There were points in the race I thought I had it. But you never know how the other people are going to come into these races, what kind of shape they're in. We did that long uphill three times and I just didn't have the legs for it. When I started, I was feeling great, very excited and ready to go.
"Rebecca "Beckie" Scott", Meritorious Service Decoration/MSM is a retired Canadian cross-country skiing athlete and as of February 23, 2006, an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission along with Saku Koivu.
More Beckie Scott on Wikipedia.I really thought it could go either way today because I was pretty tired and drained out still getting over the jet lag, and wasn't sure what I was capable of doing. I was really looking forward to this race and I really like this course. I knew I had great skis and when I hit the start line I just told myself to go for it.
It's truly a historical moment for our sport, for clean sport and I'm just thrilled with the result...
It might be one of the last sprint relays we do together. To finish it with an Olympic medal, I'm not going to say it was surreal. We promised each other we wouldn't get too fruity at the end of this.
It was a clean race. Things are getting better in our sport. The testing is good and I'm confident it was a clean event.
You have to pick up the pieces and pull yourself together. We wanted to make sure we took this chance today.
We've been together since we were 15 years old. We've come through so much. It's an incredible feeling.
I felt in a lot of ways I was racing for her today.
I think everything in Canada was rolling for us so well that we almost couldn't fail. It is a different scene in Europe. It would be nice to just keep on winning heading towards the Games.
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