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Go, Gwen, Go: A Family\u2019s Journey to Olympic Gold

Gwen Jorgensen won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics, along with many other wins, and she is currently training hard for another medal in the 2020 Olympics, this time in the Marathon.

We all know, it takes a village to raise an Olympian and today we talk with two of Gwen\u2019s family members, Nancy and Elizabeth Jorgensen. They authored Go, Gwen, Go, a book about the Jorgensen family\u2019s commitment to Gwen\u2019s success and ambition to be a world champion and win gold. Today we have the opportunity to go in depth about \u201cthe village\u201d that raised Gwen to this point. We hear about the 2012 Olympic disappointment,\xa0 the 2016 Olympic gold medal, and the 2020 marathon hopes and more in this fast-reading story where Nancy and Elizabeth Jorgensen share their version of an Olympian\u2019s life and what that entails as \u201csupporters\u201d of one\u2019s lofty dreams.\xa0