Justin Wadsworth and US Ski Team’s Andrew Johnson broke away from the rest of the field right from the start of the 50 km marathon race at Royal Gorge, California.
Wadsworth nips Johnson at Goldrush
FasterSkier · March 22, 2004
 weather and blazing sun rapidly warmed up the snow and caused soft conditions as the race went on. The two-week old now stayed relatively fast, but good structure and heavy rills were the key elements of fast skis.</p><p>Wadsworth and Johnson sprinted side by side (.3 seconds separation) for the victory and the one-ounce of gold awarded to the winner. Patrick Weaver similarly nipped Scott Loomis for the third place, and secured the overall season win of the Americal Ski Marathon (ASM) series. “Forever young†John Engen rounded out the top-5 in the men’s Goldrush division.</p></div><div class=)
Fasterskier’s own John Aalberg dodged the fastest Goldrush skiers, and won the two-lap 30 km Silverrush and the ounce of silver by over 7 minutes – with old College (mid 80’s) competitor Vesa Suomalainen in second place.
, with Katrina Smigun in 2nd and Sigrid Aas in 3rd.</p><p>The one-lap bronze rush, the Junior rush and several youth activities on Saturday rounded out a great weekend in sunny California. Royal Gorge donated all the race proceeds to the Far West Nordic Association, whose juniors are already looking ahead to next year’s Junior Olympics “across the street†from Royal Gorge at Auburn Ski Club.</p><p><<a href=http://www.farwestnordic.org/RaceResults/results20032004/rg040321.html target=results>Full results from the events at Goldrush</a></p>
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Wax report from TorbjornSport:<P></p><p>John Aalberg waxed with SOLDA F-31 Orange covered with SOLDA Warm Fluor Powder</p></div></div></div><div class=)