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...
became bit involved knew season tough traveling
I pretty much knew at the start. Then as the season went on I became more certain. There is a lot of traveling involved and it's a bit of a tough life.
drink lots morning
In the morning we drink lots of espresso. That's our ritual.
drink morning
In the morning we drink a lot of espresso. That's our ritual.
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.
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...
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.
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.
easy goal qualify
The goal was just to qualify and it was pretty easy to qualify.
both came fight forward good job looking moving picking proved trying win
We did a good job of picking up the pieces. I think we proved we can both fight with the best. Initially, I admit, it was a real disappointment. But we came back and I'm looking forward to moving on and trying to win another one.
almost canada heading nice rolling scene towards winning
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.
chance pick pieces pull sure took
You have to pick up the pieces and pull yourself together. We wanted to make sure we took this chance today.