While 'summer sports' athletes have been competing at the Paris Olympics, winter athletes like Boris Standish are busy preparing to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Long before the ski lifts start turning, the 19-year-old can be spotted via the snow cams on the Bourke Street ski run, climbing up the mountain with his cross-country skis on.
Standish is hoping to defend his title in the Under 22 Junior Male Short Individual, which he won last year."We ski a long loop, come into the shooting range and shoot laying down do another loop then shoot standing and then one more loop into the finish line," Standish says. In an Olympic sport that may be one and done, Australia's first breaker bows out in 'different' performance
"You're watching people fly up the track and fly down the track then all of a sudden a TV screen pops up and you see someone shooting and they might be winning the race by a minute but then they miss and they're done.""It is pretty tough. We are ranked outside the top 20 nations of the world, so there are only wildcard spots for us," Paul says.Standish is aware of how challenging it will be but is willing to give it his best shot.
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