March 1, 2010
Locals led U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Team
by PR Wire Report/
Bode Miller won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Vancouver Olympics. (photo: Getty Images)
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The U.S. Olympic Ski and Snowboarding Team wrapped up the 2010 Olympic Winter Games on Sunday with 18 U.S. athletes combining to win 21 medals, including six gold, over the course of 16 days of competition.
Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.) left the Games with three medals, including gold in the super G, bringing his career total to a U.S. record of five – finding the passion he skied with as a youth through the support of the U.S. Ski Team and its coaches, athletes and staff.
"How unusual it is now, how unique it is to find that kind of energy to go above and beyond what you could normally achieve on your own because you're a part of something else," Miller said. "And I think that was really cool, I think that was exactly what I needed."
"I'm really proud of our team. We went after it this time. We weren't scared. We stomped on it. From Lindsey (Vonn) on down, we were always aggressive."
The U.S. success began early when on the opening day of competition (Feb. 13), Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vt.) kicked it off with gold in moguls, with teammate Shannon Bahrke (Tahoe City, Calif.) taking bronze.
New England athletes shined in the snowboarding events, as Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, Maine) repeated as snowboardcross gold medalist, Hannah Teter (Belmont, Vt.) earned silver in women’s halfpipe and Kelly Clark (Norwich, Vt.) and Scotty Lago (Seabrook, N.H.) claimed bronze medals in women’s and men’s halfpipe, respectively.
Dartmouth College graduate Andrew Weibrecht added to the medal haul with a bronze in the men's super-G.
