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Ep. 114 | This Murder Case Took a Turn Nobody Expected | Moriah Wilson
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Moriah Wilson: The Making of a Champion
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Mo Wilson was born on May 18, 1996, in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, into a family of elite athletes: her father Eric and aunt Laura competed on the U.S. ski team, with Laura reaching two Olympics. Mo captained the soccer team at Burke Mountain Academy, earned letters in three sports, played piano, and was inducted into academic honor societies. She looked set for Olympic skiing until back-to-back ACL tears redirected everything. Rather than mourn the loss of one dream, Mo found another — gravel cycling. She finished 2nd overall in her very first gravel race in San Francisco in 2019 and never slowed down [1] — Host "Moriah Wilson went from never considering cycling as a career to winning 10 events in a single year and leading the Lifetime Grand Prix sta…" 09:40 . By early 2022 she was winning major events by 25-minute margins, beating Olympians, and leading the inaugural Lifetime Grand Prix standings. Off the bike, everyone remembered her warmth first — she was cooking dinner for fellow athletes the night before races she'd go on to win.
Moriah Wilson went from never considering cycling as a career to winning 10 events in a single year and leading the Lifetime Grand Prix standings — all in under three years. She beat Olympians, crushed seasoned World Tour pros, and did it all while being universally loved by everyone she raced alongside.
Moriah Wilson went from her first gravel race in 2019 to leading the Lifetime Grand Prix standings and winning 10 events in a single year — all within three years of starting competitive cycling.
Mo Wilson won the Belgian Waffle Ride by an extraordinary 25-minute margin, demonstrating her dominance over the professional women's peloton.
