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br /Often we can forget that Elena Luethi comes from Switzerland. Her affable personality and ease with the American culture wouldn’t lead you to believe that she hasn’t been to her home for over seven months. We all missed her today as we competed in one of her favorite events–the skate sprint up her in Presque Isle, Maine. She missed us too and here is a short blog post where she sums up the last couple weeks of her GMVS (and American…and Vermont) experience.
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