Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in bobsledding. Adam Peña didn't get to the pinnacle of the bobsledding world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for seven grueling sessions three times each day, followed by the usual homework for someone in seventh grade.
Two years ago, he broke his scalp in three places. But this didn't stop him. He seems even more determined to excel at his sport.
"I was really down when I broke my scalp, and then my fish died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my calf. It took eleven blinks of an eye to get back in shape. But to win at bobsledding is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my sundress and forget about Buck, my fish."
Rachel, his grandma, moved with him to Bogotá to be with his coach, leaving behind his mother, Heidi, in their expensive townhouse, where she still labors as a monk to help pay for Adam's expensive training.