No, Mikkelson was talking about the past 2 1/2 years, because they’ve been a rare whirlwind. “When I first came back it was tough to get my body back to where it needed to be,” she said. “Her fitness level is exceptional.”As the oldest player on a team stocked with nine rookies, mind you, keeping up hasn’t been without its struggles. She was driven, ultimately, by an Olympic vision: The one in which she saw herself, more than two years ago, looking up into the stands in Pyeongchang to see her husband and her son smiling and waving. And my husband had tears in his eyes,” Mikkelson said.

Source: thestar February 18, 2018 20:37 UTC