In 2008: competing at first Olympic Games…first Canadian to be nominated to BMX team for Olympics… Battled neck injury this season… Training in Aigle, Switzerland since November 2007 under coach Herve Krebs at UCI Training Centre…Centre has an exact replica of Beijing BMX track… Two victories in U.S., events at end of December 2007 put her temporarily at number-one in the world rankings…Heads to Olympics at number-four…At 2006 world championships her ride was afflicted with mechanical problems..… At 2005 world championships Cools was second in the race when a rider landed on top of her following a jump…She is a five-time world junior champion and 13-time Canadian champion… Won first world age group title at age 10 in England and was a five-time world champ by age 17.

Her brother Ken Cools is the national team BMX coach for New Zealand… Won her first BMX race at age three on bike built by her father…Her father John Cools helped build the Olympic torch that lit the flame at the Calgary Olympics… Her brother Ken and Greg were both BMX champion riders…