To have three non-Quebec skaters on a World Cup short-track team is rare enough, to have three skating together in a relay is unprecedented.
The 22-year-old from Moncton, N.B. is part of the top-ranked women’s 3,000-metre relay team on which three of the four regular skaters hail from parts of Canada outside Quebec.
“Maybe it’s a change in women’s sport. Maybe it shows that our sport is growing nationally, not just in Quebec, but it’s a strong group of girls right now.” That flexibility and trust in each other means he can adjust the lineup depending on how an athlete is feeling on a particular day, or who has more races left in their legs after semifinals and finals in individual events.
As for the uniqueness of having most of the team on the podium hailing from addresses outside Quebec, Cros is matter of fact about it: “They have the performance. I just put the ones who deserve it.” In 2015, Quebec swept the podium in every individual short-track event at the Canada Winter Games. In 2019, Quebec won 14 of 18 individual medals. This past week at the 2023 edition in P.E.I., Quebec won 12 of 18, with skaters from Ontario, Alberta and New Brunswick also making the podium.
When it comes to the women’s relay, that fourth-place finish in Beijing has paid dividends, Cros said: “That was a big disappointment for everybody, and in one way this has helped this season.”
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