Brittany Bowe

It always has been a goal of mine to compete in the Olympics. Right after I graduated from college, I moved out to Salt Lake City with my mind focused on making the 2014 team. ”

When I was a kid. I had traveled the world by the time I was 13 years old because of all the competitions I did for inline skating. ”

You have to be a student of the game to be successful, and it's promising when you can say that, with a world-record performance, I still have things to improve on! ”

There's nowhere like home for me, but there has been something so interesting about most of the places I've visited. One that sticks out in my mind is traveling around South America. It's a huge continent, and I only got to see a small portion of it, but I've always liked going there. ”

I guess I could take things from every place that I've been and find something familiar and wonderful about it that makes me feel like I'm at home. ”

I remember that the first country I visited was Canada, and then France. After that, I knew that I loved traveling and seeing the world. I feel that I'm so blessed and fortunate to get to visit so many places and see the world. ”

The holidays are important, but the path I've chosen doesn't take that into consideration. I do what I can to enjoy them, but it's one of the sacrifices of being an athlete. ”

I had always dreamed of being an Olympian, and something clicked inside of me. I knew I had to move to Salt Lake City and make this dream a reality. ”

When I'm starting a race, I just completely narrow down my vision and focus on what's directly ahead of me. ”

For me, I always think about keeping my upper body relaxed, my hips level, and my right side down on the turn. If I work on nailing those three things at every practice, I hope that by the time I get into a race situation I can stay completely focused on the task at hand, and the rest will happen naturally. ”