Vermont’s secret Olympic pipeline
In February 2018, the US women’s cross-country ski team team won the first ever Olympic gold medals in their sport. Olympic skiers are now returning home, which for many of them is to Craftsbury, Vermont. This small northern Vermont community has become a pipeline for Olympic cross-country skiers, many of whom are part of the Green Racing Project at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center. About half of the athletes on the Green Racing Project team competed in the 2018 Olympics. We talk with Judy Geer, founder of Green Racing Project, her two daughters who competed in the Olympics, and another recently returned Olympic cross-country skier to learn the secrets behind their success. We also discuss why American biathletes, who fire guns as part of their sport, are now speaking out in favor of gun control.
Judy Geer, Hannah Dreissigacker, Emily Dreissigacker, and Caitlin Patterson, Concept2 Director, Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Green Racing Project, 1976, 1980 & 1984 Olympic rower; 2014 Olympic biathlete, member, Green Racing Project; 2018 Olympic biathlete, member, Green Racing Project; 2018 Olympic cross-country skier, member, Green Racing Project
