Alexandria Loutitt became the first Canadian to win a World Cup women's ski jump event on Friday, taking gold at a normal hill competition in Zao, Japan.
"It feels totally surreal," Loutitt said. "It was the best feeling to see the one next to my name. And I'm also very happy that I'm not the only strong Canadian. Our result shows that it is not just pure luck."
Horst Bulau was the last Canadian to win a World Cup men's ski jump event back in 1983. The only other Canadian to win World Cup men's ski jump gold was Steve Collins in 1980. Eva Pinkeling was second on Friday and fellow Austrian Chiara Kreuzer was third . Abigail Strate of Calgary was 11th. A team event was scheduled for Saturday and another normal hill event was set for Sunday.
Loutitt had two fourth-place finishes earlier this season. She won Olympic bronze last year in the inaugural mixed team ski jumping event at the Beijing Games. The last Canadian to reach the World Cup women's ski jump podium was Calgary's Taylor Henrich, who had two third-place finishes in 2015.
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