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" I converted from softball. We've got volleyball, we've got track and field. Athletes come from anywhere and then convert into bobsled. "
Elana Meyers
Volleyball
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" Find your passion, set a goal, go to work, evaluate, reassess, and repeat. "
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" For me, it's always been about continually challenging myself and continually figuring out how to go down the hill faster. "
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" I was always encouraged to participate in whatever sports I wanted to be in. "
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" I've been on every type of nutrition plan you can think of. "
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" All sports have a zone, but ours is at 95 mph. You can feel the speed; you can feel the wind. It's the most euphoric thing I've ever done. "
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" I'm not big on protein shakes - I think they're pretty gross, actually - so I have to make sure I eat enough meat, fish, and other good protein sources. "
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" Bobsled is a universal sport, and most people don't know that. Anybody can slide down a hill. "
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" I played softball at George Washington University, and then I played professionally for the Mid-Michigan Ice. I had a couple of tryouts with the U.S. Olympic Team, but I don't know if I have a word to describe how bad one of the tryouts was. It was the worst tryout in the history of tryouts. It was that bad. "
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" I grew up in Douglasville, Georgia. My father played football for the Atlanta Falcons. We lived a bunch of places when I was younger. I was born in California. We lived in Chicago for a little bit, and finally, we ended up in Georgia. "
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" I know how much my mom has impacted my journey and how much I wouldn't be where I am without my mom. As much as she says she's proud of me, I'm even more so proud of her because of what she's done and how she's been able to raise me and my sisters. "
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" You get this feeling in bobsled, like a combination of excitement, anxiety, and pure nervousness, and you get that combination only very few times. "
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" When bobsled is going right - and it sometimes goes wrong - it's the closest thing I could imagine to being a superhero. "
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" I'm a squat person: I love squats. I love back squats, things like that. "
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" We train six days a week, and each day includes some type of running or strength workout. It's all about getting functionally stronger in the positions that matter for racing, which means balancing the strength between my quads and hamstrings. "
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" I love this sport, and I want people to have the opportunities that I have. I want the kid in the inner city to know that she can be a bobsledder one day, and I want the kid in the middle of Africa to know that she can be a bobsledder one day. So the more that we can go out there and grow the sport, the better. "
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" If I'm honest, the thing I remember the most was the team mascot, Freddie the Falcon. I really remember there was a McDonald's nearby, and I remember eating a cheeseburger in the playground when the Falcon appeared. I'm not sure my dad appreciates that being my favorite memory of him playing. "
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