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Article: Rosensteel heads to Sydney Olympics via Buffalo Grove
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- Wheeling Countryside (IL)
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- September 14, 2000
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As she weighed whether to commit herself to Sydney in 2000, Buffalo Grove resident Colleen Rosensteel surveyed the universal Olympic checklist.
Talent: check.
Desire: check.
Heart: check.
One category, however, did not get marked.
Money: little to none.
Olympics and money. They go together as well as the IOC and ethics. But when Rosensteel was "surviving on credit cards" between 1996-1998, times were not warm and fuzzy.
Going for the gold took on a whole new meaning when Rosensteel decided to prepare for her third Olympics in judo. The Pennsylvania native had to find a way to train, while offsetting living expenses.
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