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>>> SPEED SKATER KELLY GUNTHER
HAS BEEN FLYING ON ICE SINCE SHE
WAS 6 YEARS OLD.
IN 2010 SHE THOUGHT SHE CLOCKED
THE FASTEST TIME IN TRIALS.
SHE WAS NAMED TO THE OLYMPIC
TEAM.
U.S. SPEED SKATING EVEN
ANNOUNCED HER WIN ON TWITTER.
BUT SHORTLY AFTER A RULING
REVERSED GUNTHER'S WIN AND SHE
WAS BUMPED FROM THE TEAM.
HER OLYMPIC DREAM GONE.
GUNTHER WAS CRUSHED AND THE
OBSTACLES DIDN'T STOP THERE.
JUST MONTHS LATER, GUNTHER FELL
DURING A RACE.
HER BLADE CUT INTO HER ANKLE.
NEARLY SEVERING HER FOOT FROM
HAD HER LEG.
DOCTORS SAID SHE'D NEVER SKATE
AGAIN.
BUT A DETERMINED GUNTHER REFUSED
TO LISTEN AND AFTER FOUR YEARS
OF EXTENSIVE REHAB AND GRUELING
TRAINING SESSIONS, GUNTHER'S
OLYMPIC DREAM BECAME A REALITY.
SHE'S NOW ON HER WAY TO SOCHI S
MADE THE TEAM.
WAS PRETTY CRAZY.
>> THIS INJURY WAS NOT JUST A
SIMPLE PULLED MUSCLE.
YOU HAD BASICALLY YOUR BLADE
SEVER YOUR ANKLE ALMOST ALL THE
WAY OFF.
WHAT HAPPENED?
>> I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED.
IT WAS JUST KIND OF WEIRD THAT I
HIT THE PADS AND FELL.
MY TORQUE OF MY BODY JUST KIND
OF TORQUED MY ANKLE LIKE TOTALLY
OFF.
I JUST REMEMBER LAYING ON THE
ICE AND JUST BEING FREEZING COLD
AND FACING THE DIRECTION
ACTUALLY WHERE I JUST CAME FROM
ON MY STOCK IMAGINE AND
LITERALLY HAVING MY ANKLE HANG
OFF MY LEG.
I REALLY HAD NO IDEA IT WAS THAT
BAD.
I KNEW MY ANKLE WAS BROKEN BUT
TO THE POINT THAT IT COULD HAVE
BEEN AMPUTATED, I HAD NO IDEA
ABOUT THAT FOR ABOUT ANOTHER
YEAR AFTER THAT.
SO JUST BEING BACK ON MY FEET IS
JUST SOMETHING INCREDIBLE TO ME.
>> I THINK PEOPLE MAY NOT
REALIZE WHEN YOU SAY START
WORKING AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT
GETTING PAID TO DO THIS.
YOU ACTUTILE ACTUALLY DON'T GETY
GOING TO SOCHI AND YOU ARE NOW
FACED WITH THE REALITY OF GOING
INTO DEBT TO FULFILL A DREAM AND
YOU'RE TRYING TO RAISE SOME
MONEY ON THE WEBSITE RALLYME.
YOUR GOAL IS FOR $20,000.
TELL ME WHAT THIS WILL COVER AND
WHAT THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN SO
FAR.
>> YEAH.
IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, IT'S
BEEN A LONG ROAD.
MY RALLY ME PAGE IS, I'M TRYING
TO GET MY MOTHER AND COACH TO BE
ABLE TO GO TO SOCHI WITH ME.
IT'S BEEN MY MOM'S DREAM EVER
SINCE I FIRST DID THE ROLLER
RINK AT 6 YEARS OLD.
SHE'S A SINGLE MOM.
IT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN HER AND I
TOGETHER AND IT'S JUST -- I WANT
HER TO BE THERE IN THE STANDS SO
WHEN I STEP ON THE ICE FOR THE