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Last Sunday on the gut of Whistler, have played the Canadian national championships luge. The race has confirmed the results of last season risevando very few surprises.
Friday 25 October 2013 2 minutes reading time
In the field of men's Samuel Edney had no rivals to win his third national title of his career. The twenty-eight leaders of the Canadian training on the track, which last year allowed him to achieve his best finish (fifth) in a World Championships, has a gap of more than 6 tenths of the eighteen year old John Fennell and 745 thousandths Mitchel Malyk.
Among women, Alex Gough bronze champion in office ruled the younger teammates Kimberley McRae and Arianne Jones. Gough with Sunday's success brings with seven national titles won in his career.
Tristan Walker and Justin Snith were the favorites in the race the day before and they did not disappoint expectations, dominating the test and going up to the top step of the podium for the third time in the last three seasons.
"'' It was a good day for our team," said the director of the Canadian team competitive Cory Walter at the end of the event, "both veterans and younger athletes are not spared showing excellent performance, we look ' 's time to deal with rivals to check where we are on the field. "
On Tuesday, the Canadian Federation announced the names of the eight athletes selected for the upcoming Olympic season.
Women's luge: Alex Gough, Kimberley McRae, Arianne Jones and Jordan Smith
Single Luge: Samuel Edney, John Fennell and Mitchel Malyk.
Double Luge Walker-Snith
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