SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Beckie Scott Will Be Visiting the BV Nordic Centre
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SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Beckie Scott will be visiting the BV Nordic Centre and skiing with our athletes! 8:30 Sign up for Time Trials, Prep Skis, Warm up, etc. 9:00 Ski Warm up with Beckie Scott 9:30 Get Ready for Skiathlon… 9:45 Skiathlon – Mass Start for age categories Extendos to Masters --One Lap Classic, race to switch gear, One Lap Skate – (This is a time trial set up—casual no pressure on timers! J) 10:45 Beckie Scott Question and Answers with the Track Attack and Extendos. 11:15 Bring Your Own Lunch, Snacks and Social. Welcome to all club members. 12:00 Beckie leaves for Terrace Beckie Scott is a three-time Olympian, participating at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. Her best placed finish in Nagano was 45th, but Scott won a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Salt Lake City games. She originally finished third in the five-kilometre pursuit, but she was upgraded to the gold medal when winner Olga Danilova and runner-up Larissa Lazutina were eventually disqualified for using darbepoetin, a performance- enhancing drug. Scott was awarded a silver medal before receiving her gold medal in June 2004, almost 2 and a half years after the Olympics ended. She became the first Canadian and first North American woman to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing. The 2 x 5 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 24 February at Soldier Hollow. This competition consisted of two races. The first race was a 5 kilometre classical race and the second was a 5 km freestyle pursuit where the competitors started based on their times from the classical race. The winner was the first competitor to cross the finish line in the second race. .