Chandra Crawfordis a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001 at the age of 16. Prior to this, she was a biathlete for five years. She was born in Canmore, Alberta, Canada... (wikipedia)
Usually I run out of energy by the final. Today, I had plenty of energy.
I'm so surprised, I started the day hoping to be in the top 30 and now I've won.
That was the second hardest thing I had to do. I had to hold it. I had to pee so bad, but there was a big line in front of me and I had to hold it.
Ten minutes and you're done and you can go and get a coffee.
The way she hammered off from the lead and challenged people to come after her was an attitude handed down to me.
I'm very competitive. I just naturally fight my way to the finish.
I figured if I could get rid of the shooting part of it, I'd be OK. But it was good training because all that getting up and down is pretty demanding.