INTERVIEW
CYCLE NEWS RIDER OF THE YEAR KAILUB RUSSELL
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ligament that looked like a piece of
frayed and shredded silk ribbon. In less
than two weeks he was going to be the
patient in the hospital when his ante-
rior cruciate ligament was scheduled
for reconstruction. Nearly a month had
passed since Russell tore his ACL at the
International Six Days enduro in Kosice,
Slovakia. He went through hell unsuc-
cessfully trying to finish his duty to Team
USA, came home, and went through two
more bouts of torture to win the GNCC
and Enduro Championships. Enjoying the
first few days of his son's life is merely a
respite from the rigors of rehab because
March 6, the day another GNCC title de-
fense begins, will be less than five months
away from the date of surgery.
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GNCC has seen domination before; in
36 years the series has only crowned 14
different champions and Ed Lojak alone
has won a quarter of the titles—nine of the
first 10. But Kailub Russell possibly hit the
After getting
off to a good
start in the
AMA National
Enduro
Championship,
Russell stuck
with it and
went on to win
the title.
