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Arlington's Own Sylvia Hoffman Hoping for Spot on U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team

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ArlingtonJanuary 12, 2022 6:27 pm

Arlington's Own Sylvia Hoffman Hoping for Spot on U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team

Making an Olympic team is what sports dreams are made of, but for Sylvia Hoffman, who called North Texas home for much of her life, the journey to a Winter Olympics has been anything but conventional.

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Arlington's Own Sylvia Hoffman Hoping for Spot on U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team

Arlington's Own Sylvia Hoffman Hoping for Spot on U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team

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