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06.19.2009
- We did it! I'm back!
I'm back in Utah training with the U.S. short track national team! :-)
I am so thankful that I can just skate. The past few months, I have done so many hours of crazy rehab! I will be backtracking through my journal and catching up on my posts over the next couple weeks regarding my awesome experiences and people I met along the way. Maybe you can learn from it.
My sister Crystal made the trip this past weekend to Colorado Springs, Colorado to help me drive to Utah. We went through Rocky Mountain National Park -- it was cool! We saw a moose, and they're so huge! Then I got a speeding ticket, and at some point during our trip we hit a bird (well, the bird flew into my car!).
So the lesson is --- drive the speed limit... more>>
I'm back in Utah training with the U.S. short track national team! :-)
I am so thankful that I can just skate. The past few months, I have done so many hours of crazy rehab! I will be backtracking through my journal and catching up on my posts over the next couple weeks regarding my awesome experiences and people I met along the way. Maybe you can learn from it.
My sister Crystal made the trip this past weekend to Colorado Springs, Colorado to help me drive to Utah. We went through Rocky Mountain National Park -- it was cool! We saw a moose, and they're so huge! Then I got a speeding ticket, and at some point during our trip we hit a bird (well, the bird flew into my car!).
So the lesson is --- drive the speed limit... more>>
Mar 17, 2009
Bad break doesn't diminish Baver's Olympic resolve
Despite broken right tibia, Wilson grad "plans to come back stronger than before"
By Terry Bickhart
Reading Eagle
Sinking Spring, PA - Olympic speedskater Allison Baver has accepted the latest challenge to her career with her typical positive outlook.
"Everything happens for a reason," Baver said from her parents' Sinking Spring home. "We were training really hard, so maybe the break will be for the better." ... more>>
Despite broken right tibia, Wilson grad "plans to come back stronger than before"
By Terry Bickhart
Reading Eagle
Sinking Spring, PA - Olympic speedskater Allison Baver has accepted the latest challenge to her career with her typical positive outlook.
"Everything happens for a reason," Baver said from her parents' Sinking Spring home. "We were training really hard, so maybe the break will be for the better." ... more>>
Feb 08, 2009
U.S. speed skater Baver breaks leg during race
Two-time Olympian Allison Baver collided with teammate Katherine Reutter during the third lap of the Ladies 1500m A final at the ISU World Cup short track speed skating event in Sofia, Bulgaria on Sunday, leaving Baver with multiple fractures in her right leg. She will be flying back to Pennsylvania for surgery on Monday....
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Two-time Olympian Allison Baver collided with teammate Katherine Reutter during the third lap of the Ladies 1500m A final at the ISU World Cup short track speed skating event in Sofia, Bulgaria on Sunday, leaving Baver with multiple fractures in her right leg. She will be flying back to Pennsylvania for surgery on Monday....
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