The USA Figure Skating Championships are being held from January 14-22 in Kansas City, Mo.
Results:
Ice Dancing
Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani - gold - 200.05
Madison Chock and Evan Bates - silver - 199.04
Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue - bronze - 191.42
Pairs
Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier - gold - 188.32
Marissa Castelli and Mervin Tran - silver - 186.28
Ashley Cain and Timothy Leduc - bronze - 184.41
Ladies Free Skate
Karen Chen - gold - 214.22
Ashley Wagner - silver - 211.78
Mariah Bell - bronze - 197.92
Mirai Nagasu - 4th - 194.90
Gracie Gold - 6th - 179.63
Men's Free Skate
Nathan Chen - gold - 318.47
Vincent Zhou - silver - 263.03
Jason Brown - bronze - 254.23
Olympic updates - Track and Field
2017 will be the last season for American mens 800 runner Nick Symmonds. Symmonds has decided to retire at the end of the 2017 outdoor track season.
American Ashton Eaton, who won gold in the decathlon at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, has decided to retire from track and field along with his wife, Canadian heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton. Theisen-Eaton won bronze in the heptathlon at the 2016 Rio games.
Jamaican Usain Bolt, a legend of track and field, had his 2008 Olympic 4 by 100 relay gold medal stripped because of doping by teammate Nesta Carter. Bolt now has 8 gold medals. The IOC can now strip all relay team members of medals if one teammate tests positive for performance enhancing drugs.
The IAAF has extended Russia's track and field ban past the 2017 world track and field championships in London in August. This extension has proven that Russian anti-doping measures have failed to gain traction with the IAAF. I agree with this continued ban on Russian track athletes.
Sunday, January 22, 2017
Monday, January 2, 2017
15 years since volunteering at Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games
Today, January 2, marks 15 years since I started volunteering at the Team 2002 Processing Center. I was selected as an out of state volunteer from Ohio. I was selected from a field of 65,000. There were 24,000 selected, most were selected from Utah. I applied to be a volunteer in June of 2000 and was notified I was accepted as a volunteer in October of 2001.
The days I volunteered at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics were January 2-12. I was selected to work before the games started. Instead of declining this volunteer position and be put back into the general pool of volunteers, I decided to accept the role of Accreditation Associate. I helped accreditate the 24,000 games time volunteers. My job was looking them up in the system, then issuing their accreditation badge. I would solve any issues that might occur in the accreditation process and then issue their badges. I also helped issue volunteer uniforms. The uniform consisted of ski pants, vest, fleece shirt, coat, and gloves. I still have the uniform today but only wear the fleece shirt. My hours ranged from 10am to 7pm every day that I worked. I got credit for 17 days worked when I only worked 10 days. I received Team 2002 extras like volunteer pins, a watch, medallion and a certificate. I spent two thousand dollars on the trip. This includes at least 500 dollars in souvenirs and my car rental for 3 weeks was 500 dollars. I stayed with a family in Mona, Utah and commuted in 75 miles one way from Mona to Salt Lake City every day. Total mileage from the trip was over 6,300. This was a great experience. I hope there is some kind of 15 year anniversary celebration marking the February 8-24, 2002 Olympic Games. I won't be able to attend. I would love to see the Olympic Wall of Honor at the Salt Lake City Olympic Legacy Plaza. My sponsor family took photos of it for me in 2003. It would be great to see it in person!
The days I volunteered at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics were January 2-12. I was selected to work before the games started. Instead of declining this volunteer position and be put back into the general pool of volunteers, I decided to accept the role of Accreditation Associate. I helped accreditate the 24,000 games time volunteers. My job was looking them up in the system, then issuing their accreditation badge. I would solve any issues that might occur in the accreditation process and then issue their badges. I also helped issue volunteer uniforms. The uniform consisted of ski pants, vest, fleece shirt, coat, and gloves. I still have the uniform today but only wear the fleece shirt. My hours ranged from 10am to 7pm every day that I worked. I got credit for 17 days worked when I only worked 10 days. I received Team 2002 extras like volunteer pins, a watch, medallion and a certificate. I spent two thousand dollars on the trip. This includes at least 500 dollars in souvenirs and my car rental for 3 weeks was 500 dollars. I stayed with a family in Mona, Utah and commuted in 75 miles one way from Mona to Salt Lake City every day. Total mileage from the trip was over 6,300. This was a great experience. I hope there is some kind of 15 year anniversary celebration marking the February 8-24, 2002 Olympic Games. I won't be able to attend. I would love to see the Olympic Wall of Honor at the Salt Lake City Olympic Legacy Plaza. My sponsor family took photos of it for me in 2003. It would be great to see it in person!
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