CLEVELAND - U.S.
Speedskating is pleased to announce a newly
formed partnership with 24 Hour Fitness, a
global leader in health and fitness
facilities.
24 Hour Fitness will provide membership to
the national team skaters as well as staff
and board members. Membership discounts to
the general U.S. Speedskating community will
soon be available on the U.S. Speedskating
web site (www.usspeedskating.org).
The partnership marks 24 Hour Fitness's
entrance into the speedskating community.
"We are excited to have 24 Hour Fitness as a
partner," said Andy Gabel, U.S. Speedskating
President. "24 Hour Fitness is a world
renown fitness company with state of the art
equipment and a strong presence throughout
the country. Our athletes will not only
benefit from 24 Hour Fitness's partnership
by becoming stronger but will have access to
the muscle, nutrition and health programs
that are offered at the facilities as well."
All U.S. Speedskating national team athletes
will have complete access to all 24 Hour
Fitness locations, most of which operate 24
hours a day, 7 days a week. These locations
are outfitted with the latest cutting-edge
training equipment and amenities designed to
help the U.S. Speedskating national team
members on their journey to Torino and their
continued training beyond the 2006 Olympic
Winter Games.
About 24 Hour Fitness:
24 Hour Fitness, a long time fan of
the Olympic Movement, and officially became
a U.S. Olympic Team sponsor in April 2003,
with the sponsorship lasting through 2008.
For more than a decade, 24 Hour Fitness has
cheered for and rallied behind the Olympic
movement in the U.S.
Headquartered in San Ramon, Calif., 24 Hour
Fitness, an innovative leader in the health
and fitness industry, serves more than 2.7
million members in over 300 clubs across 16
different states. Originating in 1983 as a
one-club operation, 24 Hour Fitness was
designed by Mark S. Mastrov with the vision
of making fitness a way of life by creating
the ultimate in multi-sport fitness centers
and making them affordable and accessible to
people of all abilities and fitness levels.
Please call 1-800-204-2400 or visit
www.24HourFitness.com
for more information and to find the
location nearest you.
About U.S. Speedskating:
U.S. Speedskating is a nonprofit
organization recognized by the United States
Olympic Committee as the governing body for
the sport of Speedskating in the United
States. To date, U.S. Speedskating has won a
total of 65 Olympic medals, lauding it as
one of the most successful winter sports in
the USA.