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Friday 5: Olympic gold medalist helps mold NASCAR drivers
For all the work put into a pursuit, there’s no guarantee that the journey will go as envisioned. Life can take someone along a different path. Dan Jansen never could have imagined that a speedskating career, which featured heartbreaking and heartwarming …