From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

“They paid no attention to women,” Di Centa said in a 1994 Sports Illustrated interview. “We skied,…”

““They paid no attention to women,” Di Centa said in a 1994 Sportsbr/
Illustrated interview. “We skied, but we were taught nothing. Thebr/
world of cross-country skiing used unnatural systems-yes, blood dopingbr/
[then legal] went on. I didn’t agree with these things so I quit.””br/br/ – em Di Centa  (In case you didn’t know, blood doping was LEGAL until 1986. WTF.)/em