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To The Promised Land: Bradley Chalupski's Quest for the Olympics and Much, Much More

By Jspace Staff on 2/9/2012 at 1:48 PM

Categories: Israel, Sports

To The Promised Land: Bradley Chalupski's Quest for the Olympics and Much, Much More

In the shadow of Eagle’s Nest, Bradley Chalupski races for Israel. He races in front of German children waving Israeli flags in a place where you can still see the mansion that was built as a 50th birthday present for Adolf Hitler. He races wearing a Star of David on his helmet in a place where, in his own words, the Jewish people’s “destruction was sought.” Chalupski races on Königssee skeleton track. He pushes his sled—“You are not running next to the sled. You are …More