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TAR CANADA 2 Contestants - Natalie Spooner and Meaghan Mikkelson (Teammates)
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Natalie Spooner and Meaghan Mikkelson (Teammates)
Natalie Spooner (@natspooner5)
Age: 23
Occupation: Member of Canada’s National Women’s Hockey Team (Forward)
Current City: Scarborough, Ont.
Hometown: Scarborough, Ont.
Strengths: Physically fit, energetic, positive
Fears/Phobias: Feet
Favourite Travel Destination: Scotland
Pet Peeve about Teammate: “Sometimes she likes too much control.”
Meaghan Mikkelson (@Mikkelson12)
Age: 29
Occupation: Member of Canada’s National Women’s Hockey Team (Defence)
Current City: Calgary, Alta.
Hometown: Regina, Sask. and St. Albert, Alta.
Strengths: Physically fit, detail-oriented, calm under pressure
Fears/Phobias: Bugs
Favourite Travel Destination: Hawaii
Pet Peeve about Teammate: “She does not always pay attention to details.”
TEAM BIO
Natalie and Meaghan met as members of Canada’s National Women’s Hockey Team in 2008 at training camp where Meaghan, a hockey player since age seven, took new recruit, Natalie, under her wing. As Olympic and World Champions, these two elite athletes have faced many challenges and bested many rival nations as part of the Canadian hockey team. The pair recently won gold with the women’s team at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
This duo will not accept second place and will be fierce competition for other racers.
POTENTIAL ROADBLOCK: Meaghan played the gold medal game in Sochi with a broken hand, which gives a sense of the toughness they are bringing to the starting line. She has since had surgery which might affect her physically in the challenges.
Both understand what it takes to win and more importantly, what it takes to work as a team. Meaghan tends to let stress and hard work rule her life, which is where Natalie’s friendship comes in handy. Natalie brings out the youthful silliness in Meaghan, a release she often needs.
“Although we may not be related, our relationship is similar to sisters,” said Natalie. “We may bicker at one another at times, but we move on quickly from that because we understand each other and love one another like sisters.” “We also think that we may be underestimated as females,” said Meaghan,
Winning 'The Amazing Race Canada' will extend their Olympic dream and allow them to devote their time to the sport they love. Hockey is not as lucrative a career for women as it is for men who play professionally, and their significant investment in training is both physical and financial. These determined women are passionate ambassadors of the sport and want to continue building support for the game.
Motto: “One clue at a time.” “Unity in adversity.” – Motto for 2014 Olympic Team
Team they most associate with from Season 1: A mix of Vanessa and Celina and Jet and Dave.
Leafsfan.:
Natalie and Meaghan ready to move from the hockey rink to 'The Amazing Race Canada'
What do you do after you win an Olympic gold medal in women’s hockey? If you’re Natalie Spooner and Meaghan Mikkelson, you go on “The Amazing Race Canada.”
“Obviously the Olympics were incredible and it was an amazing experience it’s such a high . . . and then all of a sudden it’s over and you kind of ride the wave for a little bit and then it starts to die off . . . so it’s nice to have another challenge to jump into,” says Meaghan.
Natalie, 23, and Meaghan, 29, who met as members of Canada’s National Women’s Hockey Team in 2008, won their gold medals at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi after a historic, nail-biting game that saw the team come back from a two goal deficit, scoring twice in the final minutes of the third period and going on to beat the U.S. team in overtime.
Meaghan also won gold at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, but the gold medal experience was all new for Natalie.
“It was amazing. It blew out of the water everything I thought the Olympics were going to be and I don’t think it could’ve been any better. And then winning the gold medal on top of that, it was an experience that I’ll never forget.”
The team is hoping to use their experience competing at an Olympic level to their advantage.
“Especially this year, our Olympic year, we overcame a lot, we had a lot going on within our team with coaches’ changes, people being cut, we lost a lot of games to the U.S. leading up to the games, so just having a lot of adversity I think that whatever’s thrown at us here we’ll be able to handle it the same way and move forward,” says Natalie.
