The late freestyle skier Sarah Burke will be honoured Saturday as part of this year's National Flag of Canada Day.
Sarah's inspired us on snow and off snow,” Bowman said. “I think she would have been very proud of how all the girls rode tonight. "I sure hope I and everyone else made her proud because we would not be here without her." Burke, of Canada, was one of
Worn with love and pride by skiers and snowboarders alike, the stickers commemorating the late pro skier Sarah Burke are banned from being worn during the Games.
They were both 29 years old when they died — Sarah Burke and Nik Zoricic. And it was hard not to cry — the athletes did, some of us did — when talking about the two Canadian skiers who died a month apart in 2012 while doing their extreme sports
Sarah Burke will be honoured in Ottawa Saturday as the recipient of the flag that flies over the Peace Tower. Burke fought to have freestyle skiing included as an Olympic event.