Four years after a devastating injury, short track speed skater Kristen Santos will make her Olympic debut this February. Fresh off a dominant performance at U.S. Olympic Trials, Kristen caught up with “On Her Turf” co-hosts Lindsay Czarniak and MJ Acosta-Ruiz about how that 2017 injury helped her shift her goal from wanting to just qualify for the Olympics… to wanting to win an Olympic medal. Plus, Kristen shares the catch phrase she uses to calm her nerves before races.

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