cbs' dana jacobsen checked out a special camp where the next crop of potential sports stars are honingheir skills. >> reporter: in the central pennsylvania town of woodward, about 30 miles east of state college, kids could get the traditional summer camp experience, like a slip and slide and s'mores. but that's not all. the draw at camp woodward, nine action sports, including bmx, scooter, and skateboard. >> they're like sponges. and they need mentors. >> reporter: general manager lisa pham has been with camp woodward since 2006. >> when kids come here and learn how to do their trick and monday and tuesday and they perfect it by the time they get to friday and saturday and depart, it's insane. it's amazing. >> reporter: with the large gap in the number of boys versus girls at camp, pham launched efforts to get more girls involved. the number of girls here now compared to when you started, can you describe what that is? >> it's multiple. how many girls are coming here, how many more pros are coming here that are female and girls in action sports, it's just amazing. now these little camp

dana jacobsen has the story. >> reporter: long after the rings come down from the eiffel tower the parisapshot moments sparking memories of the competitive spirit on every field of play. >> i feel like it's a mini museum here. >> yes. >> reporter: and thanks to workers from the olympic museum like anna voles those memories will move on. >> this is novak djokovic racket from the tennis final last sunday. >> reporter: like tennis great novak djokovic's first ever olympic gold. >> this is the red clay that doesn't come off anything. >> exactly. hopefully it stays there. >> reporter: throughout the games a small team of six including anna work to compile as many olympic artifacts as time and athletes allow. we had a chance to check out a handful from the dozens collected by the start of week two. >> they don't wash it and then send it to you. this is like sweat-induced -- >> we try to have it sweat-induced because we want what has been used in competition. sometimes they would like to wash it but we're like no, no, no, we want it now, just sign it. >> reporter: we were there when rebeca andr

dana jacobsen caught up with him before he jetted off to france. >> reporter: six days a week at 6:00nchuk leaves his van for a sleeker set of wheels. practices like this are a part of everyday life for romanchuk, a member of team usa. a five-mile warmup before hill drills where he and his chair hit speeds around 40 miles per hour. >> i've always enjoyed just pushing myself and seeing how far can i go, how fast can i go? >> reporter: the thrill of racing and competing is something this 25-year-old has been chasing since he was a kid. did you see yourself as different when you were younger? >> i think i knew it, but i -- it never really affected me at all. i didn't grow up with people telling me, oh, well, you can't do this, you know, it was always figure out -- figure out how to do it. >> reporter: romanchuk was born with spina bifida, a birth defect affecting the spine. he's been in a wheelchair since he was 5. a decision he made after trying to walk with braces. >> it allowed me to get where i wanted to go quickly and easily. so really the wheelchair was freedom for me. >> reporter:

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