Let the (Olympic) Games begin for Vernon, B.C., skier

Three knee surgeries. Long rehabilitation. Setbacks. Doubts.
The last four years for Vernon freestyle skier Elena Gaskell have been a fight.
But she didn’t tap out.
No, Gaskell worked her butt off coming back from two devastating injuries to earn a spot on Canada’s Olympic Freestyle Ski Team.
The Olympics start this Friday in Milano Cortina, Italy.
“It still doesn’t feel real,” said Gaskell, 24, in an Instagram interview after being named to the team. She’ll c