Not only did Canadian Cross country skiers place First and Fourth in a grueling 23km long race in Rybinsk, Russia, but then, Jan Hudec of Canada comes down the mountain in Chamonix, on the second downhill race in two days, and in an incredible run he beats Romed Baumann of Austria and Eric Guay of Canada who placed second and third respectively. Get this: A downhill race in Chamonix, France. One of the longest downhills on the circuit. Everybody who is anybody in "Downhill" is there: Didier Cushe, Klaus Kroell, Bode Miller, Romed Baumann, Aksel Svindal... you name them, they are there... and two Canadians place 1st and 3rd.
If you talk "excitement", the Cross Country race in Rybinsk had it in spades. The lead changed constantly. First the favourite Russians (three of them) were in front, then a German, then a Canadian, then the Russian, then it looked for a while as if two Canadians were in first and second. In the final 100 meters or so the Canadian turned on the power and came in First Place, followed closely by a Russian and a German and then another Canadian.I am sorry, that I did not catch the names of the Canadian participants. I will google this race and will find out the names of the Canadian racers.
So there, enough of watching Sports on TV...enough for one day... or I.ll get square eyed.
Cold Greetings ( - 10 ) from Bertstravels.
1 comment:
Wow - I'm sorry I missed it!
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