Extremely competitive, they won’t let anything get in their way, something Meaghan proved during the Olympics, playing much of the tournament with a broken hand.
It has healed since then but it’s not 100 per cent, something they know may be a challenge during the “Race.”
“Natalie and I have talked a lot about it. We’ll figure out a way to work around it,” says Meaghan.
The two teammates, who have become close friends, say they also know each other extremely well.
“We’re always really supportive of each other, when you’re teammates you know your other teammate has your back and it’s always nice to know there’s someone there supporting you. It will be different with only the two of us now, instead of 21 people but I think it will be really good,” says Natalie.
“We’re a little bit nervous but you want to get that first leg out of the way as it’s kind of like your first shift of a hockey game, like at the Olympics. It’s a huge deal and there’s a lot of uncertainty going into it – nerves, stress, whatever it may be but it’s something we’re used to dealing with,” says Meaghan.
The team says winning “The Amazing Race Canada” would allow them to continue to pursue their dream of playing the sport they love – they don’t get paid to be on the national team – but either way they’re hoping to inspire other young hockey players, and maybe the rest of the country, in the process.
“As female hockey players we try and grow the game as much as we can and give back because we feel like the sport has given so much to us so we’re hoping that there’s young hockey players out there watching and they’re excited we’re on the show and it gets women’s hockey out there more,” says Meaghan.
“Another thing that’s cool is we’re not just representing our hometowns, I hope all of Canada can get behind us,” says Natalie.
Source:http://www.ctv.ca/TheAmazingRaceCanada/Articles/Season-Two/tarc_season_2_Natalie_Meaghan_feature_hockey_rink_.aspx
Leafsfan.:
Mikkelson going after Amazing Race title
Meaghan Mikkelson has two Olympic gold medals, but now she’s going after a new title: The Amazing Race Canada champion.
Mikkelson announced via her Twitter account on Tuesday morning that she and Olympic teammate Natalie Spooner are one of the first three teams to be unveiled for the second season of the reality show, which premieres July 8 on CTV.
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“Obviously the Olympics were incredible and it was an amazing experience it’s such a high … and then all of a sudden it’s over and you kind of ride the wave for a little bit and then it starts to die off … so it’s nice to have another challenge to jump into,” Mikkelson, 29, told ctv.ca.
The Amazing Race Canada is a homegrown spin on the highly successful The Amazing Race series that sees teams race to destinations across the country, with the last team to arrive at each week’s pit stop risking elimination. The team that reaches the finish line first will win the grand prize of $250,000 cash, gas for life from Petro-Canada, the chance to fly free for a year anywhere Air Canada flies across the world, and two Chevrolet pickup trucks. There are also other prizes to be won at different pit stops along the way.
The Amazing Race Canada is hosted by Jon Montgomery, himself an Olympic gold medallist in skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
While Mikkelson patrols the blueline for Team Canada, Spooner, 23, is a forward, who hails from Scarborough, Ont. Her bio on CTV’s website describes her as “physically fit, energetic (and) positive,” and lists feet under “fears/phobias.”
Meanwhile, Mikkelson lists bugs as her phobia, and describes herself as “detail-oriented” and “calm under pressure.” She is, however, still dealing a broken hand suffered during the Winter Olympics earlier this year in Sochi, Russia, but she told ctv.ca that they have talked about it and “we’’ll figure out a way to work around it.”
The other teams announced Tuesday include actor Alain Chanoine and real estate agent Audrey Tousignant-Maurice, a dating couple from St-Hubert, Que., and best friends Shahla Kara and Nabeela Barday from Toronto.
There are a total of 11 teams competing on the second season of The Amazing Race Canada.
The show will air on Tuesdays this summer at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Source:http://www.stalbertleader.com/2014/06/17/mikkelson-going-after-amazing-race-title/
Leafsfan.:
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