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US Nationals
First thread on Nationals...file your comments & insights. Here's a
couple of mine. Rebecca Dussault - awesome. I am kinda surprised she had to push so hard to get the wins, and was too tired for the sprints as a consequence. I would have thought she would skate through it, but who knows where she is in her training cycle ? I would doubt she is trying to peak for Nationals. Likely came in under a heavy load. Cool to see how she can dig so deep and even puke when it's called for. Inspiring. Lindsey Williams - take the sprint gold, skis hard winning all the prelims. Killer. Glad to see it. A nice peak for sure, her best ski meet ever. Torin Koos - Does same to mens sprint field. Killer to see him on the bubble. We have a good crop of top skiers, he is one of them for sure. Ivan Babikov - The Russian / Candian - wow. Grow up in a russian ski school, have 20 years of racing under your belt at age 24, and it shows. Holy cow. Kind of a Jeff Gordon at this level (young with lots of experience). Did get a little tired there after the first 2 races. Very impressive. Justin Freeman - Big Bird has a very inspiring National Title to his name after a run of fair to middlin' results. Very cool to see. He beats Babikov & the field, by a fat Freeman margin too. Andrew Newell - what happened ?! I was looking for Newell in several events such as classic & sprints, and he was not able to find his form. I am sure he is a lot more disappointed than I am. Will he be able to go to Worlds now ? This was supposed to be his time. Some impressive Juniors handing in some amazingly quick times. Some impressive Old Dogs such as Barry Makarevicz & Nathan Schultz handing in some great races too. Cool to see ! |
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