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Cheek's Time has come

More notice for Greensboro's Joey Cheek, who is included this week in a special edition of Time magazine as one of 100 of "The World's Most Influential People" -- along with Oprah, Condoleeza Rice, George W. Bush and Katie Couric.

In a short essay on the Olympic medalist, another notable former Olympian speedskater, Dan Jansen (who was a gold medalist in 1994 and has set eight speedskating world records)writes this about Cheek:

"So many sports figures dominate the headlines for the wrong reasons. Many parents have been looking for a worthy role model their kids can look up to. Need we look further?"

If I'm not mistaken, Cheek's photo appears on the Time cover right beside the left edge of the "T."

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