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  • Rochette keeping mother’s Olympic dream alive

    02/23/2010 6:58:39 AM PST · by nuconvert · 1 replies · 436+ views
    VANCOUVER, British Columbia – She still hasn’t buried her mother, but here was Joannie Rochette, among the last skaters to leave the practice ice Monday. She took her time leaning up against the boards, slipping a guard around her skate blade. These were the final moments of normalcy, preparing for Tuesday’s ladies short program. Off the ice a crushing reality remains: Sunday’s unexpected death of her mother, Therese, who suffered a massive heart attack upon arriving in Vancouver to watch her daughter skate in these Games If you wanted to see Olympic courage, if you wanted to witness a testament...