Czech-born Canadian skier Hudec wins opening downhill of the season

Czech-born Canadian skier Jan Hudec won the opening downhill race of the Alpine ski World Cup at Lake Louise on Saturday. Hudec blitzed down the men’s Olympic course in a time of 1 minute 42.8 seconds to become the first Canadian to win the Lake Louise downhill. In last year’s World Cup, Hudec ranked fifth. He called his win on Saturday ‘incredible’. Hudec left the Czech Republic when he was only nine months old - his parents fleeing the communist regime. He is now a Canadian citizen.