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Olympic Athlete - Eric Mitchell
It was up to the youngest member of the Canadian contingent would compete in the winter Olympics next month at whistler Olympic park. And, quite frankly, 17-year-old Eric Mitchell had left it a little late He and coach Greagor Linsig had traveled through Europe to ski jump competitions one or two rungs below the world up in hopes of secruing enough qualifying points to reach the olympic standard, which, in turn, would give canada the maximum representation of four jumpers, and which in turn would make canada eligible to compete in the team event. So there they were in Otepaa, Estonia, less than a week before christmas, and basically down to their final opportunity. And, a tricky one at that. It was a hard competition; recalled Mitchell on thursday. "it was really cold, the conditions were all over the place, and it was a new jump that they were testing.
Article posted January 25, 2010 at 02:00 PM •
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