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Two athletes were absent in the composition of branched Canadian teams yesterday but simply because & eacute; They had decided to retire: it's Morgan Pridy and Marie-Pier Pr & eacute; fontaine.
Tuesday 17 May 2016 3 minutes reading time
Pridy, 25 year-old Whistler was born in Vancouver October 9, 1990, and a native of British Columbia, but good nordic combined specialist mainly of fast races, leaves with 35 World Cup races, the first & egrave; was the descent of Kvitfjell of 3 March 2012, l & rsquo; the last super-G in Hinterstoder last February 27th, his best result & egrave; It was the sixteenth place in the super-G in Beaver Creek of 6 December 2014 & egrave; was also his fifth and last points finish. But his best result ever & egrave; was the tenth place in the Olympic super-G of Sochi 2014, l & rsquo; one big event with medals to be won which he participated along with the World Championships in Vail / Beaver Creek dell & rsquo; last year. In Nor-Am Cup won five races and won four more podiums and & egrave; awarded the ranking of super-G and combined in 2013.
The 27-year-Pr & eacute; fontaine Instead, born October 18, 1988 in Ste-Agathe and a resident of Mont-St-Sauveur, so native to Qu & eacute; bec, leaves after playing 89 games of the World Cup, the first on the Semmering giant December 28, 2006 and l & rsquo; last of the giant JASN & aacute; last March 7, & egrave; He arrived four times in the top ten, all among the wide doors, and his best result & egrave; sixth place K & uuml; htai in Tirol of 28 December 2014. He has participated in the last four editions of the World Cup and the last two Winter Olympics without memorize options achieving significant results, but in the World Championship team competition last dell''anno won the 'silver. Both abandon l & rsquo; agonism not injured, and both are still young, cos & igrave; as their compatriot Larisa Yurkiw, who gave the & rsquo; farewell to the right races last week.
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