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I .. ‘_â€" ’;I’~§§3I;, . , ;, ;,\:;I I' 1 ”It looked like a hockey rink and smelled went to the cross country skiing World lutt ' ’ ' . a‘irw‘:é}, ‘ a" T’: 4 a ‘ like a hockey rink, he said With a laugh. tor l'rials in January in V‘alcartier. (Joe. with I ' ’- ' ' . . ' . ., 1" .l";"};:‘;}.fi§‘-f}3’ ‘il' .- ~ , But there were also members of the the sole Intention of picking tip liis game for . _ " k i ' " “4154‘? "‘ ' ' I'q .5“ ‘ linnish and )apanese national team practis7 next year's event. An athlete tan newt have 1' .I , ‘ , . ' ' ., ’ l -' . trig there, so he basically tollowed them too murli experience at big ('(ltnpetllltuls, , I .",‘.' . 13‘s.”.- ' ,i ,~ around to pick up techniques that would But then again. why put oft~ until toniorv ' '- I .5 " I; 4 x i 4‘. help him dtiringthe season, Mission accom7 row what you can do today 7 ,, “ . v '. I) -. " r I a ; plished it seems. . All the member of the Waterloo Region ' . " . ' : "Jim”. l ii 5 1/ \ up; “(Letting on snow in the summerIwakes Nttrdit Sports (,liib, Wlilt‘li trains out of _ . . ‘ 17.1.}? was i I] /Q I \ ‘ up your teehntqtie when you havent been \\'aterluo's Bechtel Park. did was open up the . . ,3 413:: Tedr 5’ I {I '«I‘I s. , on snow for a while You roller ski a lot in the eyesotthe team selection committee. 7 ' ‘ 7 . ”3‘95? s", (L/ I/ ' « . 'JI summer, btit it‘s not the same as being oti He finished seventh in the 157kilometre ~ j . « I- if if V" f . l L thesnow, It was a kit'k'start forsure." elassir race II] 48 minutes. 8.4Iseeonds: . . ‘It”! . » :in I’)\I It?! tuning through the snow with some oi eighth in the 1.2km skate sprint in 1:46.94, ‘7. _ I ~ _ . a . - :15. if; ”a the best in the world was a far cry from his .itter getting the setond tastest clocking in - ' . "s. . ' It; 59933. ff, lirst days at the Waterloo Region l\t)l’(llt‘ the time trials. and \L‘t‘tHlLl tn the 20km ptir- A i 3 .7; 1% ”I, ‘sports ( liih. where his father brought hint suit 7 where the skiers use the classic style. I f _ ‘ II . ' "xii-I9, Ia: ‘\ otit when he was so young he "can't remem betore ihaiiging on the go into skating skis ' ' t, . “ ’t ‘7‘." . her starting” and poles for the final it) km 77 ir157:52.[I). . ‘ . fin-11‘s“ I {1. 3" hut once he got out there he seemed to NH”. there were no guarantees. So Shields , l - . x'tI‘It a545,"; ’ 'I take to the snow He nth otitdoorsy kid any didn't get himself psyched tip tor something '_ »- _ ‘ J ‘..‘I.2I’_'I.I flail-5' y Hit} His dad put hiiii m the tack rahhit pro 1 that wouldn‘t happen I I . . V ' I I‘.I‘" ‘. I; "LP-iii} grant. \s'liit‘h int‘ltided some rates. and that I “lt tust kind at happened.’ Shields said " ' . »~ I" _ I‘ .‘ I I I a. if A! ‘35:". ‘I:' got him hooked prior to leavinglor llinter/arten, trermany. ‘ = .. - . :I -. . " ~ .’ '1, "(a last lorward more than a tlt't'dLlC and "i had a lt'u good rates and qualified for '- / uII 4 ‘III 7' ’ - {if} I’;k-‘I.l. shields still has that talk rahhit iii him. He the team l found out last \‘t‘ednesday that l . . ' I, ‘ LI‘ . N ‘55." l; I_ 351., Eff, , hag? knoxss he‘s going to have to be "quick like a made the team and ll has like. UK. ill just . 7 I - ' , . 1",; \1 - ..-‘ I “ "‘I'I “Ll bunny" to rearh his uorld (hampionslup drop exerx'thmg and go to l urope for three II -~ - III-fix". .3; 'II LI}?- gold. weeks “ L3; ..' ‘. , t .53.? .‘ ' ' . I " \ "It's going to be pretts t'ompetitive (lana , .. , ,I . . . l‘he team lelt mid human for the 2010 . . ' ‘17-? As; 5;" than skiers have been doing pretty well over liinior and Under 3 l World t hampionshtps. " " L3; I ‘ a; ’ . K - . ' I the past twoyears." \hields said. ultere they traitied belon- the attual event, ' . “ i t I I I l "We've been tonsistently finishing in the whith ranlrotttlan.25toill 9,5: ,. top half. With some top llls and sortie shields may try to t'liannel the same . ’f l - , . l medals I‘m hoping tor top half, top it), top energy he had leading up to the trials lot the . “ ‘ , ‘ ' I ' I t, :0 worlds. where ('H‘l’\'llllli . seemed to all 1n ' ‘ ’ [1 [here's tit rea 1 sh ti t ' ' ‘ - - l” h ». I,“ . I .I , . I I l . sort 3. tit finish Ldtlllk for him. I,” -' . -. - '7 o r . l' , . .3 possible, Despite being ranked in the top it) “I had some pretty good training leading ’ V t _ ’ ‘l: ‘ in (.anada for the last couple of vears, no up to race week and l was peaking there ,~ III I a ' t I? 1 ‘ I! â€" l one reallyexpet ted Shields to be in the post lhcre were good t‘oridtttnns and l liked the r , ‘ .. , ~ , _ . 7. ./ tioti he's in now, rourse; the totirse was to my tiilxiiiitage l 3‘- ‘ ‘7'“ ‘ 'l ; "Yeah, l was a hit of a darkhorse." he f9“ great thywhoipvet-ck," hp said I 7 admitted, "hut it wasn‘t too unexpeeted. “ [he hills were big and 1m quitt- it good “I there Was always a possibility, even though hill t'ltmber hit one of the smaller skit'rs at ’ it was only a slight one " five feet. six inches tall Iso it‘s ii llltlt' lt-ss _ . 4;?" l l‘lvtng under the radarhke that might ttist weight to drag up the hills ‘ ’ a . help him slip through to his ultimate goal 'lhi- worlds Will he Shieldss ltrst taste oi fiâ€"k‘”‘**â€"*â€"‘ ‘” “"’ tin-Ulympit s international tompetitioii. hut his set INHl The WB‘QV‘OO “39‘0” “Old": 500‘“ Club’s Andy SWEIUS tompeted at his “'5‘ lUWO' 30d “ltllti is the big lot us.” he said, skiing trip to l tiropt- iii st\ months Undet'B World Championships in write-marten, Germany l6“ WW“ II II . ‘lhen again. it totild be 2014 if things go He attended a training t amp in l inland w” "W ”M ‘ well over the next (’tlllplt' years." . -» l . x , , . vat-l""-\~ l - omeCheck ALL STOCK ON SALE! 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