PETERS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — U.S. speed skater John-Henry Krueger, the Washington County native who won a silver medal in the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, wants to compete for a new country.
Krueger, 23, says he wants to compete for Hungary instead.
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If Krueger is released by U.S. Speedskating, he would join his brother, Cole, on the Hungary team. Cole switched teams but had to take a season off from competition after being released from U.S. Speed Skating.
Krueger says his decision is mostly financially motivated.
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Krueger won the silver medal for the 1000m. It was the U.S.'s lone short track medal.
A Facebook post by Krueger’s mother said he is not leaving his country, but the federation she says abandoned him.
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