19 January 2012
2012 Youth Olympic Games: VNR 3 - 19 January 2012 Shotlist
As a three-time World Cup Winner and Olympic Gold Medallist, Lindsey Vonn knows what it takes to succeed at the highest level in Sport. Lindsey and fellow Olympians Angela Ruggiero and Eve Muirhead join a number of workshops designed to give inspiration and guidance to the next generation of athletes.
Sir Clive Woodward, Team GB Chef de Mission describes how the Games are an important stepping-stone in the development of future Olympians.
Spectators and slopes at Patscherkofel Mountain
Innsbruck 2012 Flags
Young fans waving flags and blowing horns
Lindsey Vonn poses for photographs with YOG Mascot and YOG athletes (2 shots)
YOG Men’s Giant Slalom race
Lindsey Vonn watching Giant Slalom
YOG Men’s Giant Slalom race
I/V Lindsey Vonn
I’ve been working with the YOG for a long time now and to finally be a part of it and to be actually at the venue and watching the ski racing is awesome.
Lindsey poses for photos with US Giant Slalom competitor
Lindsey Vonn winning Women’s Downhill Olympic Gold at Vancouver 2010
Lindsey Vonn Gold Medal ceremony Vancouver 2010
Young athletes attending Q & A session with Lindsey Vonn and Angela Ruggiero (4-time Olympic Medallist, USA Team Hockey)
Athlete Question: I just wonder how if you have a bad day if you feel down how you get up and get that strength to keep on going and keep the good mood.
Lindsey Answer: I have a lot of bad days especially in the summer – it’s really hard to wake up when it’s a beautiful day and you go inside and you stay in the gym. It’s really hard. But I always think about what are my competitors are doing and how can I work harder than they are and the only way I’m going to succeed is if I work harder than they do and that means getting up, getting out of bed and heading to the gym.
Cutaways young athletes listening
Pan from photographers to Lindsey Vonn meeting Jacques Rogge (2 shots)
I/V Lindsey Vonn
Well its just younger. I mean the YOG is all about the experience and having fun and really learning a lot. I think that once you get the actual Olympic Games there’s so much more pressure and its sometimes hard to enjoy all the fun and the unique opportunities that you get to experience being in an Olympics, so the YOG is a place where they can actually really enjoy themselves and they can compete but at the same time have a lot of fun and that’s something that you don’t always get so I think this is really cool.
Lindsey Vonn at Meet the Chefs workshop
Lindsey preparing food
I/V Lindsey Vonn
You know the nutrition is such a big oart of being an athlete and the kids are really going to get a good opportunity to really learn more about nutrition. I know that I didn’t learn about nutrition until I was in my early 20’s so this is a great opportunity for them just to lead a healthy lifestyle
- Eve and Thomas Muirhead watching curling event (2 shots)
- Team GB Curling team in training
i/V Eve Muirhead, Great Britain Team Skipper Vancouver 2010 & YOG Ambassador
(with her brother Thomas Muirhead, YOG Team GB, Curling)
I arrived in from Vancouver a couple of days ago and so far it’s a great great venue.
Everything seems so fabulous here. it’s a mega, mega set-up. I think for me especially to have my brother competing in the curling made it even extra special. We’ve still got a few more events to go and I think for me being a role model all the cultural programmes are working really well for the athletes.
YOG Curling event (2 shots)
YOG speed skaters close up
Cutaway Chinese supporters with flag
YOG speed skating race
I/V Sir Clive Woodward, Team GB Chef de Mission
It’s the first one. It’s the first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games, so I think they feel hugely privileged and honoured to be here. I think the competition has been fantastic and they’ve just thoroughly enjoyed it. I think the big thing they will go back with huge amount of learning and they’ll know exactly where they are, their sport will know where they are, they get to benchmark against some of the worlds best athletes in their own age group so I think from a development point of view its just priceless, so again well done to the IOC for putting these on. I think it’s the start of something very very special
Lindsey Vonn and Jacques Rogge photo opportunity:
- Jacques Rogge signs YOG bobsleigh
- Cutaway photographers
- Lindsey Vonn signs YOG bobsleigh
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