Gus Schumacher, a 25-year-old cross-country skier from Anchorage, Alaska, is making significant strides in a sport traditionally dominated by Scandinavian countries, achieving milestones that have raised expectations for Team USA.
He will be the first to tell you that he doesn’t like losing. Schumacher says survival of the fittest is not the Golden Rule: “The fittest person does not always win.” He says he has the will to win.
“I was a kid that would not give up,” Schumacher said. “I’d cry when I lost, you know, like I really wanted to be good.”…