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The U.S. Olympic team is taking shape in the run-up to next month's Winter Games in Russia. This week, the Olympic cross-country ski team names the athletes who'll be going to Sochi, and veteran Kris Freeman is vying for another spot.
The 33-year-old Freeman already has been to three Olympic Games, and he's considered the country's best long distance racer over the past decade.
All that despite the fact that he has diabetes.
Freeman has had a successful career filled with challenges; first and foremost managing his disease while becoming an elite competitor in one of the most physically taxing sports there is. But this past year, Freeman encountered a new obstacle when his long relationship with the national ski team abruptly ended.
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/20/264050641/u-s-olympic-skier-finds-team-spirit-minus-the-team
The 33-year-old Freeman already has been to three Olympic Games, and he's considered the country's best long distance racer over the past decade.
All that despite the fact that he has diabetes.
Freeman has had a successful career filled with challenges; first and foremost managing his disease while becoming an elite competitor in one of the most physically taxing sports there is. But this past year, Freeman encountered a new obstacle when his long relationship with the national ski team abruptly ended.
http://www.npr.org/2014/01/20/264050641/u-s-olympic-skier-finds-team-spirit-minus-the-team
