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
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: 2002 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Base: Park City
State: Utah (UT)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Preston Keres, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
19/02/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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