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Laurens Olympic Experience


Video Title: (Laurens Olympic Experience)
Video Duration: 2:55
From: cn2news
Category: News and Politics
apr 12, 2010: rock hill, sc it's not everyday someone from south carolina competes in the olympics, let alone the winter olympics. as you've been watching here on cn2 news, york county native lauren cholewinski was on the women's speed skating team during this year's olympic games in vancouver. you could say lauren got her need for speed right here in rock hill. she was in town recently to visit family and friends for the first time since the olympics. cn2's james lamberts caught up with lauren during her visit and talks with her about what it means to be called an olympian. "when hearing just the roar of the crowd when they announce your name, for your compeion. that's something i'll never forget. i was shaking and smiling all at the same time and just all the pride you feel to see all the american flags waving around. it was surreal," says olympian lauren cholewinski. "it was just one of the best moments i've ever had in my life and that is something i will never ever forget." to get there she started at kate's skate on celanese road. lauren's track coach at sullivan middle school and her in-line speed skating coach at kate's both remember what kind of compeor she was. "she was tough. fast. ruged. wasn't scared to get in there and throw a p and hope she didn't fall. a lot of kids would hold back on a p, she wouldn't," said coach donnie allen. "you could see greatness in the 8th grade and she's just fulfilled what her legacy was going to be," track coach ltbgt...lt bgt
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