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VANCOUVER -- Chris Del Bosco still wouldnt change a thing. The Canadian skicross racer appeared to have the bronze medal locked up in the mens final at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, only to wipe out while trying to make a pass in the biggest moment of his career. Del Bosco made no apologies after that race, and is relishing his shot at redemption four years later. "Im known for some passes last minute ... most of the time it works out for me and on that day it didnt work out," said the 31-year-old Montreal resident. "I raced 100 per cent and thats how I do. Im not going to hold back and say OK here, we got this (bronze) locked up. Might as well just chill out. "I knew there was an opportunity for improvement and I took it. If I had to do it again I would do the same thing, just hope for a little different outcome." Del Bosco was among six athletes named Monday to a strong Canadian skicross team for next months Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. "I never put third place or second place on a goal sheet," said Del Bosco. "I have pretty high expectations and Ive proven in the past I can make things happen when I need to." In fact, the entire Canadian skicross contingent -- which has a goal of earning medals in both the mens and womens races -- has shown an ability to make things happen. Joining Del Bosco on the team are Dave Duncan of London, Ont., Calgarys Brady Leman, Kelsey Serwa of Kelowna, B.C., Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., and Georgia Simmerling of West Vancouver, B.C. The 24-year-old Serwa, who finished fifth in Vancouver behind Canadian gold medallist Ashleigh McIvor, said the competition to even make the team is fierce. "We push each other. I dont think our team would be as good if we didnt have ... motivation to really improve," said Serwa, won the world championship and X Games gold medal back in 2011. "We work really well together and I think thats really to our advantage." Serwa will be joined in the womens competition by the 21-year-old Thompson, the current World Cup leader, and the 24-year-old Simmerling, who suited up for Canada in alpine skiing at the 2010 Games. "Its really inspiring to look beside me and see the other two girls on my team, and the men too," said Serwa. "Everyone is just so dominant and so strong. "Its really cool to have the progression of watching where we came from and where we are now." On the mens side, the 31-year-old Duncan picked up his first two World Cup victories in December, while the 27-year-old Leman has five career World Cup podiums to his name. Leman -- who along with Duncan missed out on the sports Olympic debut in Vancouver because of injury -- is excited to get his first experience at a Games. "Im super proud and a little bit relieved," said Leman. "The way the last couple seasons have gone for me, Ive felt like I belong at the Olympics. "The Canadian freestyle team is just such a difficult team to make. Were so deep across all the disciplines." That talent, coupled with a sluggish start to the season, almost cost Del Bosco a spot in Sochi. The international ski federation allocates up to 26 spots for each country for all five freestyle disciplines. Del Bosco won the 2011 world championship and has two X Games gold medals to his name, but needed one podium finish in his final two races to make the Canadian team. The first event in France was cancelled due to weather, but he was still awarded top spot on the basis of his qualification time and his victory in his heat. Del Bosco then followed that up with a fifth-place finish the following day. "It was stressful, more after the fact knowing that I had put a good qualifier in," Del Bosco said of the cancelled race. "I was skiing really well and then it was called -- something completely out of my control. "I had faith that I put in all the work and I did everything I could on that day." McIvor, who attended Mondays announcement, said Canadians can expect Del Bosco to make the same move he did in Vancouver if the skier finds himself running third in the Sochi final. "I think you can depend on Chris to always give it his all and not settle for anything less than what he truly wants," said the 30-year-old McIvor, who retired in 2012 after a knee injury. "Hes definitely an all-or-nothing guy. "You have to be the most aggressive out there. What separates the good skicross athletes from the others is those who have that natural instinct to make good decisions under pressure and just keep on pushing." Vapormax Herre Zalando . Atletico Madrid made it three wins from three thanks to a double from in-form striker Diego Costa in a 3-0 victory at Austria Vienna, leaving the Spanish side on the brink of the last 16 already to continue its brilliant start to the season. Vapormax Dame Tilbud Danmark . -- Chris Tillman paid no attention to the Baltimore bullpen as it started to stir in the ninth inning. http://www.vapormaxdanmark.com/ . Mike Babcock has turned to the Montreal Canadiens goalie over Roberto Luongo, who backed Canada to a gold medal in Vancouver in 2010, for Canadas final preliminary round game against the ailing Finns. Nike Vapormax Tilbud Danmark . Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon; a brief, poor outing that served to highlight two trends that have developed this season. Vapormax Tilbud Danmark .C. -- LeBron James called comments on an audio recording of a man identified as Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling "appalling" and said hes not sure if he would suit up for the remainder of the NBA playoffs if he played for the Clippers. CALGARY -- Clifton Smiths CFL debut was memorable with a winning touchdown and 188 return yards for the Calgary Stampeders. Smiths five-yard touchdown catch late in the fourth quarter restored Calgarys lead en route to a 40-26 win over the B.C. Lions on Friday. And with 130 yards in the game, Calgarys Jon Cornish broke his own single-season rushing record by a Canadian running back. The New Westminster, B.C., native extended his mark to 1,545 yards with three games remaining in the regular season. Calgary moved six points clear of the Lions atop the CFLs West Division to 12-3. The Lions (9-6) lost their second in a row. Smith signed as a free agent with Calgary last month and was activated from the practice roster this week. The 28-year-old running back-return specialist from Fresno, Calif., played in the NFLs Pro Bowl in 2009 as a returner for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Smith last played in a football game a year ago in the United Football League. "Every time I step on the field I feel like Im capable of doing something big and my teammates blocked great for me and made my job easy," Smith said. "Ive been preparing for this for a long time and I just cashed in on my opportunities." The Edmonton Eskimos (3-11) host the Saskatchewan Roughriders (9-5) in another West Division game Saturday. Calgary, B.C. and Saskatchewan have already secured playoff berths. The next three games will determine playoff matchups in the West. The Stampeders are in Edmonton next Friday, host the Roughriders the following week and finish in Vancouver against the Lions on Nov. 1. The Lions are at home for their final three games against Saskatchewan, Edmonton and Calgary respectively. With Fridays victory, the Stampeders are the front-runners to host the division final and earn the semifinal bye. "It does keep us in the drivers seat, so to speak," Calgary coach John Hufnagel said. "We have three tough ball games remaining and once its all over, the dust settles and we find out where we stand." An Edmonton upset of the Roughriders on Saturday would allow Calgary to clinch a home playoff berth. Trailing until the fourth quarter, the Lions tied the game 26-26 at 6:47. But Stampeder defensive back Chris Randle sealed the win after Smiths touchdown with an interception and 65-yard runback to score at 13:53. Smith was inserted into the lineup because non-import running back Matt Walter was out of the game with a concussion. Import Larry Taylor, the CFLs leader in total return yards, came out to make the impport-non-import ratio work.dddddddddddd "Even though this was his first CFL game, with his experience that he brought from the other league, I was pretty sure the game wouldnt be too big for him," Hufnagel said of Smith. "He took advantage of an opportunity, made some big returns and did a tremendous job on the touchdown catch." Cornish scored on a two-yard run and surpassed his previous rushing record of 1,457 yards in the opening quarter. He broke Norm Kwongs 56-year-old record in the final game of the regular season in 2012, so Cornish has time to make his numbers more gaudy. Calgary quarterback Kevin Glenn threw touchdown passes to Marquay McDaniel and Smith. Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes made four of his five field-goal attempts, including strikes from 43 and 45 yards in front of an announced 26,115 at McMahon Stadium. Lions quarterback Thomas DeMarco, in his fourth start in the absence of the injured Travis Lulay, threw touchdown passes to Courtney Taylor and Nick Moore and scored on a one-yard plunge. DeMarco also threw a two-point convert to Taylor. B.C.s Paul McCallum was good on his one field-goal chance and contributed a punt single point. "Certainly the guys fought back to tie the game," Lions head coach Mike Benevides said. "We didnt make enough plays. Thats a good football team over there and we couldnt get it done. "Any time you play a game, all that matters is the result and winning the football game. Well take a look at the tape and see what we can take out of it." The Lions pulled even in the fourth quarter on DeMarcos six-yard touchdown pass to Moore and two-point convert throw to Taylor. DeMarco, now 2-2 this season, completed 23 of 39 passing attempts for 301 yards and was intercepted twice. Glenn was 22-for-37 in passing for 259 yards and picked off once. Glenn improved to 8-2 in his starts this season. Backup Drew Tate threw the ball once in the game and had three yards on two carries. Calgary dominated time of possession in the first half with almost 21 minutes with the ball, but led just 19-11. B.C.s ground game continued to struggle with just 56 rushing yards. "You dont want to keep giving the ball to their team, especially at home," DeMarco said. "You want to make sure that you put everybody in a good situation and I wasnt able to do that today in the beginning. "Weve just got to come out and fix our mistakes. Im sure were going to watch film and see a lot of stuff that we could have done differently." ' ' '