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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Shani Davis . . . Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist in the Men's 1000m

Tonight long track speed skater Shani Davis won the gold medal again in the men's 1000m. And Chad Hedrick took the bronze. I do believe that Shani is the first ever to get the gold in this event back to back like this at the Olympics. Congratulations, Shani!

Team USA . . . I'm so proud of you tonight! Keep up the great work!

Signing off for today. God bless your socks off,

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Nancy Swider-Peltz Jr

One the first things that stands out to me as different about Nancy as a skater is her cool relationship with her coach. Life as a speed skater is hard. Your coach is often the one who has to give you all the hard assignments . . . Now, who in your life could possibly be more hard on you as a skater than your coach? What if your coach were your mother? That's right—Nancy's mother is her coach. Nancy Swider-Peltz, Sr., is a three-time Olympic speed skater. I think it's cool how Nancy (Jr.) is now at the 2010 Winter Olympics continuing the family dream!

(So, I'm updating this post with a comment I received last night from a new found friend that I wanted to be sure you all saw. Looks like I had a few details wrong above and I like the way that this was all put.)

"Deborah said...

Nancy Sr is actually a four-time Olympian who participated in eight Olympic trials. She is also a world-records holder. They do have a wonderful relationship and have even roofed their own house together. Nancy Sr has devoted her whole adult life to speedskating and now to Nancy Jr. Why wasn't she allowed on the track to coach her daughter while she was competing? The entire family is devoted to each other and to God. Nancy's dad is one of the best fathers/husbands on earth!"

After receiving that comment/bit of information I just wanted to make sure you all saw it.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Chad Hedrick

So, I'm trying to write this while watching the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic . . . and I don't really have anything else to say but that I'm super excited! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Chad Hedrick: Another one of our (US) long track speed skaters.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Games

I don't know about you guys, but I can't wait till the Olympics start up tomorrow night.

So I figure this would be a good time to pull out some of my images of some of the speed skaters you will be seeing representing the US Olympic team over the next couple weeks.

Shani Davis:

I can't wait to see him compete at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics games. This guy comes around the track so fast it's scary. He is a world record holder and a great guy.