DISABLED skier Joe Willoughby has climbed into the top 10 in the world at giant slalom and Super G following a good start to the season. The two-times British female giant slalom champion has just returned from the Canadian National Championships where she was in fine form to grab a first and second place finish. Her Super G race was the first one since breaking her hand in the Europa Cup in Spain and despite being cautious with her approach, she claimed her first podium at this discipline with an excellent second place finish. She did not finish in the second Super G race but became the Canadian champion at Giant Slalom after a superb performance. She was in second place after the first run, nearly two seconds behind the leader. She was looking strong in her second run but was stopped by a marshall at one of the gates, who started shouting and waving his hands. Thinking that another skier had fallen ahead of them, Joe stopped but after realising no-one had fallen, she continued but had lost 10 seconds. After reporting the incident she was given a re-run. Maintaining her concentration in the cold conditions, she was skiing fast and won with an eight seconds margin on the previous leader. With her deficit of two seconds from the first round, her winning margin was reduced to six seconds to take her first Canadian National title. That performance came after another superb display in the Provincial Championships in Canada. Despite competing with a broken hand and wearing a splint, she achieved her first win of her career in the giant slalom. She followed that up with her first ever slalom gold medal to cap off an excellent championships. Her first event of the season was the Europa Cup in Austria back in December, she gained her first podium of her career with a second place finish in the first giant slalom race and came third in the second race. Her performances this season have made her one of the best disabled british skiiers, a highly creditable achievement after only joining the British team in 2004.