Ice Track World Olympic Dreams

Dreams. The Belgian Olympic squad take on the challenge of a trek

Iceland - the glacier. And 50 kilometres long, it is the second

largest glacier in a Europe. For the nine athletes of the Belgian

4x400 relay team, it will be home for five days. The purpose of the

trek is to prepare the team for the Day one of the expedition. The

athletes prepared to leave. Twin brothers Kevin Borlee and Jonathan

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Borlee, the stars of the tame, are Not the only sleeping well prove to

be a problem. The expedition members will have to haul its 30

kilometres sledge -- 30 kilograms But one man hopes it will get even

more cold. The father of Kevin and Jonathan, and the coach of the team.

He is convinced his athletes will become stronger because of his

The expedition members have been travelling three hours to the foot

of the place here. Ahead of them, a trek of 80 kilometres through snow

After barely 1.5 kilometres, the team is facing their first

Putting up tents in a storm can be The next day, all the stands are

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still safely up. Overnight, there It is late afternoon when it stops

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snowing, but they decide not to It is not just the waiting. The

cold is starting to take its toll. Among the athletes, this man is

suffering most. He is from Nigeria, and snow is new to him. It is

character-building. It helps you mentally. I'm just not enjoying the

snow and the ice. Everything else is good. But the snow when the ice

Results is what this is all about. The Olympics will see only for

athletes out of the group allowed to run. In 2010, Kevin won gold at

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the European Championships in Today as well, Jonathan and Kevin

Moore go to the extreme. Without waiting for the guides, they

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But that is not to the liking of everyone. He manages to bring the

group together after a hellish two The expedition is behind schedule

so that decide to keep walking and After 10 hours' trekking, they

decide to set up camp. The athletes Training in the rain in Belgium,

that is what I miss. Not snowing or... You know... The North Pole

Des four of the expedition stars under a perfect sky -- day. It is

paradise! It is warmer today and the wind has settled. The mood in

Push your limits, keep going until the end, is his mantra and with

four children he expects complete discipline. Sometimes that is a

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After four hours they reach the top The bad weather has played havoc

with the schedule and Alan increases the tempo. A way do we

want to go? We want to go further but the body says no. William is

having a hard time. His blisters her burst open and he is suffering

If it makes wrinkles it is going to At that stage, Alan it did not

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realise that the real baptism of William has frozen fingertips. He

has poured warm water in his glass but they have now frozen. -- his

It stormed heavily through the entire night. It is dawn before the

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But William is completely exhausted. It would be dangerous to push him

any further. Alan decides to take the shortcut. He wants to arrive

William can barely drank his own Sledge any more but there is a lot

of solidarity. His team-mates come The end it is still not in a side.

The athletes fear they will have to camp another night on the glacier.

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