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USOC announces Road to Sochi Tour, 100 days out event in Times Square

Evan Lysacek

March 27, 2009; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Gold medalist Evan Lysacek (USA) during the mens award of small medals public ceremony in the 2009 figure skating world championships at the Staples Center Star Plaza. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-US PRESSWIRE

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The U.S. Olympic Committee will kick off a nationwide “Road to Sochi Tour” in New York’s Times Square on Oct. 29, similar to its lead-up to the London 2012 Olympics.

The event, marking 100 days out from Sochi, will take up three city blocks and include athlete demonstrations on a ski and snowboard ramp, an ice rink for curling, figure skating, speedskating and hockey and the Flying Ace All-Stars performing ski and snowboard tricks on trampolines.

Here are some of the athletes scheduled to appear:

Kelly Clark, halfpipe snowboarding
Sarah Hendrickson, ski jumping
Steve Holcomb, bobsled
Hannah Kearney, moguls
Ted Ligety, Alpine skiing
Taylor Lipsett, sled hockey
Evan Lysacek, figure skating
Elana Meyers, bobsled
Tom Wallisch, ski slopestyle
Torin Yater-Wallace, ski halfpipe

The Road to Sochi Tour will also visit Minneapolis, Fargo, N.D., Dallas, Park City and Kearns, Utah, Boston, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Vail, Colo., Chicago and finish at New York’s Grand Central Terminal on Feb. 23. Full details can be found here.

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