HAMAR, NORWAY - Every Winter Olympics needs its Jamaican bobsleigh team, and Vancouver may have already found its.
Meet Joshua Lose, a 23-year-old Australian long track speed skater who is determined to be at the Games in February. Sure he may come from a country that doesn't have a single speed skating track, he may have learned to skate only a year ago, and he may have been cursed by the most unfortunate surname in sports, but Lose is blessed with one thing: eternal optimism. Lose may not win, but he figures he can skate fast enough over the next few months to make it into the Games. Still, he knows the question before it is asked.......
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