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Tara Lipinskiis looking back on the moment she won Olympic gold — and reflecting on the journey 26 years later.
The broadcaster and new mom, 41,posted her medal-winning routine on Instagramon Tuesday and shared her perspective about the anniversary on which she became the youngest ice skater to ever win gold.
“Feb 20th will always hold such a special place in my heart,” Lipinski wrote. “This was the destination and it was beautiful to live out this dream but as cliche as it sounds the journey was the most impactful part.”
She continued, “The lessons I learned then help me navigate hard times in my life now….all while remembering the childlike joy and magic that can be found in life. And it taught me to never stop believing in the dream."
Lipinski then added an excerpt from an old anniversary post and marveled that her words served a dual purpose.
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“On an old anniversary post (pasted below) while I was going through my fertility journey, I wrote about these lessons I learned. No one probably picked up what I was alluding to but it was all very specific to my long journey to Georgie. It makes my heart smile that as I post this today, I have Georgie in my arms. I didn’t give up on this dream either. ✨”
Last October, Lipinski became a mom for the first time, after she andhusband Todd Kapostasywelcomed daughter Georgie, born via surrogate.
Georgie arrived following a five-yearstruggle with infertilitythat included multiplepainful miscarriages.
The former athlete, a sportscaster for NBC alongsideJohnny Weir, says infertility taught her a hard lesson.
“It made me realize that sometimes life is just not fair,” she said. “For so long I thought, ‘Oh, you get a win, you get a loss, everything evens out.’ As a skater I was able to train harder, force it. But when it came to infertility, there’s things you can’t change.”
source: people.com
