Jennifer Heil: Despite Olympic success, women’s participation in sport still lagging

As we’ve witnessed over the past two weeks, Olympic athletes must manage extraordinary pressure to perform when it matters the most. My experience of skiing — and overcoming that pressure — in multiple Winter Olympics allows me, in my role as a CBC commentator, to express what skiers such as reigning Olympic champion Justine Dufour-Lapointe are going through when they burst onto the course and aim for the podium. These gifted Canadian athletes, in virtually every sport, show wh