With 100 days to go until the Paris Olympic Games, the Chicago area is likely to send several athletes with local ties to France this summer.
Rhythmic gymnast Evita Griskenas was one of the first Americans to make Team USA. The Orland Park native will be the only American sent to France to compete in her sport.Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"On one hand, it feels relieving," Griskenas said."It also feels enlightening because it gives me a continued sense of direction of what I’m doing where I’m going.
"I remember seeing the French flag come up and looking at it and just going, 'I have to stay, I have to stay,'" Griskenas said."I’m staying, that's it. I didn’t know how at the time. I didn’t know what was going to happen, but I just knew that I had to. I had more in me." "We really celebrated every part of it," Shea said."The boat work part, the deliveries, the racing, the not racing, the being together, the community. And it was an incredible introduction to this whole world of sailing, so I felt really blessed to share that with my grandpa and my family."
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