Fourth, and fourth again!

Francois Bourque, who is only 21 years old, finished fourth in today's Olympic GS race. 23 year-old Kelly VanderBeek also finished fourth in the women's Olympic Super G today.

Bourque led after the first run on a course set by Canadian coach Dusan Grasic (who lives in Invermere) but wound up fourth following a conservative second run. Austria's Benjamin Raich won the race and France's Joel Chenal was a surprising 2nd. Third place went to Hermann Maier. Not bad company for Bourque, whose career-best was a third place at a World Cup G.S. in Val Gardena earlier this season.

Thomas Grandi finished 10th and Jean-Philippe Roy (who was 10th after the first run) didn't finish the second run. More on Bourque, Grandi and Roy here.

Kelly VanderBeek's strong result was a pleasant surprise as her previous career best was a 6th place finish at a World Cup Super G in Val D'Isere earlier this season. She finished only 3/100ths of a second off the podium behind Austrian great Michaela Dorfmeister, Croatian superstar Janica Kostelic and Austrian veteran Alexandra Meissnitzer. Emily Brydon of Fernie was 9th.