00:00Standing on a pine log with a razor-sharp racing axe,
00:03Andrea Hand was one single event away
00:05from her third national championship.
00:08All she needed was a second-place finish
00:10to lock in the title.
00:12The buzzer sounds, and her rival pulls ahead in the back,
00:15slicing through timber in a blistering 23 seconds.
00:18With heavy steel swinging inches from her boots,
00:21Andrea refuses to panic.
00:24She hammers through the final block at 29 seconds,
00:26securing the silver and clinching her third national crown.
00:30Championship composure under pressure.