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Corby

American  
[kawr-bee] / ˈkɔr bi /

noun

  1. a town in NE Northamptonshire, in S England.


Corby British  
/ ˈkɔːbɪ /

noun

  1. a town in central England, in N Northamptonshire: designated a new town in 1950. Pop: 49 222 (2001)

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Stolz has the 1,500 left, and then there’s the frantic mass start, which Stolz’s old-school coach, Bob Corby, is tolerating in the OK fine way parents say OK fine when junior wants to leap off a pier at the beach.

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Legendary coach Bob Corby thought he was done with speedskating.

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The Obi Wan is Bob Corby, a beloved rink wizard from St. Louis whose time-worn, brute-force coaching methods have lifted Stolz into the planet’s most dominating skater, a favorite to win multiple golds here.

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Corby has molded Stolz with the sort of grueling, high-volume strength and endurance efforts that sculpted skating legends like the GOAT, Eric Heiden.

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“He does a tremendous amount of training,” Corby told me.

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