Ottawa native Dustin Cook earned his best performance since returning from reconstructive knee surgery on Deb. 16 in Val Gardena, placing 6th in the men’s super-G at the Italian World Cup stop.
“I’m really proud of that one and it showed me that I can be back with the best of the best where I believe I belong,” Cook wrote on his website, dustincook.ca.
The 27-year-old’s other best World Cup results this season include 13th and 23rd-place showings in super-Gs at Val d’Isère and Santa Caterina, though he did not finish his last two races at Kitzbuehel and Garmisch Partenkirchen.
Ottawa skiers Hunter Watson, Sierra Smith and Hannah Schmidt recorded a slalom victory apiece at FIS races Val St-Côme, Que.