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Zebra’s Jimmy Pedro: Olympic Dreams For most athletes, the thought of competing in the Olympic games is the ultimate dream. Whether or not their sport is even represented at the games, the athlete wonders “what if?” What if YOU could represent your country in competition? What if YOU were the best, hand-picked from a nation of fierce competi-tors? For Jimmy Pedro that “what if” was answered and at a very young age his Olympic dreams came true. “The Olympic games was a life-long dream ever since I was a young boy,” says Pedro. “I can remember watching the 1976 Olympics on television with my dad when it was in Montreal. My dad said he wished he had gone to the Olympics when he was an athlete. He thought the Olympic games was the greatest thing! Aside from fighting for your country in battle, the Olympic games were the pinnacle for an athlete. That seed was planted at a very young age for me.” 28 The World-famous
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