By Canadian Press

Alpine Canada says Osborne-Paradis ‘doing well’ after Lake Louise crash

Nov 21, 2018 | 3:33 PM

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Alpine Canada says skier Manuel Osborne-Paradis is “doing well” after he crashed during Wednesday’s first official training run for this weekend’s World Cup men’s downhill at Lake Louise.

Osborne-Paradis, from Invermere, B.C., was transported off the hill via helicopter after the crash and was assessed on site by a medical team.

No details of the medical assessment were immediately available.

Italy’s Christof Innerhofer was the fastest skier on day with a time of one minute 47.57.

He was followed by Austrians Matthias Mayer (1:47.65) and Otmar Streidinger (1:48.01).

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Norwegian stars Kjetil Jansrud and Aksel Lund Svindal were fourth and seventh respectively.

James Crawford of Toronto was the top Canadian in 35th, while Montal’s Erik Guay, who is participating in his last World Cup event at Lake Louise, was 69th.

Training continues Thursday and Friday, followed by a downhill race Saturday and a super-G race Sunday.

The Canadian Press