The 24-year-old took the bronze in the women’s large hill competition in Courchevel, France, in the first event of the Olympic season.
COURCHEVEL, France — Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate flew onto the podium in her first event of the Olympic season on Saturday.
The 24-year-old Calgarian earned the first summer Grand Prix medal of her career, taking the bronze in the women’s large hill competition in Courchevel, France, with a total of 222.9 points.
“Obviously this feels really good, especially being the Olympic year,” said Strate. “The training has been going really well all summer, so I was trying to get a benchmark of where I was at against everyone.
“There is something in the air when everyone gets back in the same place again. I knew my jumping was good. I had hopes, but I didn