::WORLD CUP ONE - CZECH REPUBLIC::

The K1 1000m final was great! Click for the result page. It was an honour to share the podium with Anders "old daddy" Gustafsson from Sweden and Rene "the young gun" Holten-Poulsen from Denmark - their mutual virginal trip to the K1 1000m World Cup podium. Congrats guys! (photocredit above: Emily Wright Team US and A, artist credit: Adam van Beaverdam)

Big thanks to the King of Racice, Martin Doktor for hooking me up with a great place to stay, AND a sweet bike... and thanks to Pat Dolan for poppin' the front tire... RIP awesome bike (see photo below, *a single tear*). But thanks to the old racecourse guy for exchanging my awesome busted bike for a slightly less cool girl's mountain bike. I'm just stoked to be rollin' around on two wheels up here in Racice.

Races tomorrow include K1 500m and 5000m... so hopefully I've got some 500m turbospeed AND 5km stamina! Hopefully I stop coughing before then too, and hopefully the wind dies down in Welland for Canadian Team trails... Good Luck everyone!

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