Twenty year old Dasha Gaiazova skied herself on to the Canadian team after a good season where she was a member of the relay team that captured bronze in the sprint relay at the U-23 Worlds. She is now a member of Canada’s Team 2006 following two years on the junior team. Fasterskier.com got a chance to ask her some questions. Â
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What's your favorite distance and event?<br />
– I really like 5km Classic. Too bad it’s not on the World Cup circuit any more. I also like 10km, both in Classic and Skate. The sprint relay that we did at the Under-23's was lots of fun too, as a race format</p>
<p>What's your focus as far a race distances and technique choice in the future?<br />
– I don't know… I just race everything, and try really hard to do well in all distances and techniques.</p>
<p>You skied on the bronze medal team in the sprint relay at last years U-23 Worlds. It could have ended with silver and gold what not that far away. Please describe that race and how you felt.<br />
– Well, I was really concentrated through my warm-up and I also remember that Chandra and I stayed together most part of the warm-up. We did it together. We also talked a lot about our exchange (and practiced it). In the race, we agreed with our coach, Mike that we wanted to try to be the ones who push the pace, always stay in front. However, as the race went, I noticed that both Swiss and Italian girls were better double-polers than me, because they always out sprinted me on the flat. I still worked very hard and double poled as hard as I could. In general, it was so exciting to race and then to watch Chandra battle up in front, I just loved it.<br />
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