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
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: 2002 WINTER OLYMPIC 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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