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Dale asks the question: can Australia win a medal in Turin bumps?
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Dale Begg-Smith has strengthened its claim as one of the warmest hopes of Australia medal in Turin and will spearhead the largest domain country skiing and snowboarding in the representation of the Olympic Winter Games.
The Canadian-born 21-year-old mogul skier capped a period of recovery little when he won a third World Cup round on Sunday, triumphing at Lake Placid, New York, where his second victory on Friday, a rise World No.1 him.
The latest victory gave him 405 points in World Cup standings, 109 points put him clear of his nearest rival, Alexandre Bilodeau Canada.
href = "http://www.sitelinksinfo.org/"> Dale Begg-Smith results are a major asset for Ski & Snowboard in Australia, has finalized its team for Turin on Sunday, including former world champion Jacqui Cooper, who won the fourth and final place on the ski team air.
The selectors have given their discretionary pick to Cooper Laine Cole and Bree Munro automatic selections Join Alisa Camplin, Lydia Ierodiaconou and Liz Gardner.
The Australian Olympic Committee is scheduled to name its full team games, expected to number about 40, tomorrow. For first time, SSA has been able to appoint more than one athlete in each discipline – downhill skiing, Cross Country skiing, freestyle skiing and snowboarding Snow – with 25 ready to participate in Turin.
SSA CEO Michael Kennedy was delighted by the progress that has been made during past four years.
"We sent five athletes to Salt Lake City in 2002 had won the Cup, but this team consists of nine athletes who have made World Cup podiums, "Kennedy said.
"During the four years preceding the 2002 Games, our athletes won 35 medals in World Cup, while in the last four years before [Turin], we collected 54 medals. "
Begg-Smith, who came to Australia six years ago with his older brother Jason and stayed out of ski racing for three years to be eligible for Australia, has confirmed its place as a strong medal hope in Turin in one of the most competitive sports.
Olympic Winter Institute of Australia CEO Geoff Lipshut was delighted with the form Begg-Smith, who has extended to three consecutive months will win.
"It's fantastic," said Lipshut. "It is done when it is needed at the moment, he understands the game and he has good skills. It
is very strong mentally, and when you qualify first time in an event like this, you're the last person to ski then you have to watch everybody and then know what you fight and resist all the pressure, and not everyone does. "
The test mogul is traditionally dominated by North Americans, and Lipshut said an Olympic medal in the race would be among the achievements of Australia largest sporting event. "Dale is right up there," he said. "It is a medal hope with 12 other people – he, four Americans, four Canadians and four Finns, and a medal would be amazing because it is one of the events is a difficult and challenging undertaking. "
"In events like this, the United States are usually so strong that they can do one to two-three-four year old and a 12 their skiers could be Olympic medalists, so it's a renewed sense of confidence for us and the claim for our system, our coaches and talents. "
Begg-Smith has been a skier to appear when he arrived in Jindabyne via Melbourne about six years ago, and spent most of his time to become technically control training programs in Australia that he and Jason, now 25, stood out from the ski racing pending Australian citizenship to be processed.
Athletes nominated to the AOC by the selection committee SSA: Aerial skiing – Alisa Camplin, Jacqui Cooper, Liz Gardner, Lydia Ierodiaconou; Alpine skiing – AJ Bear (Super G), Craig Branch (downhill, combined), Jono Brauer (slalom, combined), Brad Wall (giant slalom); Skiing – Esther Bottomley (sprint), Clare-Louise Brumley (pursuit, 15 km classic), Paul Murray (Sprint) Mogul skiing – Manuela Berchtold, Dale Begg-Smith, Jason Begg-Smith, Nick Fisher, Michael Robertson; Snowboard – Torah Bright, Holly Crawford, Allan Mitchell, Andrew Burton, Ben Mates (All half-moon), Emanuel Oppliger, Johanna Shaw (PGS), Damon Hayler, Emily Thomas (snowboard cross at a time).
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