Andi Naude has achieved her dream of going to the Olympics.

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Freestyle Canada unveiled the athletes provisionally nominated to Team Canada Tuesday for the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang. will be joined by Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Mika毛l Kingsbury as they have all met the 香蕉视频直播淢ethod A香蕉视频直播� selection criteria.

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Freestyle Canada香蕉视频直播檚 Athlete Nomination Procedures: Method A. According to the regulations set out in the 2018 Freestyle Ski Team Internal Procedures policy, a limited number of athletes are provisionally selected to the COC in 2016香蕉视频直播�2017 based on their results at the Grand Prix for the selection of Canadian athletes for the Olympic Winter Games competitions. A maximum of three eligible athletes per discipline (maximum of two per gender) can be nominated to the COC based on these competitions.

The Grand Prix for the selection of Canadian athletes for the Olympic Winter Games included the following competitions for the mogul skiers:

FIS World Cup, Val Saint-C么me, CAN 香蕉视频直播� January 2017

FIS World Cup, Calgary, CAN 香蕉视频直播� January 2017

FIS World Cup, Bokwang, Korea 香蕉视频直播� February 2017

FIS World Championships, Sierra Nevada, Spain 香蕉视频直播� March 2017

According to Method A, to be provisionally nominated to the COC, eligible athletes must obtain a minimum of two podiums in their freestyle events at the selected competitions. Athletes must use at least one result obtained at the 2017 FIS World Ski Championships or at the test event during the World Cup in Korea in 2017 for their two best performances on the podium.