Snowboarder Conrad mulls Olympic run

February 22, 2012

Nova Scotia snowboarder Sarah Conrad is ramping up her preparation for the World Cup, but she is undecided if her next step is the 2014 Sochi Olympics — or the classroom.

The CBC’s Colleen Jones joined her on the slopes of Ski Martock Tuesday to hear about her year, and what she plans to do next.

Conrad also reflects on the death of Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke.

To see a video clip, please visit http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/02/22/ns-conrad-mulls-olympics.html.

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David Sharpe

Discipline/event: Butterfly/Backstroke Hometown: Halifax Residence: Halifax Club: Halifax Trojans/Dalhousie Tigers Coach: Aaron Maszko/David Fry Education: Currently enrolled at Dalhousie University – Physics Goals: Make the Canadian Olympic team Interests: Surfing, Nintendo 64 Significant results: 2010 Nations Cup (Victoria, Canada) – 200m Butterfly – 5th 2009 World University Games (Belgrade, Serbia) – 100m Backstroke – 20th