Canada Honors Burke On Another Great Day On Olympic Halfpipe
Feb 18, 2022, 6:10 AM
Gold medallist Ailing Eileen Gu of Team China (C), Silver medallist Cassie Sharpe of Team Canada (L) and Bronze medallist Rachael Karker of Team Canada (R) pose with their medals during the Women's Freeski Halfpipe medal ceremony on Day 14 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Zhangjiakou Medal Plaza on February 18, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Cassie Sharpe shared the podium with her Canadian teammate Rachael Karker.
These halfpipe skiers know they’re never alone up there.
Another member of their Canadian family, the late Sarah Burke, is the reason they got this chance.
🚨 #TEAMCANADA DOUBLE PODIUM 🚨
Cassie Sharpe and Rachael Karker win silver and bronze in women’s ski halfpipe at #Beijing2022 🥈🥉
This is Sharpe’s second straight Olympic medal in the event after winning gold in PyeongChang.
Details: https://t.co/WoRNYzW4jC pic.twitter.com/z3NZvTbuft
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 18, 2022
That this sport is even in the Olympics, that Eileen Gu even had a chance to win a second gold, is due in large part to the work of Burke.
She died in a training accident in 2012.
Her memory is never far from the freestyle skiing community, especially the community in Canada, which now owns gold, silver and bronze medals in the event that Burke helped bring to the Olympics.
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