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The town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado gave the US Olympic ski team a rousing sendoff before the Vancouver Olympics begin Friday.
Nearly 6,000 fans showed up in Steamboat Springs last Friday for the sendoff. They got a chance to lend their support to about thirty Olympians, including the moguls team and the nordic combined team.
The traditional Olympic sendoff from the community that has more Winter Olympians, about 75, than any other in America literally closed down Steamboat Springs. The town’s main street, Lincoln Avenue, was closed with a huge stage, big screen TV and trampoline show.
“This is a source of great pride to our community of Steamboat Springs,” said Steamboat Ski Corp. Vice President of Sales and Marketing Andy Wirth. “It means a lot to have all of these great Olympians join us for a sendoff to Vancouver.”
“The Steamboat community has welcomed us with open arms. Our patriotic uniforms make us stand out in a crowd, encouraging people to offer their wishes of good luck and take their photo with us,” reigning World Champion Hannah Kearney, of Norwich, Vt., said. “I have enjoyed skiing the Steamboat course that has been altered since the Olympic Trials, to closer resemble the Olympic course.”
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