Back home in Miami, I grew up training as a concert dancer.
Chadwick is the son of the acclaimed artist Lynn Chadwick and, after initially rejecting a life in the art world in which he grew up, trained as an engineer.
It has its own professional team, Euskaltel- Euskadi, which, until this season, was composed solely of Basque riders or those who grew up training in the region.
He grew up training with former Fair Park stars like Stromile Swift, the former No. 2 pick in the N.B.A. draft, and the former N.F.L. cornerback Ronnie Prude.
RICHMOND, British Columbia — The long-track speedskater Martina Sablikova grew up training on a frozen pond in southern Moravia, which many of her peers from other countries found endlessly amusing.
She has improved her hard-court results this year and is comfortable on quicker surfaces because she grew up training half the day on hard courts and half the day on clay.
Kirilenko, who grew up training at the same Moscow club as her opponent and says she is quite good friends with her was, none the less, happy to see that she looked tired during changeovers.
But while Hoff's two medals so far in Beijing represent improvement, this meet has not gone according to plan or dream for the young polymath who won five individual events at the United States Olympic trials and has elicited low-grade comparisons to Michael Phelps for her versatility and her roots (both grew up training at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club).
Even though her two medals here so far represent improvement, it has not gone according to plan or dream for Hoff, who won five individual events at the United States trials and elicited low-grade comparisons to Michael Phelps for her versatility and her roots (they grew up training at the same club in Baltimore).
The Olympian - who grew up training in the Tollcross pool and had told the BBC he was targeting a world record at the Commonwealths - saluted the crowd after they gave him an incredible pre-race reception.
