“May This Track and Field Top Runner Rest In Peace Forever In Our Hearts”

July 22–Monique Burton and Brian Krabak, two doctors from Seattle, won’t be winning any medals at the Paris Olympics, which get underway on July 24. However, they will definitely be aiding a lot of athletes who will. Growing up in Seattle, Burton’s aim was to compete in Olympic gymnastics. He made it to the Olympics sixteen years ago, this time in Beijing as a medic for the U.S. track and field team. This year, he will return to the games in Paris. The father of Brian Krabak never took swimming lessons. Krabak, a physician at the UW Sports Medicine Center and a professor of rehabilitation medicine, orthopedics, and sports medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children’s, is amazed by this fact as he gets ready to be one of two doctors for

July 22: While Seattle doctors Monique Burton and Brian Krabak won’t be winning any medals at the Paris Olympics, which get underway on July 24, they will definitely be supporting a lot of athletes who will. Growing up in Seattle, Burton dreamed of competing in gymnastics. He qualified for the Olympics 16 years ago, serving as a medic for the U.S. track and field team in Beijing, and he will return to same duty in Paris. The father of Brian Krabak was never a good swimmer. As he gets ready to be one of two doctors for the UW Sports Medicine Center and a professor of rehabilitation medicine, orthopedics, and sports medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children’s, Krabak is amazed by that fact.