Training 'fell into place' for Yukon's Dahria Beatty at Olympics

Dahria Beatty is feeling pretty good about her performances so far at the Olympics.

"We always try to tailor training so that we're at our best in the season for an Olympics or for a world championships — and I think I've actually managed to do that this time," Beatty told CBC's Yukon Morning from Beijing.

"The training kind of fell into place as it was supposed to."

The 27-year-old cross-country skier — the only Yukon athlete at these Games — has been notching up some impressive performances, including a finish in the top 30 of the 15-kilometre skiathlon.     

She was also the top Canadian finisher in the 10-kilometre classic race, placing 18th — a career highlight.

"I was able to execute the plan I'd made for myself almost perfectly, which doesn't happen that often," she said.

"[It was] only my second-ever time in the top 20 in a distance race at the World Cup or Olympic level. So I'm super thrilled with that race. It couldn't have gone much better for me that day."

She's also extremely proud to have made it to the knockout rounds in the sprint freestyle race, reaching the quarter-finals with a top 30 result in the qualifying round, before finishing fifth in her quarter-final heat.

Beatty — along with Katherine Stewart-Jones, Cendrine Browne and Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt — also had an impressive finish in the women's 4x5km relay this past weekend, coming ninth. That was Team Canada's best result in a women's cross-country relay since 2002. 

Beatty says she was "very excited" with their relay performance.

"Relays are a ton of fun, and you're representing so much more than just yourself," she said.

She has two more events to go — the team sprint event on Wednesday with teammate Katherine Stewart-Jones, and the 30-kilometre