Yurkiw tops in NorAm DH, Littman 3rd

Canadian Larisa Yurkiw made it back-to-back podiums Tuesday in NorAm race action, winning a weather-delayed women’s downhill.
    Third in Monday’s downhill, Yurkiw won Tuesday’s race with a time of 1 minute, 6.32 seconds. Teammate Sherry Lawrence was second, only two-hundredths behind, with American Julia Littman third for her first NorAm podium of the season.
    Rounding out the top five were Americans Chelsea Marshall and Hannah Victory. U.S. Ski Teamer Megan McJames finished sixth while Canadian Kelley McBroom, the winner from Monday’s race, placed eighth. Keely Kelleher of the U.S. Ski Team was disqualified after missing a gate toward the end of the course.
    The men’s downhill race was postponed until Tuesday.

BIG MOUNTAIN, Montana — Canadian Larisa Yurkiw made it back-to-back podiums Tuesday in NorAm race action, winning a weather-delayed women’s downhill.
    Third in Monday’s downhill, Yurkiw won Tuesday’s race with a time of 1 minute, 6.32 seconds. Teammate Sherry Lawrence was second, only two-hundredths behind, with American Julia Littman third for her first NorAm podium of the season.
    Rounding out the top five were Americans Chelsea Marshall and Hannah Victory. U.S. Ski Teamer Megan McJames finished sixth while Canadian Kelley McBroom, the winner from Monday’s race, placed eighth. Keely Kelleher of the U.S. Ski Team was disqualified after missing a gate toward the end of the course.
    The men’s downhill race was postponed until Tuesday.    

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