When Nina Roth isn’t training to compete among the world’s best at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, she’s working as a nurse during a pandemic and caring for her two-year-old.
Although it may appear to be a difficult task, Roth is no stranger to the Olympic Games. Roth, who began curling at the age of ten, competed in Pyongyang in 2018, TMJ4 News reported.
“It’s still a little surreal that I’m going to my second Olympics,” Roth said to the news outlet.
“We’ve been practicing really, really hard these last four years and have overcome a lot and it would really mean a lot to be on that podium. If you can tackle those nerves and put all of the distractions of being at the Olympics out of your mind, we’ll have more success,” said Roth.
When she’s not training or chasing her toddler around, Roth works three 12-hour shifts a week as a nurse and supervisor at the Select Specialty Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, where she takes care of patients recovering from COVID-19, Scrubs Magazine reported.
“I really don’t want to slow down,” she told the magazine. “I’m very much needed at my hospital, and I love what I do. And even though it’s very hard, I know that especially now I have the ability, and I have the training to be on the floor. I need to be there for my patients and for my hospital.”
With the Olympics about two weeks away, Roth told TMJ4 News that she’s ready to bring home the gold. “We definitely want to go for gold. The guy’s team won gold last time so I think it’s our turn this time,” said Roth.
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