Two years ago, Hannah Halvorsen suffered life-threatening injuries when a car hit her in an Anchorage crosswalk. On Tuesday, she raced at the Olympics in China. sportsadn
Halvorsen placed 43rd in the field of 90 in the skate sprint, about five seconds away from 30th place, the last qualifying position for the heats.
But within two months of returning to snow last season, Halvorsen, a member of the U.S. Ski Team’s development squad who trains with Alaska Pacific University, was racing on the top-level World Cup circuit in Europe. She cracked the top-30 in her second event.Halvorsen made another step forward this winter, earning a spot in a World Cup sprint semifinal heat for the first time in her career in a race in December in Germany. Last month, the U.S. Ski Team announced she’d earned a spot in Beijing.
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