Gliding on ice at high speeds. This is life for Greta Myers.

"I would say speed skating is honestly more of an art," said Myers. "It's all about learning to skate in a way that's as efficient as possible and maintain top speed without dumping it."

Like many Minnesotans, Myers' first ice skates were hockey skates. She played for Centennial and Roseville growing up. It was at the Roseville Oval that her path changed forever.

"I was at practice one day, and the coach for the high-performance speed skating team at the time, Andre Zukov came up to me afterwards. He's a Russian guy, so they have a little bit different of a mentality. He's like, 'Come speed skate, your country needs you.' And I was like, I don't know, 12 at the time. And I was like, 'Ok,'" Myers said.

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