CALGARY - Abigail Strate feels dialled in, but also missing something as the Canadian ski jumper prepares for the World Cup season and Olympic Games.

The best summer Grand Prix season of her career — jumpers land on plastic-coated turf instead of snow — boosted the 24-year-old Calgarian's confidence with February's 2026 Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, on the horizon.

Strate placed in the top three in five Grand Prix events in August and September, including a victory at the Olympic venue in Predazzo, Italy, and another in Courcheval, France.

While not all of the world's top ski jumpers compete in Grand Prix events, they were all in Predazzo to get reps at the Olympic venue.

"I'm on the right track," Strate stated Thursday in Calgary. "I'm going to keep on the right track and

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