"Last winter, Thompson was in the hunt for her second consecutive World Cup title and the fifth of her career when she suffered a season-ending injury to her right knee the same one she wrecked ahead of the last two Winter Games. It took her a while to regain her form, but the 33-year-old returned to the podium with a pair of World Cup bronze medals last month"
"The favourite is Sweden's Sandra Naeslund, who captured Olympic gold in 2022, grabbed her third world title the following year and won an incredible 17 consecutive World Cup events from December 2021 to February 2023. Naeslund's last two seasons were cut short by leg injuries (part of the job, it seems, in this highly hazardous sport) but the 29-year-old roared back this season with five wins in the first six World C"
Day 14 in Milano-Cortina features multiple high-stakes events for Canada, including the men's hockey semifinal against Finland and Rachel Homan's women's curling semifinal. Marielle Thompson competes in the women's ski cross final at 7:10 a.m. ET after winning Olympic gold in 2014, silver in 2022 and a 2019 world championship. Thompson suffered a season-ending right-knee injury last winter but returned with two World Cup bronze medals recently and served as a flag-bearer alongside Mikael Kingsbury. Canada also enters two other ski cross racers, Hannah Schmidt (9th in World Cup standings) and Britt Phelan (12th). Sandra Naeslund remains the favourite despite recent injuries. Courtney Sarault and Steven Dubois can both match Canadian short-track medal records.
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