Walker and Snith fly to 15th-place finish in Olympic debut
For doubles luge competitors Tristan Walker and Justin Snith it was all about laying down two good runs at the Olympic Games.
It started as a dream, became a goal, and ultimately turned into reality as they placed 15th Feb. 17 at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
“Our two starts definitely weren’t what we were hoping for,” Snith recalled of the Olympic runs a few days after the competition.
“We need to work on the starts and conditioning and strength. Flexibility is a really big part of it . . . if we can combine those things along with the experience we have gained I think we can excel on the World Cup circuit and at the next Games as well.”
Walker, a Bearspaw native, and Snith, who has family connections to Springbank and the Cochrane area, had already surprised everyone by qualifying for the Games. After all, the two are less than one year out of high school and rookies on the World Cup circuit.
In the weeks leading up to the Games, Snith said he and Walker were “flying by the seat of our pants” as the community turned out in droves at local events to support the young Olympians.
And the drama didn’t end for the sliding duo, who had been paired together just two years prior, when they arrived in Vancouver. More »
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