Noelle Pikus Pace: "Next year I'll compete with the support of my sons"

The sporting life of Noelle Pikus-Pace could easily be represented in a movie, as the talented American athlete in the course of his career has been constantly targeted by bad luck, but his character and his determination to have always allowed to react and to take great satisfaction. In 2010, at the end of the Games in Vancouver, Noelle Pikus-Pace had finally decided to hang up the skeleton to the nail. Two years later, following a sad personal story (a miscarriage), decides to react and return to competition, with the goal of hitting an Olympic medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi. "Immediately after the abortion, I was a person destroyed not know how to start to live again and to be honest I never thought to take to compete," said the beautiful American skelettonista to USA Today. "Over time I realized that the only way to react to this sad affair was to find a new goal. So one day after seeing my five year old daughter move on skates I got the idea to return to competition. " The decision to Noelle was immediately advocated by her husband Jason that he immediately went in search of a skeleton to be given to his wife. The comeback of Pikus-Pace began last November with the dispute of some tests Intercontinental Cup, as the American athlete due to inactivity had left the FIBT ranking. Once in the major circuit Noelle has amazed everyone, collecting in just 6 races, 2 wins and 3 podiums and confirming at the top of the discipline well as at the World Championships in St. Moritz coming in second place behind only Shelley Rudman. These remarkable results according to the athlete, are attributable to the fact that in the course of the competition has always been able to rely on his family, "The secret of my success is simple: I'm lucky to have my loved ones with me and so , I can deal with in the best way possible the stresses of racing. " Even in the next season, Noelle Pikus-Pace will live in close symbiosis with his family, so much so that thanks to some sponsors, including the multinational Kellogg's, and some fund-raising campaigns, the sports stars and stripes was able to cover the necessary budget for the two children and her husband to follow in every where. During the summer, Noelle, had to jump through hoops to be able to train at the same time fulfill the duties of Mom. So with the help of partner Jason, who finished the work he began to design the frames of skeleton, the athlete has built inside the basement of their home gym. In this way the beautiful American was able to care for their children and to better prepare for the Olympic season. The relationship between the beautiful Noelle is the Winter Olympics has never been idyllic, especially because of the bad luck that has never abandoned the'''' on the occasion of the event in five circles. On the eve of the Olympic season 2005-2006, when he was ready to rinconfermarsi at the top of specialties a year after he turned up to the sky the first World Cup of his career, is the victim of a terrible accident as absurd. The skelettonista is struck violently by a four-man bob launched at breakneck speed in the stretch of track where the brakeman generally activate the brakes. The clash gives her the break of the right leg that is readily carried out by inserting a titanium plate to allow it to recover as quickly as possible from injury. After only seven weeks after the accident Noelle is back on track but the results do not allow it to qualify for the Olympics in Turin. The Olympic dream fades, but Noelle did not give up and the year after winning the world title in Sankt Moritz. Skip the 2007-2008 season as pregnant Lacee Lynne and after pregnancy fails to qualify for the Olympic Games in Vancouver. When everything seems to spin smooth, misfortune befalls on her again. A few days before the start of the event in five circles his usual skeleton is daneggiato during transport to Canada. Noelle's husband, an engineer working in an engineering company, he decided to design and build a new slide to allow his wife to rock your Olympic dream. Pikus-Pace from the first run is in the top positions, but the lack of experience with the new model skeleton is felt and so after the competition finished fourth just 10 cents from the bronze medal. At last year's debut on the track in Sochi, Noelle Pikus-Pace won the second victory of the season taking advantage of the mistakes made in the second round by his partner of national and girlfriend Katie Uhlaender. Proving once again to be one of the athletes to beat next season. Whether it's a harbinger?