Olympic sports catchup: Canadians do the Dew (Tour)
Justin Piercy | CBC Sports | Posted: December 18, 2017 1:15 PM | Last Updated: December 18, 2017
Cassie Sharpe, Max Parrot, Spencer O'Brien all win gold in Colorado
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Caption: Spencer O'Brien was one of three Canadian gold medallists at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colorado. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
It was a jam-packed weekend of high-performance sport around the world, including three Canadians claiming gold at the Dew Tour, while several other athletes picked up silver and bronze medals on the World Cup circuit.
It was a golden weekend for Canadians at the Dew Tour stop in Breckenridge, Colo.
Cassie Sharpe got things started by winning the women's superpipe competition. The 2016 Winter X Games champion laid down a monstrous second run to take the title.
Media Video | (not specified) : Cassie Sharpe wins Dew Tour Superpipe gold
Caption: The Comox, B.C. native and 2016 X Games halfpipe champion won the women's individual pro skiing superpipe event at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colorado
On Saturday, Spencer O'Brien and Max Parrot followed suit, capturing top spot on the podium in women's and men's snowboard slopestyle.
Media Video | (not specified) : Spencer O'Brien soars to gold in snowboard slopestyle at Dew Tour
Caption: The Courtenay, B.C. native layed down a 95-point second run that lifted her into first place in the slopestlye event at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colorado
The Canadian luge team continued to build off the success it had last weekend at its home track in Calgary by scoring four medals at what could be considered its home-away-from home in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Tristan Walker and Justin Snith took their first medals of the World Cup season with bronze in doubles, while Alex Gough and Kim McRae crowded the podium in the women's event, taking silver and bronze, respectively.
Media Video | (not specified) : Alex Gough adds silver medal in women's sprint
Caption: The 30-year-old won her second medal in a matter of hours after winning silver in women's luge earlier Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, it was a heartbreaking weekend for John Fennell. The Canadian slider was attempting to make the U.S. team for Pyeongchang but a broken sled dashed his Olympic hopes.
Canadians crowd Igls podium
Elisabeth Vathje and Mirela Rahneva also provided a heaping dose of Canadian content on the podium in women's skeleton at the Igls track in Innsbruck, Austria.
The teammates finished with silver and bronze, respectively, in Saturday's event.
Media Video | (not specified) : Mirela Rahneva slides to 1st skeleton World Cup medal of the season
Caption: The Ottawa native moved up from 7th place after her first run, all the way up to to third place overall at the IBSF World Cup in Innsbruck. The bronze medal is her first of the season.
The Canadian bobsleigh team made a few appearances on the podium in Igls, but will only get credit for two medals.
While Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden earned silver in the two-man, Nick Poloniato and Neville Wright were stripped of their bronze-medal finish in that event after it turned out their sled was not up to code.
Media Video | (not specified) : Canadian bobsleigh duo DQ'd for faulty sled
Caption: 4 millimetres cost Nick Poloniato and Lascelles Brown their first World Cup medal this season
Kripps and Lumsden teamed up again for silver in the four-man event, joined by Alexander Kopacz and Oluseyi Smith.
Media Video | (not specified) : Justin Kripps wins silver again, this time in 4-man bobsleigh
Caption: Kripps piloted Canada to a 4-man bobsleigh silver medal at the IBSF World Cup stop in Innsbruck, Austria. Kripps and Lumsden also won a silver medal in 2-man bobsleigh on Saturday.
The Canadian alpine team didn't capture any medals this weekend, but that wasn't the biggest news coming out of Val Gardena.
Erik Guay, who was troubled by back problems earlier in the season, says he reaggravated the injury in the men's downhill and wished he had "just stayed home."
Media Video | (not specified) : Erik Guay regrets competing after re-aggravating back injury
Caption: Guay spoke about his decision to ski this weekend at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Val Gardena, Italy.