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Quests Separate Soldier and Olympic Hopeful
She longed to compete in the Olympics. He always wanted to join the Army. She started BMX racing at age 5. He stocked his movie collection with war films. On Jan. 2, Arielle Martin and her husband, Michael Verhaaren, left their Utah home on separate missions. She traveled here to train for the Beijing Olympics. He went to Afghanistan for a year deployment. (01/05) Read
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