He did everything he could, by working so hard and becoming the 2nd best skier in Special Olympics Canada, - behind the current World Champion - but there were other novice and intermediate skiers who won their divisions, and therefore earned more points. Cory finished 5th in his age group, and the top 4 are all on the team. Fortunately, the 2 points that were taken from him by that timing error that his Special Olympics coach refused to do anything about (the skier who benefitted from the error is in the coach's own club), did not make a difference. Cory would have finished 5th even with the two points.
Cory has been working hard at his race skills for about 10 years now, and he has earned a well-deserved break. So definitely no summer training this
year, and next winter will likely be skiing just for the fun of it, with maybe
some gate training with BC Adaptive at their Building our Best camps, like the
one at Whistler last January. His next important race won’t be until 2019, so
some time off from intensive training will do him a lot of good.
He will then reassess what he wants to do next, and see if he decides to take another shot at getting to the
Nationals & Worlds.
For now, he is in the softball and soccer programs with Special Olympics (soccer is totally new to Cory this year), with hopes of qualifying for the Provincial Games next summer, where the teams could qualify for the 2018 National Summer Games.
