What does marathon running have to do with aerial skiing? Everything if you’re Winter Vinecki, who fittingly will become the first Winter Olympian named “Winter” when she makes her Olympic debut for Team USA this month in China.
“Running and competing in other sports helped me be a better all-around athlete,” wrote Vinecki in a recent first-person essay for TeamUSA.org. Now 23, she set two world records as a 14-year-old when she became the youngest person to run a marathon on seven continents, and for being part of the first daughter-mother duo to do so when her mom, Dawn, joined her on the quest. Read More
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