Big White’s Tess Critchlow is once again an Olympic athlete.
On Thursday, Jan. 22, Canada Snowboard and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced Team Canada’s roster for the snowboard cross, half pipe and parallel giant slalom events at the 2026 Winter Games.
Critchlow, the 30-year-old was named to the snowboard cross team, making Milano Cortina her third Olympics.
In 2018, she made her Olympic debut in PyeongChang where she finished ninth overall in snowboard cross.
At the 2022 games in Beijing, she improved, finished sixth. She also competed alongside Liam Moffatt in the mixed snowboard cross event. They were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Women’s snowboard cross begins on Friday, Feb. 13.
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