Sunday, January 9, 2022

25 days until the Beijing Winter Olympics

In a few days, teams will be finalized. The nordic and biathlon squads have several people who have pre-qualified or have met objective criteria, however there are several spots still to be determined by discretion.  Scott Patterson (bib #1) had a good run at the recent national championships at Soldier Hallow. In the picture below, he led the pack almost wire to wire in the 30k.

Next to Gus Schumacher he is clearly our best distance skier, however there may only be five (possibly) six slots for the men, and some of our best men are sprinters. It is going to be tight … keeping my fingers crossed because he is a beast in the 50k.