Olympians win at U.S. Championships

RUMFORD – Olympian Carl Swenson and Rebecca Dussault made it two titles in two races Monday at the Chevrolet U.S. Cross Country Championships as a record-breaking number of skiers raced.

Swenson, of Park City, Utah, won his 10th U.S. championship as he covered the two-lap, 10-kilometer classic technique course in 26 minutes, 5.1 seconds. Lars Flora, another 2002 Olympian from Anchorage, Alaska, was silver medalist in 26:27.2 and local favorite Dave Chamberlain, from nearby Bethel, won the bronze.

Swenson, who returns to World Cup racing in Europe in several days, said he wasn’t about to take things easy.

“It’s not like I’m holding back or anything,” he said. “When I put on a bib, I’m gonna go as fast as I can.”