USOC eager to build on 2010 record medals haul

[Kenneth Walczak]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- After watching their heroes in action during the 2010 Winter Games, somewhere out there are the next Shaun White, Apolo Anton Ohno, Shani Davis, Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn - and the U.S. Olympic Committee wants to find them.

The USOC released a guide to the eight Olympic federations for winter sports: biathlon, bobsled and skeleton, curling, figure skating, hockey, luge, ski and snowboard and speedskating. The guide includes a list of suggestions on how to get started chasing a goal - or a gold.

The U.S. roster in Vancouver featured hockey players from Simi Valley, Calif., speedskaters from Miami and Houston and bobsledders from Georgia. A soldier with a degenerative eye disease piloted USA-1 to a gold medal Saturday, the first U.S. gold in that event since 1948. Davis, a Chicagoan, added to his medal haul here with another gold and a silver.

Katherine Reutter of Champaign, Ill., won a silver and bronze in short-track speedskating and recalled the work she put into training.

"This is everything more than I ever expected. I've been through this in my mind a thousand times during hard training - what it would be like to win a medal. When I crossed the line, I didn't know if I was silver or bronze. It was the most amazing feeling I've ever had," Reutter said.

The Americans won 37 medals at the Vancouver Games - the most won by any country ever at any Winter Games.

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