Pure Alaska gold: Kikkan Randall, the world's dominant sprint skier who competes for the Nordic Center at Alaska Pacific University, wowed the world on Sunday when she and U.S. teammate Jessica Diggins absolutely routed other teams in the World Championships, Sunday in Italy.
Kikkan powered ahead of her competitors from Sweden and Finland to win by an astonishing 7.8-second margin -- an unheard-of margin of victory in a race typically decided by tenths of a second. It's just the latest in a string of impressive victories on the world stage for Kikkan Randall, who works at Skinny Raven Sports in Anchorage when she's not training to dominate the best in the world.
How did Anchorage produce a Nordic skier who puts the Nords to shame? Hear the East High School legend's formula for success, which she shared with Alaska Dispatch photographer Loren Holmes in an interview last year.