{"id":18389,"date":"2012-04-20T16:58:46","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T21:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=18389"},"modified":"2012-04-20T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T21:58:46","slug":"deaf-speed-skater-has-olympic-aspirations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/04\/20\/deaf-speed-skater-has-olympic-aspirations\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf speed skater has Olympic aspirations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deaf speed skater has Olympic aspirations<\/strong><\/p>\n

04\/12\/2012<\/p>\n

By: Bonnie Gonzalez<\/p>\n

Speed Skater Michael Hubbs has his sights on the 2014 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

A graduate of the Texas School for the Deaf, Hubbs is fast on the ice. Now, he\u2019s training to make it to the Olympics.<\/p>\n

His career began when he was 10 years old with roller skating. He became a serious skater at the age of 12 and traveled for competition until the age of 16.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the time I was 16, I started skating on a national level. Later on, when I was 27, I went to the ice and I realized ice skating was quite a bit different from roller and inline skating,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s tougher because it\u2019s more technical. It requires more sensitivity to the ice and requires more care to keep your center of gravity lower. It\u2019s quite a bit more challenging and I enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hubbs is training hard to attain his goal. Hubbs says he can sometimes spend up to nine hours, six days a week, on the ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that as a deaf person, the deafness doesn\u2019t matter. It doesn\u2019t matter if you can hear or if you\u2019re deaf, you can still overcome that and I\u2019m really fired up,\u201d Hubbs said. \u201cI love the ice, and I can\u2019t imagine not skating on the ice.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you want to follow his journey to the 2014 Winter Olympics visit http:\/\/www.michaelwhubbs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source:
\nhttp:\/\/austin.ynn.com\/content\/sports\/284139\/deaf-speed-skater-has-olympic-aspirations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deaf speed skater has Olympic aspirations 04\/12\/2012 By: Bonnie Gonzalez Speed Skater Michael Hubbs has his sights on the 2014 Winter Olympics. A graduate of the Texas School for the Deaf, Hubbs is fast on the ice. Now, he\u2019s training…<\/p>\n

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