Riley Amos on the Olympics and a dominant World Cup season

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Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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After going nearly undefeated on the World Cup circuit this year, U23 XCO rider Riley Amos returns to the show to talk about the season and the lead-up to the Olympics, which have just gotten underway in Paris. He talks about the heated points pursuit that the U.S. team undertook to snag two Olympic slots, and how this goal was at times in conflict with his personal quest to qualify. He talks about what it’s like having his first elite race be the Olympics, why going home to Durango was an es...

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0:00.0	I've really, really thrived when I have these underdog opportunities.
0:05.2	I love showing up at these races at 17 years old with Keegan Swenson, Russell, you.
0:11.4	I loved being the little shit trying to take a stab at the big guys.
0:14.8	Like, I loved trying to be somebody.
0:18.6	And I don't think that's changed.
0:20.7	Like, it's one thing I've just loved. Like, I don't think about how hard it's going to be somebody. And I don't think that's changed. Like it's one thing I've just loved.
0:22.3	Like I don't think about how hard it's going to be or how I can perform.
0:26.5	I'm truly just thinking about like,
0:28.0	I want to surprise some people, you know?
0:30.5	And it truly,
0:31.4	I truly,
0:31.9	truly,
0:32.0	truly have no pressure this Olympic cycle.
0:33.7	Like it's just such an opportunity that I've been given to go. I'm really going to just
0:38.4	try and experience it for as much as I can. It's showtime, everybody. Showtime! You've been
0:46.7	living in a dream world, Neil. This is the world as it exists today.
0:56.3	Life moves pretty fast.
0:58.8	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
1:00.2	You could miss it.
1:04.8	Listen, we talk about practice.
1:06.9	Repeat on the dude's room.
1:08.8	Donnie, you're out of your element.
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