Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: North Carolina kid trades inline skates for ice skates and rises quickly through the ranks, just in time to make a run at the Winter Olympics.
No one is calling Heather Richardson the next Joey Cheek just yet, but she’s definitely an athlete to watch as the countdown to the Vancouver Olympics hits the one-year mark this week.
Richardson, a 19-year-old from High Point, is the reigning U.S. champion in long-track speedskating’s sprint events and recently finished 20th at the World Sprints…. More info
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