Early Saturday morning our Comp and Prep/Devo NC Teams loaded up in the van in route to watch the second day of racing at the Québec City World Cup. Saturday’s race featured a 1.6 kilometer sprint race that took place on the streets at Parliament Hill. Thousands of spectators gathered around the winding 850 meter loop to cheer on their favorite athletes - whether it was the local favorite Alex Harvey or last year’s overall sprint champion Kikkan Randall.
Racers skied over bridges, through narrow turns and even over a small jump, which made it exciting to watch. The weekend was a historic weekend for the U.S. Ski Team after Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins teamed up and won the team sprint on Friday and Kikkan won the individual sprint on Saturday! Other highlights included a 5th place finish for Andrew Newell and Sophie Caldwell’s 14th place finish in the individual sprint.
After some exploring of downtown Québec City, we got back in the van and made our way back home. Everyone agreed that it was a worthwhile trip and it was inspiring to see the world’s best competing against each other. This experience will be a great motivator to carry us through the last week of training before racing this weekend at the Craftsbury Eastern Cup.
- Coach Matt
go Kikkan!
go Newell!
big screen view
Men's semifinal heat
Maile wins NYSEF most red, white and blue!
Amelia, Nina, Gabby, Maile and Lucy after the podium ceremony
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