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Canadian Sport Institute Calgary – Welcome to our new Legacy Link series, where we periodically profile former CSI Calgary supported athletes and the impact they continue to have in their communities, across the country and around the globe.

Legacy Link:  Beckie Scott’s Great Spirit

Her story is well known to Canadians – the outspoken anti-doping crusader and eventual* Olympic Champion in cross-country skiing cemented her legacy as a clean sport leader at a time when doping in Olympic sport was just bubbling below the surface. 

Hailing from Vermillion, Alberta, where she established the grit and desire to become a Canadian legend in her sport, Scott found the courage to speak out against the doping she knew was so prevalent, something which, until then, athletes simply didn’t do.  In doing so, the book has been re-written on clean sport.

Scott’s career is a testament not only to her strength as an athlete but to her strength of character, too.  Her countless medals pale in comparison to the impact she has had within the sphere of anti-doping and clean sport. Her roles include sitting on the IOC Athlete’s Commission and WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency), where she has fought for tougher anti-doping rules and sanctions.  She has also supported Right To Play and unicef, working to empower disadvantaged youth around the world.  

Had she stopped there, for it certainly would have been enough, she could easily be forgiven for fading leisurely into the sunset.  But that would be a major underestimation of her potential, despite her own misgivings about the future.

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Written by Kristina Groves: @kngrover

08/11/17