Olympic Rewind Day 11: A medal haul for Canadian speedsters, fliers and gliders yyc
Matti Nykanen of Finland holds his skies aloft after the 90-metre ski jump event at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, marking a 35th anniversary this month. Canada. Nykanen won the gold medal with a jump of 224 metres. Allsport UK /Allsport/Getty ImagesSign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The demonstration sport of short track speedskating was also proving to be a successful one for Canada. Sylvie Daigle won gold in the 1500-metre race. In the 500-metre sprint, silver was awarded to Canada’s Mario Vincent. In another demonstration sport, freestyle skiing, Canadians won gold and bronze in aerials. Gold medallist Jean-Marc Rozon was a pioneer in the sport and the leader/founder of the “Quebec Air Force” — a group of freestyle skiers that dazzled the world and dominated the freestyle World Cup circuit in the 1980s. Of his performance, Rozon noted, “I said to myself: just think about the jump and do it.
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