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Vernon athletes in Olympic spotlight “In the final competition, he had the best So close for Kevin run going and unforHill. tunately didn’t quite Closer, still, for pull it off. That’s halfJustin Dorey. pipe skiing. You go big Both Vernon ath- or you go home.” letes were in the hunt Dorey had a chance but both were denied to reach the podium in their quest for with his second run Olympic medals on the but stumbled on a slopes in Sochi, Russia jump and lost some Tuesday. speed due to the slushy Dorey, 25, ended conditions. up 12th in “It was the first-ever amazing Olympic to see his men’s ski j o u r n e y ,” halfpipe said Silver event, despite Star profinishing in gram direcfirst place tor Wade after two G a r r o d , Justin Dorey qualifying among those runs with the gathered at high score of 91.60. Olympia, who watched Dorey appeared Dorey as a member of to be on his way to the Silver Star Freestyle a potential gold-med- Club when Dorey al-winning was starting score in his the sport in first of two around 2000. runs in the “When he final when started the his skis sport it wasn’t caught the even a dream edge of the because freehalfpipe wall style halfKevin Hill on a landpipe wasn’t ing and he even in the crashed, picking up a Oympics. But now, to score of 20.40 which have the opportunity would be his top score to go to the Olympics, for the final. to qualify first and up “To see him qualify- his game for the secing first was amazing,” ond run...it’s a risk no said Neil Sawatzky, an matter what. If he laid employee at Vernon’s it down I guarantee Olympia Cycle and Ski he would have won. – owned by Dorey’s To see that effort, the father, Peter – where blood, sweat and tears, 15 friends gathered to is a good experience.” watch Dorey in the final American David Tuesday morning (Peter Wise won the gold, was captured on TV Mike Riddle of waving to the camera). Sherwood Park, Alta., ROGER KNOX
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Friends at Olympia Cycle and Ski react Tuesday morning to Vernon’s Justin Dorey nailing a routine during the Olympic men’s ski halfpipe event final in Sochi, Russia.
“I raced my heart out for Canada today and did everything I could to get a medal.” — Kevin Hill
and did everything I could to get a medal,” Hill tweeted on his Twitter account. “My day ended in a crash in the semi finals in second place. I finished second in the small final for eighth place at the Olympics! Thanks so much for everyone’s support.” His family was screaming their support at their Vernon
home. “We were happy he wasn’t hurt, more so than his face which took a beating,” laughed his sister, Shanda, through a hoarse voice, the result of yelling her encouragement to her brother on the television. “Everybody that watched Kevin race knows that he could have been on the podi-
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grabbed the bronze. The event was pushed back a day due to heavy fog, with officials modifying the format to cancel the seedings run and go straight to the elimination rounds. More than 125 of Hill’s friends and family had gathered at Monashee’s Bar and Grill Sunday night to watch Hill’s Olympic debut. Hill will return to the Okanagan on Tuesday, Feb. 25 with a flight landing at 12:30 p.m. at Kelowna Airport. Anybody that wants to greet Hill at the airport is welcome.
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the 2011 world champion, took the silver and France’s Kevin Rolland captured bronze. Hill, 27, was on his way to a berth in the final of the men’s snowboard cross when a Spanish competitor clipped Hill’s board at the end of a jump and both went crashing out of contention. Hill had been in second place at the time in his semifinal, where the top three advanced. He finished second in the small final to end up in eighth place overall. “I raced my heart out for Canada today
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