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US skiers train at Tahoe resort ahead of 2022 Olympics

Squaw Valley, home of the 1960 Olympics, has become a pitstop for athletes whose Olympic dreams involve chasing snow.

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US skiers train at Tahoe resort ahead of 2022 Olympics

Squaw Valley, home of the 1960 Olympics, has become a pitstop for athletes whose Olympic dreams involve chasing snow.

The Tokyo Olympics are just months away and more games are in store soon. The Tokyo delay has created a back-to-back Olympic schedule for Team USA.One Tahoe resort is helping the United States ski team get ready for the 2020 Winter Olympics. Squaw Valley, home of the 1960 Olympics, has become a pitstop for athletes whose Olympic dreams involve chasing snow. "It’s kind of fun bouncing around the world and trying to find the winter wherever it is," skier AJ Hurt from Carnelian Bay said. Another Tahoe-area local and Olympian, Travis Ganong, said that being able to sleep in his own bed and then have world-class training on the mountain was "really rare.""We still have great snow up here and the conditions are awesome for training," he said. The situation now is a major change from this time last year when resorts around the world shut down and athletes were stuck at home trying to stay in shape however they could. Those creative workouts continued this winter in Europe. The U.S. ski team and their international competitors pulled off a full World Cup season with strict COVID-19 protocols in empty ski villages and with no fans allowed at venues. Ganong said that towns being shut down was kind of "weird." But the season in Europe "went off without a hitch," he said. Ganong finished fifth at the Sochi Olympics and said he's determined to make the podium next year. River Radamus, a member of the U.S. ski team, said that with months to go before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for the athletes nothing is a given despite a lifetime of trying to make the Olympics."I'm going to work my hardest to try to represent the U.S. and hopefully represent them at the Olympics," Hurt said.

The Tokyo Olympics are just months away and more games are in store soon. The Tokyo delay has created a back-to-back Olympic schedule for Team USA.

One Tahoe resort is helping the United States ski team get ready for the 2020 Winter Olympics.

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Squaw Valley, home of the 1960 Olympics, has become a pitstop for athletes whose Olympic dreams involve chasing snow.

"It’s kind of fun bouncing around the world and trying to find the winter wherever it is," skier AJ Hurt from Carnelian Bay said.

Another Tahoe-area local and Olympian, Travis Ganong, said that being able to sleep in his own bed and then have world-class training on the mountain was "really rare."

"We still have great snow up here and the conditions are awesome for training," he said.

The situation now is a major change from this time last year when resorts around the world shut down and athletes were stuck at home trying to stay in shape however they could.

Those creative workouts continued this winter in Europe.

The U.S. ski team and their international competitors pulled off a full World Cup season with strict COVID-19 protocols in empty ski villages and with no fans allowed at venues.

Ganong said that towns being shut down was kind of "weird." But the season in Europe "went off without a hitch," he said. Ganong finished fifth at the Sochi Olympics and said he's determined to make the podium next year.

River Radamus, a member of the U.S. ski team, said that with months to go before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics for the athletes nothing is a given despite a lifetime of trying to make the Olympics.

"I'm going to work my hardest to try to represent the U.S. and hopefully represent them at the Olympics," Hurt said.