Boarder Chris Klug giving back after 2002 Olympic glory
Deseret News | Lee Benson
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Salt Lake Olympics gives everyone a chance to dust off their favorite 2002 moment.
PARK CITY — Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Salt Lake Olympics gives everyone a chance to dust off their favorite 2002 moment.
Mine involves remembering a picture-perfect Valentine's Day at Park City, where snowboard racer Chris Klug laid down the crowning run of the Games.
Klug didn't win gold, or silver, but the bronze medal he captured easily qualified as the emotional apex of the 2002 Games.
It was the first Olympic medal ever won by an athlete after an organ transplant.
And it came on National Donor Day.
Read more: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765550303/Boarder-Chris-Klug-giving-back-after-2002-Olympic-glory.html?s_cid=s10
PARK CITY — Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Salt Lake Olympics gives everyone a chance to dust off their favorite 2002 moment.
Mine involves remembering a picture-perfect Valentine's Day at Park City, where snowboard racer Chris Klug laid down the crowning run of the Games.
Klug didn't win gold, or silver, but the bronze medal he captured easily qualified as the emotional apex of the 2002 Games.
It was the first Olympic medal ever won by an athlete after an organ transplant.
And it came on National Donor Day.
Read more: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765550303/Boarder-Chris-Klug-giving-back-after-2002-Olympic-glory.html?s_cid=s10
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