BC Connected and CSI Pacific Affiliated Athletes Make Their Mark at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Canadian Sport Institute Pacific

Victoria, BC – After additional than two thrilling months, Workforce Canada has wrapped yet another successful Wintertime Olympics in Beijing 2022 with a full of 26 medals. This is a tie with Vancouver 2010 for the 2nd most medals at any time received by Canada at a Winter season Game titles.

Crew Canada’s 26 medals also positioned them fourth in the overall medal count at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Of all those 26 medals, 15 (58%) were being received by BC connected and CSI Pacific affiliated athletes.

The Canadian Olympic team featured 215 athletes in full, of people:
• 34% were BC Connected and they received 58% of Workforce Canada’s medals
• All 34% have been also CSI Pacific Affiliated i.e. they acquired sport science and activity drugs aid from CSI Pacific and/or the PacificSport network

The medal figures earlier mentioned clearly show that B.C. connected athletes keep on to punch earlier mentioned their bodyweight on the planet stage, profitable an remarkable share of medals centered on the number of athletes competing.

Along with successful medals, lots of B.C. linked athletes experienced sizeable personal achievements and particular bests for the duration of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Video games. Some examples incorporate:
• Mikaël Kingsbury became the initially male freestyle skier to at any time gain three straight Olympic medals, and he is Canada’s most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic opposition
• Lewis Irving was element of the workforce that gained Bronze in the Blended Group Aerials event, Canada’s to start with Olympic medal in an aerials function in 20 many years
• Jack Crawford became the to start with Canadian to ever attain the podium in an Alpine Merged function at the Olympic Winter Online games
• Christine de Bruin won Canada’s very first ever medal in Women’s Monobob and
• Mark McMorris is the very first athlete to gain three consecutive Bronze medals in the identical Olympic event about a few diverse Winter Game titles

“Canada’s athletes have usually shown the environment how difficult and resilient they are, but the Beijing Game titles took it to a whole other amount,” stated CSI Pacific CEO Wendy Pattenden. “On major of the remarkable psychological power it took these athletes to make it to Beijing by way of the pandemic, they also showed phenomenal actual physical and mental power to triumph over accidents and sickness and thrive on the world’s major stage. Our workforce of sport science and activity medication practitioners at CSI Pacific are privileged to work with these athletes and our Nationwide Activity Business partners about this past quadrennial and at these Winter season Olympics.”

B.C. affiliated athletes and coaches count heavily on applications and donations from all ranges of govt which includes Individual the Podium and Sport Canada in blend with the leadership and dedication of viaSport, Countrywide Sport Businesses and Provincial Activity Companies throughout the province.

“On behalf of viaSport, congratulations to the B.C. athletes, coaches and team on a momentous Games! Hearing tales of the enormous preparing that goes into each and every of these Olympic performances is outstanding. viaSport is very pleased to assist a B.C. novice sport process that not only can help these champions shine, but grows prospects for every person who is inspired by them to join in and participate. These Olympics have proven that when men and women of all ages, abilities and backgrounds have the likelihood to take part in sport, amazing matters can occur. I hope these performances inspire far more British Columbians to look for out these options and be component of the sport local community ideal in this article at household.”

With the rigid limitations to maintain the athlete and coaches safe and healthy all through the Olympic Game titles, CSI Pacific despatched three workers members to Beijing 2022 to assist Group Canada athletes in specific sports activities.

 

Canadian Activity Institute Pacific Employees Working at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Game titles

 

Staff members Member Self-control Activity
Craig Hill Power & Conditioning and Built-in Guidance Workforce Direct Ski Cross
Andrew Kates Strength & Conditioning Freestyle Moguls
Megan Kamachi Performance Technologies Group Canada Mission Staff

 

 

 

Canadian Activity Institute Pacific Affiliated Athletes Who Received an Olympic Medal at Beijing 2022

(detailed by sport, then surname)

 

Athlete Activity Medal
Jack Crawford Alpine Skiing – Merged Bronze
Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer, Ben Coakwell, Cam Stones Bobsleigh – Four-gentleman Bronze
Christine de Bruin Bobsleigh – Monobob Bronze
Lewis Irving Freestyle Skiing – Aerials (Blended Team) Bronze
Rachael Karker Freestyle Skiing – Halfpipe Bronze
Cassie Sharpe Freestyle Skiing – Halfpipe Silver
Mikaël Kingsbury Freestyle Skiing – Moguls Silver
Micah Zandee-Hart Ice Hockey – Women’s Gold
Marielle Thompson Ski Cross Silver
Mark McMorris Snowboard – Slopestyle Bronze
Max Parrot Snowboard – Slopestyle
Snowboard – Significant Air
Gold
Bronze
Eliot Grondin Snowboard Cross – Men’s
Snowboard Cross – Combined
Silver
Bronze
Meryeta O’Dine Snowboard Cross – Women’s
Snowboard Cross – Combined
Bronze
Bronze

 

About Canadian Activity Institute Pacific

Featuring environment-class Olympic and Paralympic education environments in Vancouver, Whistler and Victoria, Canadian Activity Institute Pacific (www.csipacific.ca) is committed to Powering Performance. Inspiring Excellence. Working with countrywide activity corporations and fuelled by our national and provincial associates such as Activity Canada, viaSport, Personal the Podium, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Coaches Association of Canada, we are driven by our mantra to Collaborate. Serve. Innovate. Execute.

Our crew of sport science, activity drugs, coaching & life solutions specialists give main-edge systems and providers to athletes and coaches to ensure they have every gain to get medals for Canada. Discover additional: www.csipacific.ca.

 

For much more information, make contact with:

Noah Wheelock
Typical Supervisor, Operations & Communications
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific
[email protected]
250.813.3474