Episode 49 - Tom Kelly
Episode description
We have another "first" - we're joined by a Games stakeholder! Tom Kelly, who was the VP of Communications for U.S Ski & Snowboard during a 32 year career with the national governing body, remembers the Salt Lake 2002 Games (recorded 16 July 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.
Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here.
If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com.
WARM UP
00:28 - Tom joins from Park City!
PRELIMS
04:19 - An interesting pathway
07:20 - Selecting the venues
QUARTERFINALS
09:14 - Alphabet soup
11:43 - Venue challenges
SEMIFINALS
14:44 - Preparing the athletes
16:27 - We won 10 medals!
FINALS
18:56 - The foundation for high performance
21:08 - Regime change
MIXED ZONE
23:13 - Lillehammer and Salt Lake
26:19 - The growth of the sport
COOL DOWN
28:03 - Sustainability role models
32:32 - Unconventional choices