By Canadian Press

Veterans Erik Guay, Manuel Osborne-Paradis to lead Canada’s Olympic ski team

Jan 29, 2018 | 12:00 PM

CALGARY — Four-time Olympians Erik Guay and Manuel Osborne-Paradis will lead Canada’s alpine ski team at the Pyeongchang Games.

Guay, a 36-year-old from Montreal and father of four daughters, is the country’s most accomplished alpine ski racer with 25 World Cup podium finishes, and three world championship medals. He captured gold in the super-G at last year’s world championships, where Osborne-Paradis, from Invermere, B.C., won bronze. 

“The feeling of pride I have for representing Canada in front of the world never gets old,” Osborne-Paradis said in a release. “There is nothing more special than competing for Canada and being part of the Olympic experience. I will be racing in both the downhill and super-G events and I hope everyone at home will be tuning in to cheer on all Canadian athletes.”

There was concern about Guay’s health after he revealed earlier this month he had a ruptured disc in his back, and would skip a couple of World Cup events to return home to recover.

Canada, which named its 14-member team Monday, has won 11 Olympic medals in alpine skiing — including four gold — since the sport’s Olympic debut in 1936.

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Pyeongchang will mark the debut of the team event, in which Canada claimed silver at the 2015 world championships.

“This team is stacked with talent,” said Canada’s chef de mission Isabelle Charest. “These athletes are in a great position to compete against the best in the world and all of Canada will be cheering them on.”

Alpine skiing will run Feb. 11-24. Speed events will be held at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre. The Yongpyong Alpine Centre will host the technical events.

Other team members Toronto’s Philip Brown, Dustin Cook of Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que., Toronto’s Jack Crawford, Calgary’s Trevor Philp and Erik Read, Broderick Thompson of Whistler, B.C., Benjamin Thomsen of Invermere, B.C., Toronto’s Candace Crawford, Valerie Grenier of Mont-Tremblant, Que., Erin Mielzynski of Guelph, Ont., Toronto’s Roni Remme and Laurence St-Germain of Saint-Ferriol-les-Neiges, Que. 

The Canadian Press