
Getting the tag from Kikkan!
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Happy and ready to go! (photo by Flying Point)
I guess I could back up a little bit. The team sprint prep started…well…technically, it started years and years ago because in our sport, you need thousands of hours of training to build up that fitness base. But for the sake of your sanity, let’s jump in at the day before the team sprint.
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The girls, ready to march in Opening Ceremonies. Keeping the vibe positive and happy from day one!

Couldn’t fit everyone in the photo, but here’s a few of the amazing people that made it happen! (photo from Flying Point)

Sadie sporting the relay day face paint and glitter!

How I USUALLY show up at the venue…bags everywhere. (photo from Sadie)

Getting to give Cork a great big hug after the race!
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Heading out hard!
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Kikkan making a good clean tag!
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Final 100 meters.
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This feeling…
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Trying to process what had just happened! (Cody Downard photo)

This moment was the best feeling ever!
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Happy tears with Liz (Noah Hoffman photo)

Getting congrats from the other girls – although clearly, I’m still out of it!
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A photo from earlier in the week of my support crew! Auntie Holly, Wade, Uncle Blair, my Dad, Meme, Mom and Sister.
We were pulled one way for the flower ceremony, then the media began. Then anti-doping (I was tested 5 times during the games), then a press conference, then the Today Show and more media. We got home well after midnight! At some point someone sat me down and put a piece of pizza in my hand, which felt like the kindest gesture in the world. Then it was time to still celebrate what we had accomplished, but also figure out how to focus in again for the last event of the games. I wasn’t done racing yet!

Getting a hug from Wade right after the race! (Cody Downard photo)

Dancing on the medals stand. Sorry, not sorry for that!
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My big wall of happy above my bed, filled with good luck pictures and notes from home!

Really, really tired after that skiathlon!
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Classic striding it out! (photo from Jesse Vaananen)

The cheering at the Chilkoot cafe in the middle of the night! I got this after my first race, and it really made my day.

Right after the relay.
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My cheering squad in their “Go Jessie” shirts and Mukluk boots!

So happy! (photo from Noah Hoffman)

Obviously worth the stress!
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Giving our coaches the medal of Ikkos for their outstanding support! Erik Flora, Jason Cork, Kikkan, Me, Chris Grover, Matt Whitcomb.
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Let’s make this happen again!
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Happy kids! Anne, Andy, me, Sophie, Paddy, Simi. (photo from Logan Hanneman)