Maybe 2012 is his year. 6' 5" American BMX'r gets back on the bike. At 43 yrs old he would be, by far the oldest BMX Olympian, Ever, seeing how it has only been in th Olympics two times. That silly Torres story would have nothing on Shawn.
Former Junk Yard Worker, Film Hand, Slum Lord, Pizza Delivery, Priority Deliverer, Stage Hand, Web Designer & now Dr. Vashaw is competing as a relatively unknown in the world of BMX. He woke up one day when he realized it was an actual sport people cared about. He took his daughter with him to the track to give it a try again. After she soundly beat him, by bunny hopping over him after he wrecked, she rubbed it in by show boating on the last jump with a kick out reverse flip into a table top. He picked himself off the track and after eventually beating all the 12 year old kids in his quaint State College neighborhood he started an amateur run at the gold.
This story would be way better than the I am a quadriplegic triathlete.
Link to Olympic BMX story: USA - BMX Wins Three Medals
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I can hear the post race interview now.
"To what do you attribute your success?"
"Kids now days don't understand the power of Kettlebell workouts"
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