Vincent De Haître n’a jamais été superstitieux. Il s’agit d’une bonne chose dans son cas. Il deviendra dans les prochains jours le 13e athlète canadien de l’histoire à participer en carrière autant à des Jeux olympiques d’été que d’hiver. Le Franco-Ontarien de Cumberland, près d’Ottawa, prendra le départ de l’épreuve de la poursuite masculine par équipe en cyclisme sur piste, du 2 au 4 août, à Tokyo. Il avait déjà vécu l’aventure olympique en patinage de vitesse à deux reprises, dont en 2018 à PyeongChang.
Chasing Olympic dreams in both cycling and speed skating seemed lofty but not outlandish when Vincent De Haître first envisioned it. But when the pandemic pushed two Olympics into one six-month timeframe, the task began to sound daunting.
Today marks one year to go until Beijing 2022. To celebrate the occasion, Tokyo 2020 takes a look at four Olympians and one Paralympian who we could see at both the Summer and Winter editions of the Games.
Ottawa’s Vincent De Haître is currently training to make Olympic history in the next two years.
The now 26-year old, who grew up in Cumberland, is already a 2-time Olympic speed skater. But here’s the catch: he’s also a national track cycling champion who is on-track (no pun intended) for the 2021 Summer Olympics.
Around the rings in 180 days: Vincent De Haître's seemingly impossible goal to compete in Tokyo and Beijing
Only a handful of athletes have competed at a Summer and Winter Games. Even fewer in that short a time
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