All the cool Olympians are from Michigan
Jim Slater from Lapeer
Sam McGuffie, former UM RB
Madison Hubbell from Okemos
Maia and Alex Shibutani from Ann Arbor
Megan Keller from Farmington
Kyle Mack from West Bloomfield
Nick Baumgartner (2nd to last) from Iron River
Jessica Smith-Koorman from Melvindale
Madison Chock and Evan Bates from Novi & Huron (schools) respectively
"Michigan athletes made themselves known through solid performances – and some solid social medial play – at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Even if the United States didn’t exactly tear it up – turning in its lowest medal count in 20 years (23 medals overall) – Michigan natives came home with a gold, silver and bronze and treasure chest of great stories along the way.
Here are 10 of them."
Credit: MLive.com, 2/26/2018, Author: Peter J. Wallner
http://www.mlive.com/sports/2018/02/10_great_moments_from_michigan.html
February 26th, 2018 at 3:50 PM ^
February 26th, 2018 at 4:39 PM ^
Not surprising due the fact that one of the major training facilities/programs for figure skating is in Michigan. That's why a lot of them seemed to come from Kzoo, Okemos, AA, etc.
As for the people who said South Korea was an odd place to host the Olympics? I mean, Korea is like 70% mountains. I dont think it's odd at all. How about Sochi? Sochi Russia is a summer beach resort. Not typically a skiing diestination. If I remember correctly, the events were located really far from Sochi and it kind of sucked.
February 26th, 2018 at 9:37 PM ^