Dec. 3 Team
USA
Update
Athletes, Coaches Arrive
at Training
Camp
All 355 athletes and 85
coaches of Team
USA,
in addition
to the management team, arrived safely
Wednesday, Dec. 3, at
Copper
Mountain
in
Colorado
for
training camp.
Upon arrival, athletes
transitioned from state mode to sport mode after
meeting with their World Games sport coaches.
Then they checked in to their rooms at the
resort. Athlete Brian Cahill of
Massachusetts
exclaimed "The room we're in is as big as my
house!" and marveled at the refrigerator in his
suite. "Are they gonna stock it for us?" he
wondered.
Team
USA
members returned to the conference center for
dinner and team building activities. Consultant
Rose Snyder helped the athletes and coaches
determine their personality “shape” and learn
how to interact with their teammates of
differing shapes.
Chants of
USA
,
USA
,
USA
broke out
throughout the evening and especially during
Annette Lynch of Special Olympics North America
who encouraged all the athletes to do their
personal best during the games in
Idaho
.
Tomorrow athletes will
begin training and the evaluation process to
determine that they are properly divisioned come
games time.
Be sure to check out the Team USA photo
gallery for more photos from
check-in day.
If you need to contact
an athlete or coach during their stay at
Copper
Mountain
,
you may call 970.968.2318 and select
extension 0. An operator will ask you for
the name of the person you need
to contact and connect you.
For more information on
the athletes of Team
USA
, please visit TeamUSA website.
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