"Kris Freeman" is a professional Americans/American cross-country skier. Born October 14, 1980 [http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?type=biog&competitorid=18220§or=CC] in Concord, New Hampshire, he is a member of the United States Ski Team/U.S. Ski Team, along with his older brother Justin Freeman.

Before the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he was diagnosed with Diabetes mellitus type 1/Type 1 diabetes

Kris Freeman is probably best known as a distance stalwart. He competed in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 2002. In March 2003, at the World Championships held in Val di Fiemme, Italy, Freeman placed fourth in the 15 Kilometer Classic, only to miss out on the gold medal by 10 seconds. At the U-23 World Championships he placed 1st in the 30 km classic race, skiing away from the field. He was again picked for the U.S. Olympic Team. After several seasons in which, by his own admission, his results did not live up to expectations and the diagnosis of severe compartment syndrome, Freeman duplicated his career best by placing fourth in the 15 km individual-start classic race at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic. [http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=14500]. Freeman represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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Dang, he's talking about me.

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It only takes one guy to make something popular in this country. Look at what [Lance Armstrong] has done for road bicycling in the country, and he did it by winning.

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It's automatic, it's ingrained. It's something I've got to do.

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I think it would definitely help.

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I think I came through with a decent race. I'm not thrilled with it, but I think it was a good effort. It was representative of where I am today. I was a little sick last week and this is a good first race back.

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In the years I've been racing with diabetes, I've only had two races affected by diabetes. It's bound to happen again. My goal is to have it happen as infrequently as possible.

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