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Frédérique Turgeon's downhill silver highlights Canada's 3-medal day at Para alpine World Cup finals

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The Canadian Para alpine skiing team picked up three downhill medals on Saturday at the World Cup finals in Sella Nevea, Italy.

Frédérique Turgeon of Candiac, Que., raced to silver in the women's standing event in a time of 57.48 seconds — her third Word Cup medal this season to go along with world championship bronze in the same event.

Reigning world champion Anna-Maria Rieder of Germany finished just ahead of Turgeon for gold in 56.79, while France's Aurélie Richard rounded out the podium (58.57). "I felt super confident in the start," Turgeon said in a release. "I gave it all I've got but made a few mistakes, including one at the bottom that I think cost me first place.

I know what to do tomorrow and I'm ready to do it. This course is really fast, a little scary, but after the boring days off because of the weather it's great to have a new challenge." The two-time Paralympic medallist claimed downhill bronze at worlds in Spain in January, and was once again bested by the same two competitors.

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