Montana sends four Olympians to Beijing Games
Maggie Voisin, of Whitefish, performs a trick during a summer training session at Mount Hood, Oregon. Voisin is an X Games gold medalist and Olympic athlete who is featured in the Montana PBS production “Mavericks.” (Photo courtesy Maggie Voisin)
United States' Bradley Wilson competes in the men's moguls qualifying at Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Darian Stevens stands on the podium after taking second place the World Cup U.S. Grand Prix slopestyle freestyle skiing finals, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, in Frisco, Colo. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
United States' Jake Sanderson, from left, Tanner Dickinson and Chaz Lucius celebrate a goal against Finland during the first period of an exhibition game in Edmonton, Alberta, Dec. 23, 2021.
With three freestyle skiers and a hockey player making the Olympic grade, you can call Montana a hotbed of (frozen) water sports.
Competition has already begun for one of Montana’s four entrants into the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing — it didn’t go swimmingly — while another, Whitefish native Jake Sanderson, is cooling his skates in the States because of a positive Covid-19 test...
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