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After a roller coaster season that has seen her post results all over the map, Tess Davies picked up her first medal of the season, winning a bronze in the women’s downhill in Aspen Colorado. “It was a nice surprise.

Canmore Illusions gymnasts brought home eight medals including three gold from the Exelta cup in Red Deer on Feb. 4-5. Nine-year-old Erika Lepper captured gold in the bars and all-around category and added a silver on the vault to lead the team.

Bow Valley dominated the biathlon range at the Canada Winter Games, as Team Alberta swept the podium in the men’s 15 km individual race, led by flag bearer Scott Gow.

While some teams have the misfortune of limping into the playoffs, the Canmore Eagles were driven there on a stretcher.

Cross-country skier Annika Hicks has had a litany of reasons to quit the sport. She’s a late bloomer. She hasn’t spent enough time on skis to build the required endurance. She’s too short.

Like a victim in a medieval torture device, a series of ropes suspends cross-country skier Dasha Gaiazova above the floor at LifeWorks gym.

A rash of ski injuries to key members of the senior team has prompted Alpine Canada to host a ski-racing safety summit this spring in Calgary. “The most important factor is we are masters of our own destiny.

Posting the top result of his young career, biathlete Scott Gow cracked the top 10 in the 15 kilometre sprint at the world junior biathlon championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic last weekend.

Paul Stutz is taking on the world – all by himself. The Banff slalom expert is racing as an independent on the world cup alpine ski circuit for the second season in a row, and is posting some of the best results of his young career.

In search of help to overcome recent inconsistent play, the Canmore Eagles needed look no further than their own backyard.