Olympics
2002 Salt Lake City |
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Church banner Friends to All Nations |

Banner on Church Office Building |

Olympic banner on back of Church Museum |

Even the city buses show Olympic spirit |

Banners on the streets |

Olympic skating center |

On Feb 7, |

The Olympic rings glow in the night sky as fireworks explode.
(Photo
courtesy Deseret News.)
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Olympic Medals Plaza and view of the cityscape with banners on buildings. |

Security is tight
Sandbags at the corner of the Olympics Medals Plaza |

National Guard Post |

Road closures |

Metal detectors at entrance to
Temple Square |

President Gordon B. Hinckley raises the Olympic torch high as the torch
reaches the Church Administration Building.
(Photo courtesy Deseret News.) |

The lights are on at temple square (Photo courtesy Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.) |

Torch run 8 Feb 02 in West Valley City |

Jason playing in the high school band when the torch passed |

Teri and Hailee waiting for the torch to pass |

High school cheerleaders raising our spirits |

President Bush and his wife, Laura, listen to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
at the State Capitol Friday. (Paul Fraughton, Pool
Photo) |

President Bush speaks to LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley after
arriving in Salt Lake City Feb 8. (Paul
Fraughton, Pool Photo) |

An empty Medals Plaza awaits the crowds. Over 20,000 people will flock
here nightly during the Olympics. |

The Olympic rings glow on side of the mountains in Salt Lake Feb 8. |

The Opening Ceremony of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games on Feb. 8, 2002, in
Salt Lake City, UT. (Photo
courtesy Steve Griffin, The Salt Lake Tribune) |

"Miracle on Ice" USA hockey team
Team captain Mike Eruzione holds the Olympic torch shortly before he and
the rest of the gold medal winning U.S. hockey team of 1980 lit the
Olympic Cauldron in Salt Lake City.
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Olympics Medals Plaza with downtown in the background. |

Halfpipe |

Halfpipe |

Snowboarding |

Curling. What's that all about? |

Ice dancing |

Ice dancing |
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Fireworks at the closing ceremonies |
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For
more photos of the games, check out these websites:
http://2002.ksl.com/photoidx-i.php?p=1
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