More than 48 hours after her historic performance in France, Laurence St-Germain was a busy person yesterday as she stopped in Montreal for a media tour. How did the world champion celebrate her first career title? With champagne and… shepherd’s pie in the next few days.
St-Germain took several hours to achieve her feat in the women’s slalom at the world championship presented on Saturday in Courchevel and Méribel.
“I realized what was happening to me during the medal ceremony,” said Laurence St-Germain. It was on the plane that I was able to sit down and realize what I had just accomplished.”
After the ceremony, she feasted with her Canadian teammates.
“I barely had time to talk to my parents and my friends,” added the 28-year-old athlete. It happened quite quickly.
“My teammates were pretty excited. In the evening we went to après ski. It was a beautiful sunset and we had a few glasses of champagne. It tasted very good!”
After her media tour, she will head to Quebec City for the next two weeks. She will go to school and train before hitting the road again for her next competition.
Of course, she will take time to celebrate her success with her family members. Will the new champion have a special request?
“We go to the restaurant so often during the season that I prefer to have dinner at home,” added St-Germain. I would like to eat my mother’s shepherd’s pie. The classic steak-corn of India-potatoes.
“In addition, I will attend my brother’s competition in Mont-Tremblant. Next Thursday, I will have the honor of opening the track.
good day at the office
To return to his exceptional performance, St-Germain had good feelings on his boards from the first round.
“While I was going down, I was in the present moment,” she said. I was just thinking about my plan and attacking. I felt like I had a good run on my first run.
“I didn’t think I would end up in provisional third place. Then, in the second, I didn’t know where I was going to rank because I had made a small mistake at the top of the course. You never know what other people are going to do.”
Her efforts were enough to end Canada’s 63-year drought in women’s slalom at the world championships. In 1960, Anne Heggtveit also won gold in this event.
A target in the back?
St-Germain’s next competition will take place on March 11 in Sweden.
“Of course there will be more pressure and more expectations,” he said. Now I know I can do it. I know what it takes and I will try to replicate what I did. »
Will she now have a target on her back?
“The other girls have seen me skiing and know I can be there too. Maybe that’s one more girl for them to beat.”