Alpine Skiing
The Canadian alpine skiing team is guaranteed 14 athletes, which is down from the original 22 (the maximum number a NOC may enter). The International Ski Federation (FIS) announced that the number of overall alpine skiers would be limited to 320, and that some of the guaranteed spots would go to smaller nations, so that there will be a more international field. Canada was originally guaranteed 14 skiers, although the number was later raised to 18, and can still enter a full team of 22 if other athletes meet the qualification standards. Gary Allan, president of Alpine Canada, feels that Canada should be allowed 22, arguing that television coverage and crowd reception will be better. Canada was allowed a team of 19 skiers, which was announced on January 27, 2010. That number was later increased to 22 when other nations were unable to fill their quotas.
Prior to the announcement of the team, several athletes thought to be medal contenders were injured severely enough to keep them out of the Olympics, including 2009 Alpine World downhill champion John Kucera, Kelly VanderBeek, François Bourque and Jean-Philippe Roy.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 (DH) | Run 2 (Sl) | Final/Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Patrick Biggs | Giant slalom | 1:21.71 | +4.44 | 44 | 1:23.12 | +2.97 | 32 | 2:44.83 | +7.00 | 35 |
| Julien Cousineau | Slalom | 49.59 | +1.80 | 19 | 51.07 | +0.34 | 2 | 1:40.66 | +1.34 | 8 |
| Robbie Dixon | Super-G | DNF | ||||||||
| Downhill | DNF | |||||||||
| Giant slalom | 1:19.20 | +1.93 | 28 | 1:21.78 | +1.63 | 22 | 2:40.98 | +3.15 | 24 | |
| Jeffrey Frisch | ||||||||||
| Erik Guay | Super-G | 1:30.68 | +0.34 | 5 | ||||||
| Downhill | 1:54.64 | +0.33 | 5 | |||||||
| Giant slalom | 1:19.38 | +2.11 | 29 | 1:20.55 | +0.10 | 2 | 2:39.63 | +1.80 | 16 | |
| Louis-Pierre Hélie | Super combined | 1:56.58 | +3.43 | 31 | 55.00 | +4.24 | 30 | 2:51.58 | +6.66 | 30 |
| Jan Hudec | Super-G | 1:32.09 | +1.75 | T23 | ||||||
| Downhill | 1:56.19 | +1.88 | 25 | |||||||
| Michael Janyk | Super combined | 1:59.75 | +6.60 | 43 | 55.00 | +4.24 | 30 | 2:51.58 | +6.66 | 30 |
| Slalom | 49.18 | +1.39 | 11 | 51.91 | +1.18 | 11 | 1:41.09 | +1.77 | 13 | |
| Tyler Nella | Super combined | 1:56.60 | +3.45 | 32 | 56.05 | +5.29 | 33 | 2:52.65 | +7.73 | 32 |
| Manuel Osborne-Paradis | Super-G | DNF | ||||||||
| Downhill | 1:55.44 | +1.13 | 17 | |||||||
| Ryan Semple | Super combined | 1:56.13 | +2.98 | 26 | 52.13 | +1.37 | 16 | 2:48.26 | +3.34 | 15 |
| Brad Spence | Giant slalom | 1:20.61 | +3.34 | 37 | 1:25.63 | +5.48 | 47 | 2:46.24 | +8.41 | 42 |
| Slalom | DNF | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Trevor White | Slalom | 49.53 | +1.74 | 17 | 57.64 | +6.91 | 37 | 1:47.17 | +7.85 | 31 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 (DH) | Run 2 (Sl) | Final/Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | Time | Diff | Rank | ||
| Brigitte Acton | Slalom | 52.11 | +1.36 | 11 | 53.82 | +1.90 | 21 | 1:45.93 | +3.04 | 17 |
| Emily Brydon | Downhill | 1:47.88 | +3.69 | 16 | ||||||
| Super combined | 1:26.49 | +2.33 | 15 | 46.27 | +2.58 | 17 | 2:12.76 | +3.62 | 14 | |
| Super-G | DNF | |||||||||
| Marie-Michèle Gagnon | Slalom | 55.64 | +4.89 | 42 | 53.87 | +1.95 | 23 | 1:49.51 | +6.62 | 31 |
| Giant slalom | 1:17.41 | +2.29 | 23 | 1:11.48 | +0.33 | 5 | 2:28.89 | +1.78 | 21 | |
| Anna Goodman | Slalom | 53.01 | +2.26 | 22 | 53.03 | +1.11 | 11 | 1:46.04 | +3.15 | 19 |
| Britt Janyk | Downhill | 1:46.21 | +2.02 | 6 | ||||||
| Super-G | 1:22.89 | +2.75 | 17 | |||||||
| Giant slalom | 1:18.13 | +3.01 | 29 | 1:11.66 | +0.51 | 8 | 2:29.79 | +2.68 | 25 | |
| Erin Mielzynski | Slalom | 52.60 | +1.85 | 19 | 53.49 | +1.57 | 18 | 1:46.09 | +3.20 | 20 |
| Marie-Pier Préfontaine | Giant slalom | 1:18.01 | +2.89 | 27 | 1:12.50 | +1.35 | 23 | 2:30.51 | +3.40 | 29 |
| Shona Rubens | Downhill | 1:48.53 | +4.34 | 21 | ||||||
| Super combined | 1:26.90 | +2.74 | 17 | 45.68 | +1.99 | 13 | 2:12.58 | +3.44 | 12 | |
| Super-G | DNF | |||||||||
| Giant slalom | 1:17.38 | +2.26 | 22 | 1:12.87 | +1.72 | 26 | 2:30.25 | +3.14 | 28 | |
| Georgia Simmerling | Downhill | DNS | ||||||||
| Super combined | DNS | |||||||||
| Super-G | 1:25.21 | +5.07 | 27 | |||||||
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“The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, ‘mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)