(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Polina Putintseva practices with the Ukraine curling team at the Utah Olympic Oval, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Utah and Vancouver are the two former Olympic sites still using 100% of their venues. Both hope that's enough to move them up to the "targeted dialog" stage with the IOC ahead of next May's vote on the 2030 Winter Games host.
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.