Jeff Bauer also continues to dream of competing on Olympic ice with skates. A few days ago, the 51-year-old COSL elite athlete set off for the two-week training camp in Whistler, Canada, extremely motivated. Due to persistent back problems, he had hip surgery about a year ago, missed the entire season and was only able to train on his sled in the ice rink again in March. He says: “The recovery was long and painful, but now I feel good and strong. At the end of the month I will compete in the North American Cup in Whistler, before races in Park City in December and January. Then it’s on to the Olympic course in Lake Placid. Only then will I travel to Europe for the World Cup in Lillehammer. I chose the races so that I can train as much as possible in between. In addition, these are the same ice channels in which I will compete to qualify for the games next year.”