Special Olympics Cranbrook/Kimberley Alpine Team athletes Erin Thom, Roxana Golbeck and volunteer coach Misty Pagliaro have been chosen to represent Team Canada at the Special Olympics World Winter Games next year in Kazan, Russia.
These games will be Thom’s sixth, Golbeck’s second and Pagliaro’s first.
Training has already begun, with off season dryland training and a rollerblade program known as “skate to ski.”
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