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Here’s more from pro wrestler and bobsledder Chip Minton:

Question: What’s the coolest thing about being an Olympian?

Answer: Being a role model for my little girl, who is 5. She’s in gymnastics, and I want to show her hard work pays off. Her name is Taylor Brooke. I call her Kid Flash.

Q. Other than bobsled and wrestling, what’s your favorite sport?

A. Ballroom dancing. They get to be inside and dressed up all the time.

Q. Do you have any superstitions?

A. I race with no socks.

Q. If you could make a change in the Olympics, what would it be?

A. I would fly the whole U.S. team to Hawaii for at least a week.

Q. What’s your favorite foreign food?

A. I hate foreign food.

Q. Is there any TV show you never miss?

A. An autobiography on A&E.; I like nerd TV. I like learning about others. I don’t like “Seinfeld” or “Friends.”

Q. What don’t most people know about you?

A. My daughter and I play with Barbie’s daughter. Nobody knows that.

STILL TRUER THAN FLUBBER

On that Disney film “Cool Runnings” about Jamaica’s bobsled team, here’s the review from Jamaican bobsledder Winton Watt:

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“Five percent is true.”

ROCKY ROMANCE

How much does Mike Peplinski love his sport, curling?

On the day he proposed to his girlfriend, Michelle, now his wife, at a local curling club, Peplinski spelled out “Will you marry me?” in curling stones.

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