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
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: 2002 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
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
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/02/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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