After a week long precamp in Ramsau, Austria (the most beautiful skiing I've ever done!) team USA headed to Liberec for the week of racing. It was a great week, complete with several top 10, 20, and 30 results from our team. The coaches and wax techs did a phenomenal job with organization and our skis, making it a really smooth week for us. I can't thank them enough for that.
With six juniors and four start spots per race, we all got to do two races, so I was in the classic sprint and the 10k skiathlon, as well as the relay. We had an awesome group this year, so it was great to get to share the experience with so many fun people!
It was especially fun for me this year, having been to world juniors two years ago, and Youth Olympics last year, this time I finally felt comfortable racing against the Europeans. I felt like I belonged there, and I think that definitely contributes to beginning to race fast over there. It was also really fun as I started to know people from other countries that I've met in previous years, it's fun being in the start line and getting to recognize more people!
Thanks to everyone at home who have been loyally watching live results and cheering us on from afar! Next up is UVM carnival this weekend, it's great to be back home with my team!
Check out these articles from the week on fasterskier.com!
Junior Sprint:
http://fasterskier.com/article/saxton-14th-in-world-juniors-sprint-to-lead-four-americans-in-the-top-30/
Junior Skiathlon:
http://fasterskier.com/article/mooney-takes-26th-to-lead-u-s-in-world-juniors-skiathlon/
Relay day:
http://fasterskier.com/article/u-s-finishes-junior-worlds-with-10th-12th-in-relays/
Notes from the week:
http://fasterskier.com/article/goodbye-liberec-the-next-generation-of-north-americans-reflect-on-worlds-experience/
Week recap:
http://fasterskier.com/article/weekly-roundup-juniors-week/
And these two pos I did for NENSA and the NNF, thanks for their help funding the trip!
NNF
https://www.nationalnordicfoundation.org/2013/01/from-the-athletes-heather-mooney/
NENSA
https://www.nensa.net/news/index.php?id=5862
and....pictures!
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| Hallie and Brooke sent me lots of luck from home:) |
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| Ramsau... |
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| sprint starts with the Annies |
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| Annie and I |
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| Ash and I were reunited! (she went to SMS for a couple years, but lives in Australia, so we don't get to see her very often!!) |
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| Corey Stock and I have raced against each other forever, it was really fun to be on a team with her here! |
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| battle of the flags |
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| classic portion of the pursuit |
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| relay! |
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