Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Quebecois wishes to offer its warmest congratulations to skier Mélanie Turgeon for her remarkable performance last Saturday.
Mélanie Turgeon won the Super-G at Innsbruck, Austria, on the World Cup Circuit. This 23-year old champion is the first Quebec woman to win a downhill World Cup event in 30 years, and the first non-Austrian woman to win on that hill since 1964. This is also her first victory in all of her World Circuit career.
What is more, Mélanie Turgeon was again on the podium yesterday in Innsbruck, with a second place in another Super-G event, which has raised her to 12th overall in World Cup standing.
Clearly, her patience, perseverance and hard work have received their just reward. We in the Bloc Quebecois are immensely proud to share in this great Quebec athlete's huge success. What a great inspiration she is to others.