Canada earns team parallel bronze at alpine worlds

The Canadian team of Valerie Grenier, Jeffrey Read, Britt Richardson and Erik Read captured bronze in the team parallel event Tuesday at the alpine world championships in Courchevel-Méribel, France.

Canada defeated Austria (Julia Scheib, Dominik Raschner, Franziska Gritsch and Stefan Brennsteiner) in the small final.

The Americans, lead by Tommy Ford, Paula Moltzan, River Radamus and Nina O'Brien defeated Norway (Kristin Lysdahl, Alexander Steen Olsen, Thea Louise Stjernesund and Timon Haugan) in the big final to win the gold medal.

American Mikaela Shiffrin did not compete in the event.

WATCH | Canadians capture bronze:

Canada wins record-tying 3rd medal at Alpine worlds with bronze in mixed team parallel event

2 years ago

Duration 19:49

Valerie Grenier, Jeffrey Read, Britt Richardson and Erik Read gave Canada a record-tying bronze medal in the mixed team parallel event at the FIS Alpine world ski championships in Meribel, France. Despite tying Austria with two wins apiece in the small final, Canada won the tiebreaker because Valerie Grenier posted the fastest time among the women and Jeffrey Read posted the fastest time among the men.

The event featured teams of two men and two women with four runs of parallel racing in each round.

After getting shut out in 2021 and 2019, Canadian skiers have already won three medals at the halfway point of the worlds in France.

Following Jack Crawford's shocking super-G gold last Thursday, 25-year-old Cam Alexander captured a surprising bronze in Sunday's men's downhill, his first-ever race at the world championships.

Tuesday's bronze in the team parallel event matches Canada's medal total of three from the 1958, 1968 and 2017 worlds. 

WATCH | Read reacts to historic medal:

Erik Read on Canada's team bronze: 'Pretty cool to walk away with a medal'

2 years ago

Duration 0:52

CBC Sports' Brenda Irving interviewed Valerie Grenier, Britt Richardson and Erik and Jeffrey Read after they won a bronze medal in the mixed team parallel event at the FIS Alpine world ski championships in Meribel, France.