Episode 99 - Aimee Preston
Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective
English - April 13, 2021 16:17 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHistory Sports olympic games paralympic games sloc salt lake 2002 slc ocog storytelling Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
SLOC employee number 40, Aimee Preston, takes a break from the Summit County COVID-19 vaccination effort, to join the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast and share her story of transitioning from collegiate gymnast to sport administrator and running a completely different sport - Curling! (recorded 29 March 2021).
If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email [email protected].
Show Notes:
WARM UP
00:26 - Welcome Aimee!
PRELIMS
04:30 - Marooned on an island
06:50 - Finding the next thing after gymnastics
QUARTERFINALS
10:53 - Establishing a sport from the ground up
14:26 - Volunteers came out of the woodwork
SEMIFINALS
16:53 - Transitioning to venue
FINALS
21:33 - A new family during test events
23:50 - Games-time emotions
MIXED ZONE
29:01 - Learnings from gymnastics / SPORT
32:07 - Jumping on the couch
PODIUM
33:34 - Memories close to the heart
37:13 - Sitting behind the President
COOL DOWN
40:16 - GB women's victory
43:06 - Life post-SLOC