Feb 13, 2014 Posted by Kev

Type 1 Diabetic Kris Freeman – Olympic Cross-Country Skier

At age 19, the very same year that Kris Freeman was asked to join the U.S. Ski Team, he received the news that he could have let alter his future as a skier.  He was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.  The year was 2000 and by then Freeman had already been on a lifelong trajectory to become an Olympic skier.  His parents, who were both cross-country skiers themselves, pulled Kris behind them in a... read more