♪ THE RESULTS TOGETHER WITH ERIK VON ANCKEN. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT
5 GETTING RESULTS.
>> MATT: WE HAVE CHRONICLED
THE INSPIRING STORY OF US
SPEED SKATER ERIN JACKSON OVER
THE PAST FEW WEEKS, HOW SHE
MADE HER WAY FROM RIGHT HERE
IN CENTRAL FLORIDA TO OLYMPIC
GLORY. ONE QUESTION WE CAN
NEVER QUITE ANSWER HOW EXACTLY
HOW DID SHE AND 2 OTHER
CENTRAL FLORIDA SKATERS MEDAL
IN BEIJING COMING FROM A STATE
WHERE THERE IS ALSO AN AND NO
ICE. THAT’S RIGHT. YOU THINK
MAYBE MINNESOTA, BUT MAKE
SENSE, NOT NECESSARILY
FLORIDA. SO TO FIND OUT NEWS,
6 INVESTIGATOR MERRIS BADCOCK.
>> TOM: WHEN TO A LOCAL CITY
AND LEARNS THAT HOW THEY DID
IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH WHERE
THEY TRAINED AND THE PERSON
WHO TRAIN THEM.
>> GO INSIDE THE SCHOOL ASKED
ME, SAY THOSE FAST, THE MORE
BRADY GOOD AT SKATE AWAY. IT’S
GETTING IN OCALA, FLORIDA.
>> RENEE HILDEBRAND HAS HER
HANDS ON. COME ON, COME ON,
SOME OF THE BEST INLINE
SKATER. STAY LOVE. YOU DOZENS
FLOODING. THIS MODEST INDOOR
RAIN, SOME TRAVELING FOR HOURS
ON BEACH. SOME FROM DAYTONA
JUST BEEN EVEN ALL THE WAY
SINCE AFTER ALL.
>> RENEE HASN’T JUST COACHED
ONE OLYMPIAN SPEEDSKATER.
SHE’S COACHED 3 ERIN JACKSON,
BRITTANY BOWE AND JOEY ALL
FROM SUNNY OCALA, FLORIDA.
WE’RE THE ONLY FLORIDIANS TO
MEDAL AT THE BEIJING WINTER
OLYMPICS. JOEY, WINNING BRONZE
IN TEAM PURSUIT. BRITTANY
WINNING BRONZE IN THE 1000
METER. AND ERIN JACKSON
WINNING GOLD IN THE 500 METER.
THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO EVER
WIN A SPEEDSKATING MEDAL AT
THE WINTER OLYMPICS ARE ALL
CONTENDERS GOING IN AND THEY
ALL GOT A METAL COMING BACK.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT BECOME
EVEN MORE INCREDIBLE. WHEN YOU
REALIZE THERE’S JUST ONE THING
MISSING IN OCALA.
>> ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY LIKE
WHERE’S THE ICE? IT’S LIKE,
YEAH, WE DON’T HAVE ICE. WE
HAVE WOULD THE SKATERS ALL
LEARN TO SKATE IN THE SKATING
RINK? NOT AS ICE SKATERS, THAT
IS IN-LINE SKATERS WITH RENEE
TAKING THEM ALL THE WAY TO THE
TOP. YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT I
COULD START OUT CANS FROM THE
GROUND UP AND THEY COULD
BECOME WORLD THAT DOES FEEL
LIKE A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT
WISTFULLY. WE WILL HAVE OUR
SPORT IN THE OLYMPICS AND THEY
WOULD HAVE TO SWITCH OVER. BUT
>> WE DON’T FORCING INLINE
SPEED SKATERS TO CROSS OVER TO
ICE IF THEY WANT A SHOT AT
OLYMPIC BUT THE BONDS FORMED
AT THE SKATING RINK REMAINED.
WE ALL REALIZE THAT THEY DON’T
STAY FOR A LONG TIME, BUT
THEY’RE GOING HAVE TO DEAL
WITH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS IN OUR LIFE AND WE HOPE
TO MAKE THEM BETTER CITIZENS,
YOU KNOW, JUST BETTER HUMANS
IN GENERAL EVIDENT WHEN AARON
A CROWD FAVORITE FOR THE
WOMEN’S 500.
>> MADE AN UNCHARACTERISTIC
STUMBLE AT OLYMPIC TRIALS.
THAT STUMBLE PUT BRITNEY IN
SECOND PLACE AARON, IN 3RD IN
BEIJING, OUT OF SIGHT FOR ANY
3RD PLACE FINISHER. THE FIRST
PERSON THAT TEXT ME WAS JOEY,
TEXT ME BECAUSE I THINK I
HEARD BRADY SAY SHE’S GOING TO
UPPER SPOT AND I WAS LIKE
REALLY SURPRISED. AND AT THE
SAME TIME, HAPPY AND SAD
BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT HER HAVE
TO GIVE UP HER SPOT LATER ON
THAT NIGHT. SHE TEXT ME AND
SHE SAID OVER MY DEAD BODY
WILL AIR NOT BE GOING TO
BEIJING. AND IF THAT GET YOUR
HEARTSTRINGS, SOMEBODY WANT TO
SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
GOLD MEDALIST FLORIDA’S WINTER
OLYMPIANS EXAM. LOT OF KIDS
STILL MAKE TIME FOR THE KIDS.
>> BACK HOME AT THE RINK. ALL
RIGHT. GOOD TALKING TO YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH, I LOVE BY THEIR STORY
COMING WHOLE CIRCLE TO WHERE
IT ALL BEGAN WITH RENEE AT THE
HELM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
OF SPEED SKATERS.
>> PEOPLE THINK I WANT TO ASK
THE COUNTY TO BUILD A SKATING
RINK, ICE SKATING RINK, BUT I
DON’T I WANT TO THANK TRACKS.
I CAN JUST KEEP TEACHING AND
LINERS TO GET THE BEST THEY
CAN GET.
>> THE OCALA SPEED IN LINE
RACING TEAM IS CURRENTLY
TRAINING KIDS ANYWHERE FROM 6
TO 19 YEARS OLD. THOSE KIDS
CAN REACH SPEEDS EXCEEDING 30
MILES AN HOUR AND THE WORLD
CLASS CHAMPIONS, RENEE TRAINS.
THEY PRACTICE ANYWHERE FROM 3
TO 4 HOURS A DAY, 6 DAYS A
WEEK MERRIS BADCOCK GETTING
RESULTS. NEWS 6.
>> A STORY. THIS STORY. HE’S
BECOME A MOVIE THAT REALLY
DOES YET. SHE SEEMS TOUGH.
THAT COACH IT WAS SHE SHE HAS
TO BE. I MEAN, SHE HAS 3
OLYMPIANS. THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS. THE FACT THAT, YOU
KNOW, BRITNEY GAVE UP HER
SPOT, ALLOWING ERIN JACKSON TO
MAKE HIS AMAZING. YEAH, JUST
INCREDIBLE. AND TO START OUT
ON WOOD AND I STILL DON’T
UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE
TRANSITION FROM WOOD TO ICE
BECAUSE ICE JUST SEEMS LIKE
TEAMS WAY DIFFERENT. IT’S LIKE