Cory has just returned from 5 days of hard work and glacier race training with Whistler Mountain Ski Club, and is now catching up on some sleep, in between his work shifts of course.
It was a remarkable five days, not just because he made some real progress and in the words of one of his coaches, he was "really rippin it up out there", but he had the wonderful opportunity to race head to head in a dual Giant Slalom race course against one of Canada's best - Britt Janyk who just retired from the Canadian Alpine Ski Team.
We'll post more pics and video from those five days, but for now, here is Cory versus Britt:
The story of a 35-year-old man with autism and a passion for ski racing, and his dream-come-true of representing Canada at Special Olympics World Winter Games. In 2020, Cory qualified for Team Canada and was due to compete at the World Winter Games in Russia in January 2023. Those Games were cancelled. Cory then had to restart the 3 year qualification process which culminated at the 2024 National Winter Games where Cory qualified for the next World Winter Games in Italy in 2025.
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