MCFARLAND, Wis —Curler Nina Roth knew at 10-years-old she would go to the Olympics.

"It took a while to have it happen. I didn't realize it was gonna take so long but I'm very fortunate that I'm very happy with myself that i stuck it out," she said about manifesting her reality, now for the second time.

What You Need To Know

  • A Madison area woman proudly will represent the country once again in curling at the olympic games

  • Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this time will be totally different for Nina Roth and her family

  • Roth's family won't travel with her and they will have to cheer her on in a different way

  • Roth, now a mom and a registered nurse, juggles hectic demands to follow her dreams

 

"She just caught the bug," Roth's mom Alane Spatola said of her daughter's life long passion. "Ever since she's had to learn how to multitask. She's had to learn how to, you know, negotiate her world."

It's a world where Roth has had to cope with the long pandemic hours of work as an RN, right along side her curling career. She said there is a silver lining to the work she is focused on currently.

"Our hospital [is] a critical illness recovery hospital. So right now we're able to take patients who are recovering [from] COVID, so a lot of times we get to see them have positive outcomes too. Which kind of is the the bright light in our lives there at the hospital," Roth said.

Her other bright light, practicing the push-ups, while playing with her little Nolan, now 2-years-old. 

"Being a mom totally makes me a better athlete. I've got to be more disciplined with with my time and the amount of time and quality of time that I put into my practicing and my training. And also gives me a new perspective," she said.  

"Right, you know? Before Nolan came along, if I lost a game sometimes it felt like the end of the world but now that I've got him he's he's my new purpose. And at the end of the day, no matter what happens, I get to go home and give him a squeeze and just because mom, which is the most amazing feeling in the world," she added.

All as her parents and husband pitch in and support her curling journey.

"It takes a village," Spatola said.  And this time, without coming with her to the Olympic Village, it will take their cheers to spur her on.

The Spatola family plans on having a small watch party in their home as they huddle around the tv and ring the curling bells.