OLYMPIC PREVIEW WHAT TO WATCH FOR
ON TWITTER TEAM USA
Laura Bennett @LauraRBennett
Sarah Groff @sgroffy
Manuel Huerta @trimanny
Gwen Jorgensen @gwenjorgensen
Hunter Kemper @hunterkemper
OTHERS Jonathan Brownlee @jonny_brownlee
Alistair Brownlee @AliBrownleetri
Helen Jenkins @heljinx
Nicola Spirig @NicolaSpirig
Sven Riederer @svenriederer
Brent McMahon @tribrentmcmahon
Simon Whitfield @simonwhitfield
Paula Findlay @PaulaFindlay
Erin Densham @erindensham
Brad Kahlefeldt @gosticksy
Andrea Hewitt @andreahewittnz
Jan Frodeno @janfrodeno
Bevan Docherty @bevanjdocherty
Javier Gomez @Jgomeznoya
David Hauss @Davhauss
Laurent Vidal @laurentvidal
Kris Gemmell @KrisGemmell_
Ryan Sissons @ryansissons
Emma Moffatt @_moffy
Aileen Morrison @aileenmorr
QUOTABLE
“It’s everything. The Olympics — it wasn’t these two hours, it wasn’t [training] the last four years,
it’s been all my life.” — MANUEL HUERTA after qualifying for the Games in San Diego (
SI.com)
“I put a lot of pressure on this day, last year in London I just had a terrible day for some reason, I’m still just not quite sure what happened. In the end I think it was a blessing in
disguise.” — LAURA BENNETT after qualifying in San Diego
“No. That doesn’t interest me.” — What GWEN JORGENSEN initially told USA Triathlon when asked to join the Collegiate Recruitment Program. (Los Angeles Times)
“In 2008 I wasn’t ready to go to the Olympics I think. But I was definitely ready this time around. ... The past three years have been really tough. I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs. It’s been a long road and I am really pleased
to be back.” — SARAH GROFF after qualifying for the Olympics in 2011 (
slowtwitch.com)
“It means a lot of hard work [to be a four-time Olympian]. A lot of dedication and a lot of faith. It’s a special thing. … It’s a special club and I
am glad to be a part of it.” — HUNTER KEMPER
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE U.S. TRIATHLON TEAM Huerta’s journey to
becoming an Olympic athlete is just your usual tale of a Castro-fl eeing Cuban immigrant honing his skills on the side of an active volcano in Costa Rica. — David Minsky, Miami New Times
When Kemper lined
up for the fi nal U.S. Men’s Olympic Qualifi cation event in San Diego, he had not raced in seven months. No one outside his family and coach Cliff English knew if he still had enough to beat a rising contingent of talented American men like Jarrod Shoemaker, Matt Chrabot, Manuel Huerta and Greg Billington. — Timothy Carlson, Slowtwitch
60 USA TRIATHLON SUMMER 2012 “Gwen’s got great natural
speed. And she’s a fi ghter. She loves to compete.” — Jim Stintzi, Wisconsin women’s track coach (Los Angeles Times)
Here’s what Hunter
Kemper’s triathlon training consisted of back in January: lying in bed, hooked up to an IV drip for 90 minutes twice a day. — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune
Gwen Jorgensen is
making triathlon look easy. Less than 18 months after fi nishing her fi rst triathlon, the former swimmer and All-American runner at Wisconsin qualifi ed for the London Olympics. — Nancy Armour, AP
[Sarah] Groff was a
diff erent story. The 30-year- old had made a surprisingly close run at the 2008 US Olympic team and since then had gotten her act together with the help of coach Darren Smith and had many top-10 WCS fi nishes culminating with a confi dence-inspiring, landmark, third-place podium fi nish at Kitzbuhel in June. Nothing remarkable there — except for the fact that she suff ered a second fracture of her sacrum in November 2010 and in December and January she could neither run nor bike and could only walk with extreme pain. — Timothy Carlson, Slowtwitch
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