Rosie Brennan Takes on Tour de Ski Ranked #1

The Tour de Ski is a cross-country skiing event that takes place in Europe and is modeled after the Tour de France. This year, Rosie Brennan will be the first U.S. cross-country skier to start the eight stage Tour ranked number one. After several injuries, illness, getting cut from the Olympic team twice, the death of her father and some self doubt, she persevered and has gone from never ranking higher than 17th to first in the overall standings. Brennan credits the pandemic with her being able to train with, “no interruptions, no distractions, no weddings, no training camps, no nothing. Maybe doing something different this year was what I needed”. Asked what has kept her going through her setbacks she said, “There’s just always been something inside of me that has felt I'm capable of more than what I’ve shown, and I have a really strong desire to prove that mostly to myself. As long as that feeling has been there, I’ve always been able to find a way to fight back.” Read Brennan’s story here.