Marie-Michèle Gagnon finished her first World Cup of the season with a good performance in eighth place in the Super-G held in Lake Louise, Alberta on Sunday.

The athlete from Lac-Etchemin achieved the best Canadian result of the day, but also the best of his career in World Cup events presented in the country.

“I’m really very happy to end the Lake Louise racing series strong,” said without hesitation the one who wanted to recover after finishing 24th and 25th on Friday and Saturday, trips below her downhill expectations.

“I really didn’t have a good feeling on the ice and it took a toll on my confidence,” she admitted. Luckily I was able to pull myself together and get over it. It’s a great personal victory and gives me motivation for the start of the season.

In the end Gagnon was 0.73 seconds behind the winner Corinne Suter from Switzerland. The latter prevailed with a time of 1:20.75 minutes against the Austrian Cornelia Hütter (+0.02 seconds) and the Norwegian Ragnhild Mowinckel (+0.16 seconds), silver and bronze medal winners.

Sofia Goggia, who was targeting her second win in as many seasons at Lake Louise, finished fifth (+0.36s) at the end of the event. The Italian started the weekend by winning twice instead of once gold in the downhill.

Valérie Grenier was also registered for the Super-G on Sunday in 31st place (+1.85 seconds). After her first speed event of the season, the 26-year-old skier admitted she was struggling to navigate the Alberta course.

“I’m pretty disappointed because I didn’t drive the way I wanted to. I’m not sure what happened, I cut the lines, I wasn’t in control and couldn’t follow the game plan,” she commented.

The Franco-Ontarian will travel to Europe again in the coming days. She will be focused on scheduled exits at her favorite event, giant slalom, but assures she’ll get back on track sooner rather than later.

“I’m happy with how I’m feeling in Super-G. It’s a big step for me since my injury in 2019 and I want to build on that. Today was just a bad day and I know I can do a lot better .”

Remember that this was the final stop of the World Championships at Lake Louise, the oldest stop at the circuit and will not be held again next year.