She started Team Larisa and served as her own travel agent, fundraiser, brand manager and equipment minder. A year later, she won her first World Cup medal, a silver, at Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. And while her right knee always gave her troubles, the left knee flared from overcompensating at speeds that would net her a ticket on the Trans-Canada Highway. CALGARY – Ski racer Larisa Yurkiw is coming off the best season her life, finishing third overall on the World Cup downhill circuit behind only American superstar Lindsey Vonn and Switzerland’s Fabienne Suter. From here, Yurkiw plans to do some public speaking and channel the experience of running Team Larisa – and tending to the logistics of skiing the World Cup as an independent – into a business career.

Source: National Post May 11, 2016 16:48 UTC