GwichSA国际影视传媒檌n Olympic ski jumper Alexandria Loutitt has landed on the podium again, this time taking bronze at the World Cup in Ljubno, Slovenia, on Jan. 27.

This marks the ninth time sheSA国际影视传媒檚 won a medal in 12 appearances. On this occasion, she finished with 258.9 points on the 90-metre hill with jumps of 89 and 88.5 metres.

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Making a nod to her heritage, Loutitt wore her lucky rabbit fur moccasins for her jumps.

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This not only allows her easy access to the hills she frequently has to compete on, being only two-hours away from Ljubno, it also provides her an audience of encouraging fans. As ski jumping is considerably more popular in Slovenia than in Canada, it draws much larger crowds SA国际影视传媒� filling seats by the tens of thousands.

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With her latest piece of hardware, Loutitt sits in fifth place in the overall individual standings. Team Canada is now ranked fourth overall in the Nations Cup standings.

LoutittSA国际影视传媒檚 teammates are also doing quite well on the hill. In team jumping competition, 22-year-old Strate joined forces with Loutitt to combine scores for a silver medal finish in the Super Team ski jumping competition.

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A third member of Team Canada, 24-year-old Nicole Maurer, finished 34th, just four spots behind the top-30 cut off to advance. Maurer not only flies with the top Canadian ski jumpers in the world, but also is double majoring in computer science and astrophysics and is aiming for the stars as an aspiring astronaut.