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Parliament welcomes Cranbrook’s Special Olympians

Roxana Podrasky, Erin Thom and Jonathan Robins given standing ovation in House of Commons
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Left to right: Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetsk, Roxana Podrasky, Erin Thom, Jonathon Robins.

Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetski and all the Members of Parliament welcomed three Cranbrook athletes in the House of Commons Wednesday.

“It was such a delight to see three friends from Cranbrook march into the House of Commons today to a long standing ovation from all Members of Parliament,” Stetski said.

Parliament gave a standing ovation to medal-winning 2017 Winter Olympians Roxana Podrasky (one Gold Medal and one Silver Medal in downhill skiing), Jonathan Robins (two Bronze Medals in slalom skiing), and Erin Thom (a Silver Medal in downhill skiing and a Silver Medal in Super G skiing).

The three were part of Team Canada at the Special Winter Olympics in Austria in March, 2017.

Podrasky, Robins and Thom “continue to make us so proud! Congratulations!” Stetski said.



Barry Coulter

About the Author: Barry Coulter

Barry Coulter had been Editor of the Cranbrook Townsman since 1998, and has been part of all those dynamic changes the newspaper industry has gone through over the past 20 years.
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