A number of athletes headed to Vancouver are on Twitter. A quick guide to help you follow them is below.
Some recent tweets: DRhalves Just had a fan in NY show up at the United counter for me to sign some mags at 4:40am. Jim is a dedicated fan. 5:09 AM Jan 25th from mobile web
speedypeterson There is no better feeling than when other country’s coaches and you competitors come up and tell you how well you… http://bit.ly/4JpN0D
Billy Demong Jumping on again this morning. Going big! 11:27 AM Jan 27th from web
Shaun_White http://twitpic.com/gqtdq – Everyone!… I have a very important news story….CANON BALL!!
AndyNewelskier @lizstephen blue smoke down? what are you going to use to get your ass around? about 3 hours ago from web in reply to lizstephen
tedligety just watched the audi “truth in motion” film on the ski team. in my “unbiased” opinion i say it was awesome. it airs Sat. 30th at 8pm on NBC about 21 hours ago from web
Names link to Twitter pages.
Julia Mancuso – Olympic gold medalist in giant slalom. Cool gal.
Picabo Street – Three-time Olympian, gold medalist, etc. will be commentating for NBC in Vancouver.
Aksel Svindal – Overall World Cup Champion from Norway. Cool guy.
Lindsey Vonn – Need I describe? Queen of skiing, gold medal favorite, etc.
Ted Ligety – GS king.
Liz Stephen – VT cross country skier. She’s rad. And fast.
Andy Newell – Wicked good cross country sprinter. Vancouver bound. Makes cool extreme skiing vids on the skinny skis.
Shaun White – Snowboarder extraordinaire.
Bill Demong – Nordic combined World Champ.
Jeret Peterson – US Aerialist – the only one who can pull the famous “Hurricane.”
Daron Rahlves – Former alpine skier gone skicross king.





