Unfair and unhappy: weightlifting at the Samoa XVI Pacific Games in 2019. From left, Feagaiga Stowers (silver), Laurel Hubbard (gold), and Iuniarra Sipaia (bronze) / Samoa Observer
Like many children of the 70s, I came of age watching Olympians like Mary Lou Retton, Greg Louganis, Scott Hamilton, and Carl Lewis.
They were like young gods; the world held its breath as they gracefully broke the rules of gravity, time, distance, force and speed. The laws of nature appeared to bow to their incredible talents.
For a brief season, mere mortals like me could contemplate the world’s best athletes in awe and admiration. I studied the physiques and mindsets of the female athletes and wondered if I would grow up to have the spring-like stature of a gymnast, the steady hands of an archer, or the endurance of a marathoner.
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Way to storm the podium! Monster Energy congratulates its mountain bike athletes on a strong performance at the Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Les Gets, France, this weekend.
LES GETS, France (PRWEB) July 07, 2021
In the Elite Women downhill MTB race, new Monster Energy team rider and 2020 UCI Downhill World Cup Champion Camille Balanche claimed a podium spot: In a competitive final race overshadowed by rain, the 31-year-old from La Chaux-de-Fond, Switzerland took third place with a 4:15.480-minute finish time.
On the strength of this weekend s results, Monster Energy riders dominate thecurrent UCI Mountain Bike World Cup leaderboard rankings: Dapréla leads the Elite Men s scores with 390 points, Balanche commands first place in the Women s UCI Downhill MTB World Cup overall standings; also with 390 points. The 2021 season will feature two more race events in Europe before the World Cup final in Snowshoe, United States.
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