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'' The former world champion Erik Guay of descent is set to make his return from injury in the World Cup speed events in Lake Louise on home snow. The reports alpinecanada.org.
Friday 15 November 2013 4 minutes reading time
The Canadian Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, has recovered quickly from knee surgery and is one of five "Canadian Cowboys" that could be on the podium on 30 November and 1 December in the downhill and super-G which will be held in picturesque resort west of Calgary.
There are many pretenders to qualify for the Olympics: in addition to the usual Guay, Manuel Osborne-Paradis and Jan Hudec, which are all already on the podium in Lake Louise, and we have also won the last two, there are also young people talent including Benjamin Thomsen and Morgan Pridy.
"My knee is really good and the plan is to start in Lake Louise - said Guay who has 19 career podium finishes in the World Cup, for one away from the Canadian record holder Steve Podborski, one of the legendary" Crazy Canucks. "- With only a few days of training in super-G was competitive again.'' I think that comes from experience but I know I still have work to do. When you return from an injury always depends on how your body reacts, but my knee is solid. My back is bothering me but I'm managing and hoping that I'll start blocks in Lake Louise. "
Guay, who won the cup in super-G in 2010 and went close several times to win an Olympic medal with a fourth place in the super-G in 2006 and two-fifths in downhill and super-G in 2010, suffered a knee surgery in July after being hurt in May. Erik was on the podium twice last season in the World Cup and it would be enough to make a placement in the ten qualification in Sochi, qualification than at home in order to be assured Canada needs two placings in the first twelve, including at least one in first half of this season. You can also qualify with a result in the first five.
The Canadian Cowboys, true successors of the Crazy Canucks of the seventies and eighties of the last century, are an exclusive group of Canadian athletes who were on the podium at the World Cup, the World Championships or the Olympics. In business there are six: Erik Guay, Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Jan Hudec, John Kucera, Benjamin Thomsen and slalom skier Mike Janyk. François Bourque, another member, retired in 2012.
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