Gwendalyn Gibson on her unlikely path to World Cup racing and bringing a fresh perspective to the 2025 season

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Gwen Gibson is one of the best World Cup XCO racers in the world, but she almost didn’t make it into the professional ranks. In college, she juggled racing with a full class schedule and held down three jobs to make ends meet. When she graduated, she thought it was probably time to quit her dreams of being a World Cup racer and find a ‘real’ career path. But then she started showing up to races and beating some of her idols, and in 2022, she had a breakout season, winning a World Cup short tr...

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0:00.0	Most of that race, that short track, I was like not even in the front group.
0:03.9	And then we're coming around like the last bend into the finish.
0:07.3	And I like ride on to Jenny's wheel.
0:09.5	And I was, oh my gosh, wait, could I win?
0:12.0	I started sprinting like way too early to like at the end of the pavement.
0:16.2	Because I was just like, I don't care.
0:17.7	This is it.
0:18.5	This is my shot.
0:19.2	I kept looking like surely someone's going to pass me.
0:21.4	What's happening?
0:22.9	There was no post up that happened.
0:25.2	Like, I imagine.
0:26.0	I just immediately started solving.
0:28.2	It's showtime, everybody.
0:30.5	Showtime.
0:33.0	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:36.8	This is the world as it exists today.
0:41.6	Life moves pretty fast.
0:44.0	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:46.5	You could miss it.
0:49.6	Listen, we talk about practice.
0:52.7	Repeat on the dude's room.
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