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Sophia Laukli | Beijing OIympics Experience, Broken Arrow Skyrace, Trail Racing Future

Singletrack

Finn Melanson

Wilderness, Trail Running, Sports, Sports News, Mountain Running, Running, Ultrarunning, Ultra Running, News, Ultramarathon

5897 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Text us your thoughts about this episode or ideas for future episodes!Sophia Laukli is an olympic-level nordic skier and Salomon-sponsored trail runner based in Salt Lake City, UT. She's made a big impact on the sub-ultra trail running scene so far this year with a win at the Broken Arrow 26K Skyrace and another podium at Whiteface. In this conversation we talk about growing up in Maine, her rise in the sport of Nordic skiing, how she prepared for and competed in the 2022 Beijing Olympic Game...

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0:00.0

Welcome back or welcome to the single track podcast.

0:03.8

I'm your host Finn Melanson and in this episode we talk with Sophia Laocley, an Olympic

0:08.6

level Nordic skier and Solomon sponsored trail runner based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

0:14.4

She's made a big impact on the sub ultra trail running scene this year with wins at the

0:18.9

Broken Arrow 26k Sky Race, a podium at Whiteface,

0:23.3

and looking ahead she will be on the Euro circuit this summer racing at Sierra's and

0:27.7

all, among other notable high profile events. In this conversation we talk about growing up

0:33.6

in Maine, her rise in the sport of Nordic skiing, how she prepared for and competed

0:39.1

at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games.

0:42.4

I apologize in advance.

0:43.7

I think I said Tokyo during the conversation.

0:46.4

And then we also talk about her entry into trail running and how she plans to manage her

0:50.7

interest in both sports over the next couple of years.

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