A cardboard Great Wall and a McNuggets robot: Olympics Beijing wasn’t the real China
Friendly volunteers and fast athletes created the most authentic moments of an otherwise cold and surreal 2022 Winter Games.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nathan Chen performs his routine in the figure skating men's free skate program at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022.
Julie left the beach of Santa Cruz, Calif., where she worked for 17 years, for the mountains of Salt Lake City in 2019. She has covered the NBA Finals, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the Maverick's big wave surf contest and two Olympics. A Colorado native, she enjoys creating her own adventure, occasionally with her husband and two kids in tow.