Lindsey Vonn plans to make Salt Lake City’s 2034 Olympics better for athletes’ families
Associated PressPARIS — When Lindsey Vonn skied in her fourth and final Olympics in South Korea in 2018, her mother and the rest of the family took three-hour train rides from Seoul to the mountains to watch her compete. “We’re going to take care of the families, not just the athletes.” Vonn, 39, won one gold and two bronze medals over four Olympics from her debut in Salt Lake City in 2002 through Pyeongchang six years ago. Organizers of the 2034 Games plan to house athletes and their immediate family members on the University of Utah campus just 2.5 miles from downtown Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City bid leaders boast that they’ve created one of the most compact layouts in Olympic history, with all planned venues within a one-hour drive of the athlete and family villages. Another recently retired U.S. star, sprinter Allyson Felix, was behind an effort similar to Vonn’s family village plan, creating the first nursery for athletes with young children at this year’s Olympic village in Paris.
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