LAKE LOUISE, ALTA.—Ski racer Manuel Osborne-Paradis is patient with his reconstructed leg because science tells him he must be. A year and a week after his catastrophic crash in Lake Louise, Alta., Osborne will be back at the mountain resort Saturday supporting his Canadian teammates in the season-opening men’s World Cup downhill. The earliest the 35-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C., expects he could race alongside them at a World Cup will be 2020 in Lake Louise. The last Canadian man to stand on the podium in Lake Louise with a downhill silver in 2014 will analyze his scans with team doctor Stephen French. The bronze medallist in super-G at the 2017 world championship and winner of a career 11 World Cup medals wants to compete in a fifth Olympic Games in 2022 in Beijing.

Source: thestar November 28, 2019 15:09 UTC