APU skier Kikkan Randall (22) of Anchorage, Alaska is training well and making solid progress. She skied strong at the recent Continental cup series at Soldier Hollow and captured one second and two third places. She is a medal contender at any event at the 2005 US Nationals and has a good chance of making the team for the upcoming Worlds in Oberstdorf, Germany.
 the day before the opening of the 2005 US National Championship. We skied a few kilometers together and chatted about training and racing. </p>
<p>Skiing side-by-side in good, low downhill positions down the longest and fastest downhill, she looked at her “watch†at then at me and said:<br />
-66.2 kilometer per hour!<br />
Nice to know and nice gadget!</p>
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