What's New....

German Documentary Filmmaker, Niklas Schenck, has been following Charlie- from a distance- since Charlie's Bronze Medal at the World championships in 2001. As a journalist for German's equivalent to National Public Radio and for the largest newspaper in Germany, Niklas has decided to use Charlie as the subject of his next project. He recently traveled to the US to interview Charlie and get more of his story. (see pic of them together below!) We are so excited about this prospective documentary and Niklas has told us he will continue to follow Charlie on this journey to the 2012 Olympics. As soon as we know more on this developing story, we will let you know!

Niklas and Charlie during his recent visit to Houston.

Charlie has had his best training week ever!  He came back from Thanksgiving break recharged and extremely motivated!  After the first three days his coach Tom called him to let him know he was so impressed with his workouts and so proud of what he has been seeing from Charlie.  His focus right now is on Winter Cup in February.  He is taking things one step at a time-putting all his energy both physically and mentally into each step towards his main goal of 2012.  Winter Cup should be exciting as Charlie is in his best shape ever since leaving his home country of Cuba in 2003.  The encouragement form his fans has really helped-he appreciates every encouraging comment and wants to thank all those who have visited his website- www.flipforcharlie.com for their support.  

Keep it up Charlie!