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On January 5, 2010, the [[Royal Canadian Mint]] announced that they were minting 22 million [[Quarter (Canadian coin)|Canadian quarters]] with an image of Klassen in a speed skating pose on it. 3 million of the quarters were minted with a red [[maple leaf]] on it. The mint issued the quarters as an honour to Klassen's six medals in the Olympics, and as part of their Olympic Moments quarter-coins series.<ref>{{cite news |author = |title = Mint honours speedskater Cindy Klassen with coin |publisher = [[CBC News]] |date =January 5, 2010 |url = http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/01/05/mb-cindy-klassen-coin-winnipeg.html |accessdate=2010-02-26}}</ref>
Coming back from double knee-surgery and two years off of skating, Klassen's main goal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver was simply to compete. Klassen saying that "My goal is just to qualify. To get there would be great."<ref>{{cite news |author = |title = Klassen has long way to go, short time to get there |publisher = ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'' |date = December 7, 2009 |url = http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/2010wintergames/speed-skating/Klassen+long+short+time+there/2311970/story.html |accessdate = 2010-02-26 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She failed to medal in 2010, placing 21st in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]], 14th in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]], and 12th in the [[Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]. Klassen was also named as an alternate in the team pursuit.<ref name="Future after games">{{cite news |author = |title = Klassen, named pursuit team alternate, faces questions about future after Games |publisher = ''[[Winnipeg Free Press]]'' |date =2010-02-26 }}</ref> While Klassen stated that she was unsure of whether she would continue speed skating after the games, she believed that her knees would hold out and that the [[2014 Winter Olympics|2014 Sochi Olympics]] were a possibility.<ref name="Future after games"/>
===Return from injury and retirement===
Klassen qualified for the [[2010–11 ISU Speed Skating World Cup|2010–11 World Cup]] in October 2010. Of qualifying, her ongoing injury struggles, and surgery recover Klassen said that "I'm just going to go out and do the best that I can and see what happens. My knees still hurt. Some days are better than others. There's always aches and pains in skating . . . for me I feel like I'm more of a work skater than technical skater. I've been able to do harder training this year than I have in the past, which is a good thing because that's kind of my strong point so I'll see where that takes me. It's been fun but it's been really hard, too."<ref>{{cite news |author = John Downs |title = Klassen qualifies for World Cup speed skating team |publisher = ''[[The Vancouver Sun]]'' |date = October 21, 2010 |url = http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Speed+skating+Cindy+Klassen+qualifies+World+team/3708289/story.html |accessdate = 2010-11-08 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> At the first meet of the World Cup season Klassen got her first individual podium result since the [[2007–08 ISU Speed Skating World Cup|2007–08 season]].<ref>{{cite news |author = |title = Klassen wins silver at speedskating World Cup |publisher = [[CBC Sports]] |date =November 13, 2010 |url = http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/11/13/sp-speedskating-klassen-silver.html |accessdate=2010-08-14}}</ref> Klassen finished second in the 3000 m and followed that placing up with a fourth-place finish in the 1500 m the next day.
Despite the pain and fatigue from injuries, a further competitive gear was found for Klassen as part of the women's team pursuit. She became a part of the team that first won gold at the [[2011 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2011 World Championships]] and then came back at the [[2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships|2012 Worlds]] to win a silver as repeat medalists.<ref>{{cite news|title=Canadian women grab silver at speedskating worlds |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2012/03/25/sp-speedskating-worlds-cindy-klassen-nesbitt-silver-medal.html |publisher=[[CBC Sports]] |date=March 25, 2012 |accessdate= August 19, 2012}}</ref> That [[2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup|same season]] she had also helped to pull the women to the top of the World Cup title, winning three of four races that year together with [[Brittany Schussler]] and [[Christine Nesbitt]].
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==External links==
*[http://www.cindyklassen.com Cindy Klassen's official homepage]
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* [http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1979081201 Cindy Klassen's results] – at SpeedSkatingStats.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717141628/http://www.speedskating.ca/athlete-bios-long-track.cfm?memberID=3075&teamID=185 Cindy Klassen biography] – at Speed Skating Canada
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