of an Olympics since 2004, when basketball's Dawn Staley led the Americans into the Athens Games and soccer's Mia Hamm carried the flag out. The last time U.S. women were picked for both roles at a Winter Games was in 1976, when skier Cynthia Nelson and speedskater Sheila Young were the selections.
closing of an Olympics since 2004, when basketball's Dawn Staley led the Americans into the Athens Games and soccer's Mia Hamm carried the flag out. The last time U.S. women were picked for both roles at a Winter Games was in 1976, when skier Cindy Nelson and speedskater Sheila Young were the selections.
Figure skater Dorothy Hamill and speed skater Sheila Young from the first Olympics that I watched avidly, the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria. Gymnast Nadia Comaneci and diver Jenny Chandler from the '76 Summer Games in Montreal.