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A look back at Olympic history in the lead up to the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.0000017b-652b-d50a-a3ff-f7efae760000Park City's love affair with the U.S. Ski Team traces back nearly 40 years, when the team first made its home at the Park City Ski Area in 1974. Since then, Parkites have felt a special kinship to the team and the great athletes who have made our community their home. America has a great love affair with the Olympics. Over 200 million Americans will tune in February to NBC's broadcast. KPCW will take you behind the scenes in the months leading up to Sochi as noted Olympic historian and U.S. Ski Team spokesman Tom Kelly - a well known voice on KPCW Radio and a veteran of eight Olympics-brings alive those great moments in U.S. Olympic history in Behind the Gold.A new Behind The Gold airs Monday mornings at 8:30 AM and repeats Friday afternoons at 12:30 PM.Behind the Gold is sponsored by Rosenberg Cooley Metcalf.and the Utah Olympic Park 'Road to Sochi' events.

Gold Medal: A Family Affair

In 1972. a family from Vermont captured the hearts of America at the Sapporo Olympics. 

Hi, this is Tom Kelly and I’ll be right back with the Olympic story Behind the Gold.

After a medal-less 1968 Olympics for the U.S. Ski Team, the eyes of America were on the Cochran family from Vermont as the 1972 Olympics came to Sapporo, Japan. The team was a family affair: Bobby, Marilyn and Barbara Ann. Heavy snow was falling on the slalom course on the final day of the games as Barbara Ann drew bib No. 1 and battled into the lead after the first run.

Snow was piling up on the second run, but it never phased her. Crossing the finish line and glancing into the stands she saw the Americans burst into cheers and knew she had become an Olympic champion! Her margin of victory was a mere two-hundredths of a second – a record that would stand for 26 years until Picabo Street won the Super G by just a hundredth.

Hall of Famer Barbara Ann Cochran has spent a lifetime teaching others the lessons she learned as an athlete and serving as an ambassador to kids for the sport her family loved. As proud as she was with her gold medal, she was even prouder to be there when son Ryan Cochran-Siegle won double gold at the junior world championships, keeping the Cochran legacy alive.

This is Tom Kelly with Behind the Gold … Only in Park City … Only on KPCW.

Behind the Gold is sponsored by Rosenberg Cooley Metcalf.