Two of 91大黄鸭鈥檚 Olympic stars will be on display Wednesday afternoon at 91大黄鸭鈥檚 Stuart Park.
Ski cross champion Kelsey Serwa and snowboard cross athlete Tess Critchlow will be honoured during a , hosted by the City of 91大黄鸭 and PacificSport Okanagan.
Serwa won her second career Olympic medal, capturing gold at the 2018 Olympic Games in PyeongChang. Critchlow, a medalist on the World Cup circuit, cracked the top-10 at the Olympics in Korea, with a ninth-place showing.
鈥淲e are so proud of the accomplishments of all our home grown athletes past and present,鈥� said Doug Nicholas, Sport & Event Services Manager. 鈥淐heering on athletes of this calibre is exciting for the whole community. Seeing local athletes like Kelsey or Tess compete on the world stage inspires others to get active and dream big.鈥�
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Two other 91大黄鸭 athletes, Ian Dean (ski cross) and Julia Ransom (biathlon), also competed at the 2018 Olympic Games.
The celebration will be held in Stuart Park, 1430 Water Street, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and offer an opportunity for residents and fans to meet 91大黄鸭鈥檚 athletes while enjoying refreshments and other activities.
Mayor Basran will be hosting a question and answer period with the athletes from 4 to 4:30 p.m., which will be available to watch through the City鈥檚 Facebook channel, via Facebook Live.
On Sunday, in a precursor to today鈥檚 event, Big White Ski Resort held a daylong party for Serwa to honour 91大黄鸭鈥檚 gold medal champion.
鈥淚t鈥檚 wonderful to be home, to get to celebrate with all these wonderful people,鈥� said Serwa. 鈥淭he support for me has been everything. It motivated me to shoot for these Olympics.鈥�
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