Four years after a downhill skiing accident took her away from the sport she loves, 13-year-old Cassidy Tomlin will be one of seven young athletes to represent Kelowna in alpine skiing at the International Children’s Winter Games next week.

“I am really excited about skiing in the Games and meeting other athletes from all over the world,” said Tomlin.

He will compete in the Giant Slalom event—a timed downhill race that pushes skiers to their limit as they weave in and out of stationary gates.

The course will be set up at Big White, a mountain Tomlin knows well, having skied there since she was seven-years-old.

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Kelowna Capital News

January 21, 2011