Canada’s ski mountaineering athletes have their Olympic dreams on the line this weekend at a World Cup event in Solitude, Utah.

The mixed relay race doubles as a winner-take-all race between Canada and the United States to decide which country’s athletes claim the final two quota spots available for Milano Cortina.

Canada will have three teams in that race, but all eyes will be on the top-ranked mixed relay duo of Emma Cook-Clarke and Aaron Robson. They’ve spent the last year accumulating Olympic qualification points from six World Cup events and the world championships and have put themselves within striking distance of their goal.

Ski mountaineering is making its debut on the Olympic programme, and is an intensely physical sport that is a combination of uphill climbing and downhill sk

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