Canada’s Alexis Guimond wins para ski gold at World Cup stop in Austria

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SAALBACH - Canadian para skier Alexis Guimond won gold in the men's standing downhill race at a World Cup stop Wednesday.

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SAALBACH – Canadian para skier Alexis Guimond won gold in the men’s standing downhill race at a World Cup stop Wednesday.

Guimond, from Gatineau, Que., finished first in a time of 54.91 seconds to narrowly beat France’s Arthur Bauchet (54.95).

Robin Cuche of Switzerland (55.27) was third.

Alexis Guimond of Canada competes in the men's super-G, standing, at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Jeongseon, South Korea, Sunday, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Alexis Guimond of Canada competes in the men's super-G, standing, at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Jeongseon, South Korea, Sunday, March 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Guimond, who finished third in a race Tuesday, picked up his first World Cup gold in 18 career downhill races.

Also Wednesday, Mollie Jepsen of West Vancouver, B.C., finished third in the women’s standing downhill with a time of 59.05 seconds.

Aurelie Richard of France (58.09) won gold, followed by Varvara Voronchikhina of Russia (58.35).

Jepsen has reached the podium in all four World Cup downhill races this season, and six of nine races overall.

Michaela Gosselin of Collingwood, Ont., was fifth.
 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 14, 2026.

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