Long track long shot making painstaking progress on blades

(PHOTOS COURTESY OF KEVIN JAGGER)

By Alison Korn

The Toronto Sun

Inspired by the 2010 Olympics, the guy who calls himself the "long track long shot" is still chasing his chance.

A former investment banker and McGill University football player who quit the corporate world in February to try a totally new sport - speed skating - Kevin Jagger was recently accepted to train in Calgary's Olympic Oval program. That was after nine weeks of painstaking progress on blades.