Canada’s Erik Guay takes silver at men’s downhill world championship
Canada’s Erik Guay is happy right where he is — on a World Cup podium.
Guay earned his second medal of the week on Sunday, winning silver in the men’s downhill at the world skiing championships four days after winning the super-G title. Although most skiing fans are looking toward the Winter Olympics next year in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Guay’s focus is squarely on the World Cup circuit.
“Everybody’s talking about the Olympics but, honestly, I couldn’t care less about them,” said Guay in a phone interview with The Canadian Press from St. Moritz, Switzerland. “The Olympics, for ski racers, doesn’t mean that much. We get to go once every four years, we don’t run on the track beforehand. The organizers (at a World Cup event) know how to prepare and run a downhill properly.
“A lot of times we show up at these Olympics and it’s supposed to be the greatest event on Earth but in reality it’s a little bit of a Mickey Mouse show.”