Family heirloom leads athlete on Olympics path

WEBVTT AND PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA.IT'S A FAMILY THING.YOU COULD SAY THE OLYMPICS IS INTHE DNA OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIABIATHLETE JOANNE REID.HER FAMILY HAS AN IMPRESSIVEOLYMPIC HISTORY AND JOANNE HOPESTO ADD TO IT.IF JAMES BOND WAS AN OLYMPIAN,HE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABIATHLETE.SKI LIKE CRAZY.STOP, SHOOT INSTANTLY.SKI LIKE CRAZY AGAIN.>> IT IS LIKE DOING A SPRINT ANDTHEN TRYING TO THREAD A NEEDLE.YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING VERYPHYSICAL, THEN SOMETHING MENTALAND PRECISE.DEIRDRE: HER PATH WAS NOT SOPRECISE.SHE GREW UP A CROSS-COUNTRYSKIER.>> MY GRANDFATHER WAS DIAGNOSEDWITH ONSET EARLY ALZHEIMER'S.HIS FIREARM PASS DOWN TO MYMOTHER AND THEN ME.I DECIDED I HAD THIS RIFLE ANDTHIS CAPABILITY AND I WANTED TOTRY IT.DEIRDRE: TWO YEARS LATER ANDCHOOSE A FAVORITE TO MAKE THEU.S. TEAM.>> I SHOT A GUN MAYBE FOUR TIMESOR FIVE TIMES BEFORE, BUT I HAVENO BAD HABITS.DEIRDRE: BUT SHE DID HAVEGREATGEN -- GREAT GENES.HER MOTHER WON BRONZE IN THEOLYMPICS AND HER UNCLE WON INTHE SAME GAMES.IF JOANNE MAKES THE TEAM, HERGREATEST ASSET MAY BE HER SLEEPSCHEDULE SINCE BY ATHLETES WILLCOMPETE AT NIGHT.>> I'M EXCITED THIS YEAR TO HAVENIGHT RACES.MY BRAIN WAKES UP FROM 10:00 ATNIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT, SO THAT ISWHEN I MET MY BEST.THAT IS WHEN I FEEL THE MOSTALIVE.DEIRDRE: ALERTS, ALIVE, ANDRACING IN HONOR OF HERGRANDFATHER, WHO CENTER DOWN THEOLYMPIC JOURNEY WITH A FAMILYHEIRLOOM.DEIRDRE: SHE HAS BOTH A MATH ANDMASTERS DEGREE IN ENGINEERING.AS FOR HER CHANCES, SHE JUST HADA GREAT WEEKEND IN SLOVAKIA,WHERE SHE FINISHED 20TH AND 38THIN TWO RACES OUT OF 100, BESTFOR ANY AMERICAN WOMAN.THE FINAL QUALIFYING MEET STARTSTHURSDAY IN GERMAN AND THE U.S.OLYMPIC BIATHLON ROSTER TO BE