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Competing in the 2002 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES debut for womens bobsledding, World Class Athlete SPECIALIST Jill Bakken, USA, drives the "USA-2" bobsled for the first of two runs in the event. The team was not favored going in but ended up breaking a 46 year drought for the United States and winning the Gold over another American team and favored German team, setting a track record in the process
World Class Athlete SPECIALIST (SPC) Jill Bakken, USA, smiles while answering questions during a post-event press conference about, her and her partner, being the first women to win a gold medal in the sport of bobsled during the 2002 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES. SPC Bakken and Vonetta Flowers lead "USA-2" to the Gold at Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah during the Winter Olympic Games. The team was not favored going in but ended up breaking a 46 year drought for the United States, winning the Gold over another American team and favored German team, setting a track record in the process
World Class Athlete SPECIALIST Bill Tavares, USA, drives the first forerunner sled down the track, checking out the course for competitors, at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, before the four-man bobsled competition in the 2002 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES. Tavares coached the women's two-man bobsled team to the gold medal earlier in the games
SPECIALIST William "Bill" Tavares, Womens Team Head Coach, seen here at a press conference held in the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, will lead the women's bobsled team to competition at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah. The 2002 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES will be the first time Women's Bobsled will be participating as a medal sport. His team, SPECIALIST Jill Bakken and her partner, Vonetta Flowers, were not the favored team going in but ended up breaking a 46 year drought for the United States and winning the Gold over another American team and favored German team, setting a track record in the process
National Guard Sergeant Tuffield "Tuffy" Latour, women's bobsled assistant coach, keeps a keen eye on US practice runs at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah. Women bobsledders will take to the track for the first time in Olympic history at the 2002 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES held in Salt Lake City
World Class Athlete Program Biathlon athlete SPECIALIST (SPC) Jeremy Teela, USA, waits for questions from worldwide media at a press conference held before the 2002 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
National Guard SPECIALIST Bill Tavares, USA, Women's Team Head Coach, works with the team on a makeshift ice track just west of the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah. Vonetta Flower, brakeman, is in the foreground. The women's bobsled take to the track Feb. 19, in the 2002 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES for the first time in Olympic history
World Class Athlete SPECIALIST Mike Kohn, USA, is all smiles during the press conference following "USA-2" bobsled teams bronze medal performance in the four-man bobsled at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, during the 2002 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
World Class Athlete SPECIALIST (SPC) Michael "Mike" Kohn, USA, joins his team for a press conference involving the 2002 US Men's bobsled team. SPC Kohn takes to the track for competition in the 2002 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City, Utah, February 22, as part of the four-man bobsled
World Class Athlete SPECIALIST Jill Bakken, USA, speaks with the media during a press conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 2002 games will be the first for the women bobsledders to compete for a medal in Olympic history.020214-N-3995K-001
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Subject Operation/Series: Olympics 2002
Base: Salt Lake City
State: Utah (UT)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Preston Keres, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
14/02/2002
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