Goodwill Games

For Release: March 1, 2000

United States Dominates Medal Count at 2000 Winter Goodwill Games

The United States claimed 34 of the 114 medals awarded at the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games, held in Lake Placid, New York, Feb. 17-20, 2000. Second-place Canada claimed 16 total medals. American competitors occupied all three places on the medal stand in three events and claimed the top two spots in two others. The medal breakdown for the United States at the first-ever Winter Goodwill Games was 11 gold, 10 silver and 13 bronze. The four-day competition aired on Turner Network Television (TNT). Click here for a complete list of the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games medal winners.

Two events - men's freestyle aerials and women's snowboard Super G - were a 1-2-3 sweep for the United States. Eric Bergoust, Britt Swartley and Joe Pack claimed the gold, silver and bronze medal, respectively, for the United States in the aerials competition. In the Super G event, Americans Sondra Van Ert, Rosey Fletcher and Stacia Hookom were the top three finishers. Ross Powers, Tommy Czeschin and Rob Kingwell swept the men's halfpipe competition, with fellow American Tricia Byrnes and Kelly Clark finishing 1-2 on the women's side. Teammates Jimmy Shea, a Lake Placid resident, and Chris Soule finished 1-2 in the men's skeleton race.

Other United States highlights included:

Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin earned the first gold medal of the Games with their victory in the doubles luge race, which was also the first race on the new track at Mt. Van Hoevenberg.
Ann Battelle won gold and silver in the dual moguls and moguls races, respectively. Teammate Justine Van Houte took the bronze in the moguls.
Ian Price won the gold medal in the men's Super G snowboard race and teammate Christopher Klug claimed the bronze medal.
Chris Puckett took the silver medal in both of the downhill races on Thursday, Feb. 17 and Friday, Feb. 18.
Brian Boitano earned the men's figure skating gold medal, edging out Canadian rival Brian Orser.

The Winter Goodwill Games featured U.S. athletes in 11 winter sports. Turner Network Television (TNT) televised 16 hours of exclusive coverage of the event. The Goodwill Games were founded by Time Warner Inc., Vice Chairman R.E. Turner in 1986 to ensure that the world's best athletes have the opportunity to compete in world-class competition. The four previous Goodwill Games have alternated between the United States and Russia; however, future Games will be staged in countries around the world in both winter and summer formats. Plans are underway for the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia and the 2005 Winter Goodwill Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. TNT is the host network for both events. Goodwill Games, Inc., is a division of Turner Sports, the sports programming and production business unit of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

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