Glucksteins both want Olympics

Wall Street Journal:

Two Brothers, One Goal: Land the Only Spot at the Olympics
U.S. Can Send Only One Male Contestant to Trampoline Event; ‘We Both Want It’

… “I am not going to let my little brother beat me this year,” says Steven Gluckstein, 21 years old.

Counters Jeffrey Gluckstein, 19: “Hopefully my best is just a little better than his.” …

… Their styles are different. Steven looks and trains like a Marine, wearing a crew-cut and rising early each day to follow a strict regimen. In addition to jumping for three hours a day, Steven goes to a gym most nights to work with weights, do exercises to strengthen his core or swim sprints across the pool. He keeps meticulous notes of his practices. His sports psychologist urges him to take time off training, Steven says, but in order to aim for the Olympics, Steven put college on hold.

By contrast, Jeffrey is taking classes at a local community college. Invariably arriving late to practice, he works out with weights when he can find the time and files the required monthly log of his workouts to the sport’s national federation just before they are due. …

read more on the WSJ

Awesome article.

Thanks to Trampoline Pundit for recommending it.

Jason Burnett (CAN), Ueyama Yasuhiro (JPN) and Anna Dogonadza (GER) have all confirmed that they are named Olympians for 2012.