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12.14.2009
- Officially Vancouver Bound!
It's official!
I was able to officially qualify to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in the 1000m, 1500m and Ladies 3000m Relay! I am so thankful!
Thank you God, and everyone, for helping me make this happen.
We won a silver medal in the Ladies 3000m Relay! The past two World Cups were Olympic qualifiers. They qualified our country to compete at the Olympics in Vancouver. It is a unique event -- it doesn't only matter how you do, but whether or not your country can take part in the Games.
If something happens -- like a fall or a disqualification -- which is common in short track, there's a possibility that you, or someone else, or your country could not skate at the Olympics!
There are more countries at this event than at the Olympics and nearly three times the number of competitors that will have the opportunity to race for a medal at the Olympics.
Only 32 ladies and men per distance will race in Vancouver and only eight countries in the relay. I will be one of those skaters!
It was interesting in the locker room in that one skater said, "my dreams of racing in the Olympics are already shattered," as he headed into one of his last races. There's a lot of pressure... more>>
Feb 08, 2010
Allison Baver competing in three events
While going through rehabilitation from a broken leg during the spring and summer, Allison Baver received a large amount of support from her USA short-track speedskating teammates........... more>>
While going through rehabilitation from a broken leg during the spring and summer, Allison Baver received a large amount of support from her USA short-track speedskating teammates........... more>>
Feb 02, 2010
Exit Interview: Allison Baver
The Reading speed skater goes for gold in the Vancouver Olympics
A YEAR AGO, short-track speed skater Allison Baver was slumped on the ice with her tibia — and her dreams of winning gold in Vancouver — in pieces. Seven months later, the 29-year-old made a miraculous comeback, qualifying for her third Olympics and finding time to pose half-naked in a fitness magazine. Take that, broken leg! Baver put her training schedule on hold to discuss her roller-coaster year, getting dissed by the Sixers, and the unlikely patron saint of her sport, Stephen Colbert. ........ more>>
The Reading speed skater goes for gold in the Vancouver Olympics
A YEAR AGO, short-track speed skater Allison Baver was slumped on the ice with her tibia — and her dreams of winning gold in Vancouver — in pieces. Seven months later, the 29-year-old made a miraculous comeback, qualifying for her third Olympics and finding time to pose half-naked in a fitness magazine. Take that, broken leg! Baver put her training schedule on hold to discuss her roller-coaster year, getting dissed by the Sixers, and the unlikely patron saint of her sport, Stephen Colbert. ........ more>>
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