push and work hard to stay ranked first in the world." Kingsbury, who turns 22 next week, said Bilodeaus retirement doesnt open any doors because hes already had a lot of success in his young career. "He was the star for sure. He won the Olympics in Vancouver -- first (Canadian) gold medallist to win on home soil -- and Sochi," Kingsbury said. "He won the two days that he needed to win, but at the same time I dont think its my turn to shine because I won the Crystal Globe and he was there, I won the world championship and he was there. "At the Olympics he did his run. I tried everything I could to win but he had the run that he needed and he totally deserved it." Like the rest of the freestyle ski team, Kingsburys focus is primed on training for the coming season, with thoughts of the 2018 Olympics in South Korea also lingering. "I just want to continue what Ive been doing, and not do more because Alex is not there," he said. "If he would have continued I would have been super happy and still would have worked hard to win the gold medal in 2018. Thats my next plan. "Its four years -- four years is long. Im going to be ready for 2018 but theres many things to come." Dufour-Lapointe won gold in Sochi in womens moguls, and will now take it one year at a time as she starts to build towards the next Games. The same is true of teammate Audrey Robichaud, who finished 10th in the womens moguls in Sochi. "Personally I feel like Im still on a high from the Olympics," said Robichaud, a native of Quebec City. "What keeps me going is I feel like I can still get better and theres room for improvement." Also headlining the Canadian team for the 2014-15 season is Howell, who topped the podium in womens slopestyle in Sochi, Chloe Dufour-Lapointe -- the silver medallist in moguls behind her younger sister at the Games -- and Kim Lamarre, who finished third in slopestyle. The other Sochi medallist on this years team is Mike Riddle, who took silver in halfpipe. The rest of the Canadian freestyle team for the upcoming year includes: aerial skiers Travis Gerrits, Olivier Rochon, Jean-Christophe Andre and Sabrina Guerin; halfpipe skiers Mike Riddle, Justin Dorey, Simon dArtois, Rosalind Groenewoud, Keltie Hansen, Megan Gunning; slopestyle skiers Alex Beaulieu-Marchand, Alex Bellemare, Evan McEachran and Kaya Turski; and moguls skiers Marc-Antoine Gagnon, Philippe Marquis and Maxime Dufour-Lapointe. Stan Smith Scarpe Online . The Toronto Argonauts running back hurt his left ankle during the teams practice Friday afternoon at Rogers Centre. Scarpe Nmd Nere Scontate . Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that the Raptors have traded forward Steve Novak along with a second-round pick to the Utah Jazz in exchange for guard Diante Garrett - who will then be waived. http://www.scarpenmdscontate.it/scarpe-nmd-human-race-outlet.html . Betancourt was 2-5 with a 4.08 ERA and 16 saves for the Rockies last season before tearing a ligament in his pitching elbow. He considered undergoing platelet-rich plasma therapy to fix his arm, but announced in August his decision to have Tommy John surgery.Sale Sharks Director of Rugby Steve Diamond is targeting a top-four finish in the Aviva Premiership next season. The club has ambitious new owners led by Simon Orange - brother of ex-Take That star Jason, and Sale have appointed former British & Irish Lions prop Fran Cotton, himself a renowned businessman, as chairman.The owners are planning significant investment in the Sharks infrastructure and playing squad as they try to establish themselves as a north-west union powerhouse. Sale finished sixth in the Premiership last season, and Diamond is aiming higher in 2016-17. Fran Cotton has been appointed the new chairman of Sale Sharks and promised the club will become a strong northern club based on northern talent. Our ambiitions is to hit the top four, he told Sky Sports News HQ. Stan Smith Outlet. We have been consistent, sixth, seventh and fifth.With the playing squad we have got and the impetus the new owners will bring its going to be fantastic - so top four is where we are going to be heading.Its exciting times. I can be described as being the mortar between the bricks, pulling a lot of things together over the last 12 months - culminating in Fran Cotton agreeing to be chairman.We understand how to run a business between us and hopefully that can translate onto the field. Fran Cotton (R) alongside Graham Price (L), Peter Wheeler (C) on the 1977 Lions tour in New Zealand Cotton, a former England captain in the 1970s, built a clothing empire after quitting the game and was Englands Team Manager in the 1990s.Its Frans experience, his knowledge, said Diamond. But he is also a forward-thinker in the game. Twenty years ago he was making suggestions on how the game should be run the way it is now.He has got a great rugby brain and is a fantastic businessman to boot.Hes always been a bit of a guardian angel for me. Ive always had the ability to go have a cup of tea with him, a pint, a glass of wine, to throw things off him and he has always led me in the right direction. To work with him closely is even better. Also See: Premiership home Premiership table Fixtures and results Rugby Union on Sky ' ' '
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