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“I like going fast.”
That, in four words, is how a young man from Ottawa, Dustin Cook, explains his becoming the first Canadian to win a medal in the super-G at the world alpine ski championships.
Starting in 28th position, the 25-year-old finished second with a time of one minute 15:79 seconds — an eye-blinking 11/100s behind the gold medallist, Hannes Reichelt of Austria, who came in at 1:15:68. Adrien Theaux of France was third at 1:15:92.
With his silver medal Cook, a native of Quebec who now makes Ottawa his hometown, joins the upper echelon of the planet’s skiing elite after Thursday’s performance on the slopes in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Previously, Cook’s best finish was 12th in Val Gardena. He entered the Beaver Creek event ranked 13th in overall standings. “I would have liked to have been 12/100s faster today,” he said.
Thursday’s showing also makes Cook that first man from Ottawa to win a medal in world championship skiing. (In 1971, Ottawa’s Betsey Clifford won the Alpine skiing World Ciup in slalom skiing.) he won the How did Cook do it?
“I’ve been skiing for a very long time but not performing in races the way I’m capable of,” he said. “But over the last year I’ve started to do that and today was the culmination of a lot of years of hard work, a lot of years of disappointment, and a lot of years of experiences building up.
“I know what I have to do. I have a couple little things I keep in my head (when he’s about to race), very simple, and I just let things happen naturally. I don’t over think it.
“It all came together today.”
It all came together for Cook’s father Paul, too, who watched from the sidelines as he son made his medal-winning run.
“My heart came right up to my throat, are you kidding me. I was yelling so loud that I finally had to tell people, ‘I’m his dad.'”
There is palpable pride in Paul Cook’s voice as he describes the years of hard work and perseverance - Dustin started skiing when he was two years old, graduation to local racing programs, a stint with the National Capital-Outaouais ski team, and the Quebec ski team, and, finally, the Canadian development ski team, which he’s been with now for seven years - that went into making his son a championship skier.
As a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski team, Cook gets about a month off in the spring before he’s back into training camps and on the international competition circuit.
He is regarded as one of Canada’s best up-and-coming skiers. According to Alpine Canada, he was the 2010 overall Nor-Am champion. He has been a regular on the World Cup circuit since 2010, and made headlines by winning the 2011 downhill title and 2012 super-G title at the U.S. national championships. He was also part of a Canadian podium sweep at the 2012 U.S. downhill championships – finishing second.
As a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski team, Cook gets about a month off in the spring before he’s back into training camps and on the international competition circuit.
Dustin, a graduate of Nepean High School, has been with the development team for a few years now, improving more each year. “This has been building over the last two or three years,” Paul said. “His training has been amazing but he’s never before been able to translate his training runs into World Cup racing runs. But this year he’s had three top 15s in the super-G event, and today was the culmination of seven years of hard work and perseverance.”
There’s more to come, of course. As dad puts it, echoing his son: “He loves going fast.”
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That, in four words, is how a young man from Ottawa, Dustin Cook, explains his becoming the first Canadian to win a medal in the super-G at the world alpine ski championships.
Starting in 28th position, the 25-year-old finished second with a time of one minute 15:79 seconds — an eye-blinking 11/100s behind the gold medallist, Hannes Reichelt of Austria, who came in at 1:15:68. Adrien Theaux of France was third at 1:15:92.
With his silver medal Cook, a native of Quebec who now makes Ottawa his hometown, joins the upper echelon of the planet’s skiing elite after Thursday’s performance on the slopes in Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Previously, Cook’s best finish was 12th in Val Gardena. He entered the Beaver Creek event ranked 13th in overall standings. “I would have liked to have been 12/100s faster today,” he said.
Thursday’s showing also makes Cook that first man from Ottawa to win a medal in world championship skiing. (In 1971, Ottawa’s Betsey Clifford won the Alpine skiing World Ciup in slalom skiing.) he won the How did Cook do it?
“I’ve been skiing for a very long time but not performing in races the way I’m capable of,” he said. “But over the last year I’ve started to do that and today was the culmination of a lot of years of hard work, a lot of years of disappointment, and a lot of years of experiences building up.
“I know what I have to do. I have a couple little things I keep in my head (when he’s about to race), very simple, and I just let things happen naturally. I don’t over think it.
“It all came together today.”
It all came together for Cook’s father Paul, too, who watched from the sidelines as he son made his medal-winning run.
“My heart came right up to my throat, are you kidding me. I was yelling so loud that I finally had to tell people, ‘I’m his dad.'”
There is palpable pride in Paul Cook’s voice as he describes the years of hard work and perseverance - Dustin started skiing when he was two years old, graduation to local racing programs, a stint with the National Capital-Outaouais ski team, and the Quebec ski team, and, finally, the Canadian development ski team, which he’s been with now for seven years - that went into making his son a championship skier.
As a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski team, Cook gets about a month off in the spring before he’s back into training camps and on the international competition circuit.
He is regarded as one of Canada’s best up-and-coming skiers. According to Alpine Canada, he was the 2010 overall Nor-Am champion. He has been a regular on the World Cup circuit since 2010, and made headlines by winning the 2011 downhill title and 2012 super-G title at the U.S. national championships. He was also part of a Canadian podium sweep at the 2012 U.S. downhill championships – finishing second.
As a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski team, Cook gets about a month off in the spring before he’s back into training camps and on the international competition circuit.
Dustin, a graduate of Nepean High School, has been with the development team for a few years now, improving more each year. “This has been building over the last two or three years,” Paul said. “His training has been amazing but he’s never before been able to translate his training runs into World Cup racing runs. But this year he’s had three top 15s in the super-G event, and today was the culmination of seven years of hard work and perseverance.”
There’s more to come, of course. As dad puts it, echoing his son: “He loves going fast.”
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