Beckie Scott, Olympic champion cross-country skier, was kind enough to sit down with me last week and have a talk about several subjects relating to sport and specifically to her career in cross-country skiing. I’ve broken down the conversation into four short videos, all of which we’ll be showing on Sport At Its Best at some point in the future.
Today’s video is about the culture of cross-country skiing and how values and sportsmanship play a significant role. I asked Beckie about the incident four years ago at the Torino Games in which Beckie and her teammate Sarah Renner were competing in the relay event when Sarah broke a pole. The Norwegian coach who happened to be standing right there, handed Sarah a pole and the team went on to win the silver medal. What makes the gesture all the more impressive is the fact that the Norwegian team subsequently finished 4th in the race.
In the second part of the video Beckie talks about Brian McKeever, someone that I’ve heard Beckie refer to as an “inspiration” and someone that I have blogged about previously (http://wp.me/pHILB-4O). Enjoy!
