Larisa Yurkiw believed she should compete with the best in the world in the Olympics, and shell get that chance Wednesday in the womens downhill at Rosa Khutor. When the best Canadian womens speed racers from the 2010 Winter Olympics soon retired and Yurkiw endured injury woes with after effects that extended into years, official Alpine Canada funding dried up. The dollars were targeted at the emerging women on the team, all technical specialists. Yurkiw poured tens of thousands of her own dollars into a bid to make the Sochi Olympics, and raised more than six figures from private individuals and businesses to back her quest. Racing as an independent under coach Kurt Mayr, Yurkiw earned Tier 1 qualification for Sochi with a pair of top 12 results this season, a seventh-place finish in the season-opening downhill in Lake Louise, Alta., and a sixth place at Altenmarkt, Austria last month. The Owen Sound, Ont., native was aiming to compete at the Vancouver Games but tore up her left knee in a crash in December 2009. Yurkiw didnt participate in a full season again until 2012-13, but didnt crack the top 20 in any races, which put her at a career crossroads at just 25 years of age. In what seemed like another cruel blow after all her hard work, Yurkiw went down in a training run in Sochi last week. But she recovered to post the ninth fastest time in the last training session. The contenders There wont be a repeat Olympic downhill champion as American ski star Lindsey Vonn of the United States underwent knee surgery, but 2010 silver medallist Julia Mancuso and bronze recipient Liz Goergl are competing in Russia. Both are capable of getting back to the podium. Mancuso hasnt enjoyed great World Cup results this season, but now owns four career Olympic medals after earning a bronze in Mondays super-combined. The Hawaiian resident did so on the strength of a downhill that was nearly a half-second faster than the next best skier, Lara Gut of Switzerland. Goergls two World Cup wins this season (one downhill, one super-G) have come in the last month, while Gut, Marianne Kaufmann-Abderhalden of Austria and Slovenias Tina Maze also own downhill wins this season. Maria Hoefl-Riesch, with three, is the only skier with multiple downhill wins this season. The German veteran would have to be considered co-favourite along with Mancuso for the downhill, after winning her third career Olympic gold medal in Mondays super-combined. She is also the overall World Cup points leader. Dominique Gisin of Switzerland hasnt been on the World Cup podium since late 2011, but served notice she could be a factor with a winning training session earlier this week. Anna Wenninger of Austria and Elena Fanchin of Italy are also contender, each having been on the World Cup podium twice in downhill this season, though not yet in the top spot. Tina Weirather under normal circumstances would be considered a strong medal contender after racking up nine World Cup podiums this season, including four in the downhill. But the skier from tiny Liechtenstein, who suffered a serious injury that put her on the sidelines just days before the 2010 Olympics, is uncertain to compete after hurting her leg in a weekend training session. Hirving Lozano Jersey . -- David Price didnt think he would be in Port Charlotte this spring. Jesus Molina Jersey . 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Unfortunately for Toronto, that surge was too much to handle as the Stars scored six straight goals and ended the Marlies season with a 6-2 victory on Tuesday. Toronto had built a 2-0 lead on goals by Frazer McLaren and Peter Holland, but Texas charged back with a wild rally late in the second period to spark its trip to the Calder Cup final.Mustafizur Rahman shipped just nine runs from four overs as Sunrisers Hyderabad thumped Kings XI Punjab by five wickets in the IPL to record a third win in a row. The Bangladesh left-armer bowled 17 dot balls out of 24 and took two wickets, including Kings XIs top scorer Shaun Marsh (40 from 32 balls), to help the hosts contain their opponents to 143-6.David Warner (59 from 31) then cracked his fourth fifty of the tournament as Sunrisers breezed home with 13 balls to spare to join Kolkata Knight Riders, Gujarat Lions and Delhi Daredevils on six points and ensure Kings XI, beaten in four of their five games, remain rooted to the foot of the table.Kings XI were on the back-foot as early as the end of their powerplay, slipping to 35-2 after Murali Vijay (2) nicked off and Manan Vohra was run out by Shikhar Dhawan from cover for a bright 25.David Miller and Glenn Maxwell were then caught out in Moises Henriques 10th over - the latter now having gone 25 innings without an IPL fifty - leaving the visitors languishing on 65-4 at halfway.Marsh unleashed a few lusty blows before being trapped lbw by Mustafizur in the 14th over, with Axar Patel (36no from 17) and Nikhil Naik (22 from 28) - Mustafizurs other victim - swelling Kings XIs score late on with a stand of 50 from 35 balls. 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Sunrisers openers extended their partnership to 90 before Warner, who creamed seven fours and three sixes, holed out from the penultimate ball of the 10th over, with Aditya Tare (0) run out for a golden duck a delivery later and Dhawan caught off namesake Rishi Dhawan in the 14th.Englands limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan (25 from 20) drilled two fours and a six before he was pouched at midwicket, while Deepak Hooda, run out for five, was the fifth and final Sunrisers wicket to fall.Watch more IPL action on Sky Sports 5 on Sunday, with Gujarat Lions versus Royal Challengers Bangalore (11am) and Rising Pune Supergiants against Kolkata Knight Riders (3pm). ' ' '