Two local men are trying to skate their way into history they’re headed to the World Championship for inline skating Lanie’s 9 Sarah Bell Seoul caught up with them at their practice today just as quick as the whistle they’re off 18 year old Cotton Yarborough speeds around the track at morning practice he’s come
A long way from when he was 10 years old trying out the sport for fun with his family was just playing around and getting used to it as a just a pastime and and is it progressed a couple years started getting more serious started going to competitions and stuff cotton
Started skating for start a speed Club in Tampa and now for Team USA he made the Junior World team last month and is now one of 12 male skaters across the country headed to China for the World Championship I’ve always loved traveling and it just gives me an
Opportunity to do something that I love out of the country and an international competition skating is a whole different ballgame than in the US and cotton won’t be going alone 30-year old Jarrett Paul who was also from Tampa will be competing for a world championship for the seventh time two skaters who
Normally raced against each other will now be racing with each other it’s kind of what keeps a lot of us going you know that a little bit older in the sport because anymore you know obviously I’m there for my own personal ambitions but at the same time you know we want to be
Able to mentor these kids to come up to be better than what we were the two men now hoped to be the best in China next month rolling over the competition to bring a win back home to the US in Tampa Sarah Bell told a news 9 the World
Championship is being held in China August the 27th through September the 10th now the team they’re still fundraising for the trip and you can help out by checking out the link in the story at Bain yz9 dot-com
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