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Originally Posted by CofR
Also at 18:00 the Women’s Ski Cross will begin and it should be on CBC. In the first heat Canada’s Marielle Thompson will be in the red bib and is defending her Gold Medal from Sochi. Brittany Phelan in her second Olympics (was an Alpine Skier in Sochi) will wear the red bib in Heat 5. India Sherret makes her Olympic debut wearing the green bib in Heat 6. 2014 Silver Medalist Kelsey Serwa will wear the red bib in Heat 8. The Quarterfinals are scheduled to begin at 18:35, Semifinals at 18:59, and the Finals should be at 19:15.
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The Canadians not being in the same 1/8 heats is really good (and I think it keeps at least Thompson, Serwa and Phelan out of eachothers races in the Quarters should they all make it through as well, which is good for Canada's chances of putting racers through to the finals, but I'm not sure). It was all doom and gloom with the women's ski cross after Thompson got injured at the start of the season when she was the person to beat. Then Georgia Simmerling got injured and is missing the Olympics after she was having a great season and was looking to be Canada's best shot at a medal. All three having strong seeding heats is good to see.
Hopefully Thompson can build on the best qualifying time and her body can hold up given how this track has been beating people up, nevermind ones that have missed the season up to this point with injury.
For those on social media, Kelsey Serwa and Brittany Phelan are definitely a fun duo to follow on Instagram.