Alpine Canada
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Alpine Canada is the governing body for ski racing in Canada. Founded in 1920, it has now over 200,000 members in the form of coaches, athletes, supporters and officials.
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[edit] Goals
Its mission is to produce the best skiers in the world for Canada by providing support, funding and instruction at every level of competition, ranging from the very introduction, to the World Cup level. Thus, its involvement is broad by nature, encompassing national, provincial and regional teams, while promoting at the same time ski racing to the general population, the majority of its focus is result based, which means that a lot of effort is put on developing material and structures with the goal of developing the potential of elite level skiers for Canada.
[edit] National team
The National team is comprised of athletes who are, or who will, participate in events on the World Cup circuit. Both men and women have a national team and a different coaching staff. Athletes who are not yet ready or old enough to take part at the highest level of competition are thus placed on the development team, while members who have earned a permanent spot are on the senior team.
It is to be noted that while an athlete can be on the senior team, it doesn't mean that he will take part in all of the disciplines.
[edit] Disabled Ski Team
The disabled ski team is comprised of both female and male athletes who are suffering from various physical handicaps. These athletes take part in special competitions were they compete in the same disciplines as the members of the National Team (Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G and Downhill)
[edit] See also
Skiing Slalom skiing Giant Slalom skiing Super-G Downhill Crazy Canucks
