Sunday, March 16, 2025

Last Italian style breakfast...Milan....

Milan train station..

Wednesday, March 18, 2025

Vancouver Airport, 2am...after 33 hours of travel...Turin to Milan to Frankfurt to Toronto to Vancouver...a triple Gold Medal smile...

 Saturday, March 15, 2025

Slalom Race Day...less than ideal conditions....foggy..

and snowing heavily at times....

Shelby St Hilaire, Cory, Coach Nicola, Ryan Sorley...

4th athlete walking to the podium...

in the #1 position again!

having had 2 other times to practice, the Games announcer pronounces Cory's name correctly, and adds some style to it too..

"Medaille d'Oro....Gold Medalist, representing Special Olympics CANADAAAAA....

"CO-REEEEEEEE DUUUUUUU-HAIME"

What a way to end his first ever World Winter Games, Silver in Giant Slalom Gold in Super Giant Slalom, and Gold again in Slalom!!

But wait!  There's more!  Team Canada Head Coach Mark comes to us and says "stick around, there'll be another podium presentation, there was an error in the Giant Slalom race"...and he holds up one finger.  Another Gold!

"Gold Medalist, representing Special Olympics Canada....CO-REEEE DUUUUHAIME"....

With Hussein, the delegate from the Games Organizing Committee who told Cory that his Silver Medal had turned into Gold.

Yes, 3 races, 3 wins, 3 Gold Medals.  For Canada.  A last look at the run - a World Cup run - where it all happened.

Site of the closing ceremonies...

 Friday, March 14, 2025

Slalom Divisioning Day

with Tim Shriver, Chairman and son of founder Eunice Shriver of Special Olympics...

Run 1....

  

Run 2....

  

 Thursday, March 13, 2025

Super G race day...

Divisioning Run...

Team Canada Alpine, 25 skiers, 9 coaches & staff, 1 awesome flag...

Time to Race...

Results were not released in advance of the medal presentations... but we knew, seeing how the podium positions had been set up (from the right, 7th, 5th, 3rd, 1st) if Cory came out as the fourth athlete, he would win Gold!  (volunteers in light green jackets)

1, 2, 3, 4!

Yes! 

at #1...

hi Mum & Dad, look where I'm standing!...

on top of the podium!!

everyone up onto the top of the podium...




well, it's the thought that counts!

First Gold ever with Team Canada!  

with Shelby St Hilaire...

Cory (BC), Wyatt Ooostendorp (AB), Shelby St Hilaire (QC), Matthew Fields (ON), Fiona Hall (BC), Yorke Parkin (BC), Matthew Bueschkens (BC), Ryan Sorley (ON), Kailyn Potomak (BC), Kirsten Haden (BC), Erin Thom (BC), Jesse Jensen (BC)

Celebrating the Italian way...

 Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Giant Slalom race day...Cory's first ever race as a member of Team Canada....

Team Japan and Team United Arab Emirates...

Team Great Britain....

Team Sweden and Team Portugal...

The Giant Slalom race course...

Supporters from Canada, Finland, Austria...

1st run...

1st Run Results...Cory .44 seconds off the lead...

time for a chat....

Cory wins the 2nd run!

And his first ever medal at a World Games, a Silver!

Supporters from Ireland, Switzerland, USA, at the podium presentations...

Now to celebrate with the Team...

Cory,  Jesse Jensen, Shelby St Hilaire 

Cory, Wyatt Oostendorp, Yorke Parkin, Jesse Jensen, Shelby St Hilaire....