Beckie Scott
Beckie Scott
Rebecca "Beckie" Scott, MSMis a Canadian former 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...
bit happy hoping liked sad title today victory win
I'm very happy with the victory, I was hoping to win today's race. But it's a bit sad to say goodbye. I would have liked the World title but I did all I could today and during the season.
capable drained either forward great hit jet knew line looking race start sure tired today
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.
close final good knew left stadium stayed
I knew if I stayed close to Kristin that I would have a good chance. We went into the stadium very close and fortunately I had enough left for a final sprint.
finish ready sushi
I'm ready for some sushi and then a party. This is the way I wanted to finish. It was important for me to finish on top.
clean confident good testing
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.
happened partly ski
It was ski selection. It was partly wax. We made some last-minute adjustments to the skis. I know that happened partly in panic.
finish last might olympic promised sprint
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.
clean historical moment thrilled truly
It's truly a historical moment for our sport, for clean sport and I'm just thrilled with the result...
excited feeling legs people points race ready shape three uphill
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.
admit few fourth happened hard missed
I wanted to be on the podium. That's what I was going for and I missed it. This has happened a few times in the past. I've been fourth at a world championships. It's a hard place to be, I'll admit it. I'll live.
effort extra left maybe might superhuman tank took
I don't think we can say that for sure. Maybe the superhuman effort I had to come up with to get back took away something extra I might have had left in my tank at the end.
easy goal qualify
The goal was just to qualify and it was pretty easy to qualify.