Michaela Gosselin, a 23-year-old para skier from Collingwood, Ontario, achieved her first career World Cup gold and a second consecutive victory in downhill races on Wednesday. Gosselin, who started para alpine skiing in 2019 after cancer surgery, competes in the standing classification for athletes with a compromised upper-body extremity. This victory follows her fourth-place finish in women's slalom at the 2022 Beijing Paralympics and a bronze medal at the world championships that same year.
The 23-year-old from Collingwood, Ont., claimed the first World Cup gold of her career and added a second.
She started para alpine skiing in 2019 after cancer surgery on her left shoulder. Gosselin races in a standing classification for athletes with a compromised upper-body extremity. With poor weather forecast for Thursday, organizers compressed multiple races into a single day. Canadians earned medals in seven races Wednesday.
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