‘It feels pretty surreal to be kind of etched into the history books a little bit as another Canadian world champion,’ the Toronto native says, who comes from a skiing family
Being on a school hockey team with Connor McDavid a decade ago made James Crawford realize he had to switch to fulltime skiing.“I don’t doubt that I could have been a pretty good hockey player, but watching him kind of cruise around the ice is a similar way that I watch Odermatt ski,” Crawford said. “For some reason, he’s just better than everybody else.”
His aunt, Judy Crawford, competed at the 1972 Sapporo Olympics and had a World Cup podium in slalom the following year. His older sister, Candace Crawford, was part of the Canadian ski team at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. Alexis Pinturault finished 0.26 seconds behind to take bronze, two days after the Frenchman won the combined race at the worlds in his hometown.
Crawford has yet to win a World Cup race but has three podium results, most recently at a downhill in Italy in December. “There was one turn where I could have done better, and that is where Crawford beat me today,” Kilde said. “He is a guy that can be fast everywhere because he charges and he dares to risk. And the snow here is a bit like that dry North American snow. He’s a good skier and that’s why he’s capable of winning today.”
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