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2010 US Paralympics Spring
Training Camp
Olympic Training Center
- Chula Vista,
California
The 2010 US Paralympic spring cycling camp was 9
days of training and races. Thirty campers; athletes, coaches
and mechanics enjoyed training sessions, races and lectures in
preparation for the 2010 racing season.
The Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista,
California includes its own criterium course. Here Coach Rick
Babbington leads athletes around on a warm up lap before the
first race. These practice races included road bikes, tandems
and handcycles with a mix of new athletes and Olympic medalists.
Champion cyclists Craig Vogtsberger and Greta
Neimanas lead the next group of racers on their warm up lap.
During the course of the 2010 Race Camp, the
athletes participated in long training sessions on the roads
around the area. Most these roads have steep climbs and twisting
switchbacks. The goal is to simulate many of the same conditions
they will face in races around the world.
Although these athletes compete in a variety of
categories, such as tandem and hand cycles, they train together
and build a team bond. Although the tandem and bicycle athletes
also compete on the velodrome, this camp was strictly road based
training and racing.
Some of the athletes are multi sport racers and
Paralympic medalists. Allison Jones not only races on the road
and velodrome, but is a decorated Winter Paralympic athlete as
well.
Hand cyclist Carly Waugh prepares to do an uphill
time trial with the rest of the camp athletes.
To learn more about the U.S. Paralympic Team and
the many great athletes, go to their website
www.usparalympics.org
Be sure to make a visit to the Olympic Training
Center in Chula Vista, California.
The center is home to many different sports,
including BMX, rowing, archery, soccer, softball and the home of
the BMX Hall of Fame.
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