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“Last weekend, I played a pretty conservative game because I didn’t really know any of the other riders,” said Woods, in a statement. “I just wanted to gauge where everyone was at. But coming into this race, the goal was to go on the second or third lap.” Hailing from the Island, Woods was well acquainted with the rainy conditions. “The course was super muddy, which played to my advantage,” said the 18-year-old pro with Norco Factory. Woods is among four Island riders selected among the 47 athletes to the Cycling Canada NextGen development team for the Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. Erin Attwell and Sarah Van Dam, both of Victoria, are named to the women’s track endurance program, and Emilly Johnston of Comox and Woods to the mountain biking program.
Chinese freeskier Gu Ailing soared to yet more history-making feats over the weekend, further enhancing expectations that the teenager will be a superstar of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The 17-year-old from California, who represents her mother’s homeland of China in competition, is collecting gold medals at an unprecedented rate, including another one Saturday in the women’s freeski slopestyle final at the world championships in Aspen.