Clara Hughes
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"Clara Hughes", is a Canada/Canadian cycling/cyclist and speed skating/speed skater, who has won multiple Olympic Games/Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the Summer Olympics in 1996 Summer Olympics/1996 and four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze) over the course of three Winter Olympics. She is tied with Cindy Klassen as the Canadian with the most Olympic medals, with six medals total.

Hughes is one of the few List of athletes who competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games/athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. Hughes is one of only five people to have podium finishes in the Winter and Summer versions of the games, and is the only person ever to have won multiple medals in both. Hughes is also the only Canadian to have won medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Hughes was the first Canadian woman to win a medal in road cycling at the Olympics, winning two in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

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I am a warrior, this is war, this is a battle.

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I was kind of afraid like, `What if I'm not good any more? What if I need to be a cyclist to be a good skater? What if taking that element away meant I would suck at skating?' ... I was really unsure and frustrated.

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I think I can handle a lot of pain. I think I've demonstrated that.

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Whenever I come home and I've been away for a while there'll be a new sign that always makes me smile.

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To actually go beyond that and to go harder in the last third in the race is something I don't even like talking about it's so hard. But that's what I need to train for and that's my goal, to get to that point, and to be able just to viciously attack as if I am fighting for my life. That's it. That's all I want.

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After a lot of struggle, there is a point when the body cannot fight any more, and the after-effects are like succumbing to drowning.

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It just kind of takes over your whole being, ... I just feel like I take this deep breath and I think, `I'm home.'

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I've had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than I could have dreamed of, I've raced a lot longer than I thought I would. I know I can still be better, but I just don't know if I love it enough any more.

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Yeah, there are no weapons. But there are weapons and that is your physical capacity. That's sport. It is absolutely a war.

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