Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective

Lou Lauria, Chief of Sport and Games at Special Olympics International, joins the Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective podcast in a special Paralympics-focused episode (recorded 4 September 2020). A breakdown of the episode is below.

Please be sure to check out our Salt Lake 2002 Retrospective playlist on Spotify. You can also access the playlist and a map to favorite SLOC restaurants here. 

If you worked on the Games as a staff member, contractor or volunteer and want to share your story please email cnapier@gpfour.com.

WARM UP
00:27 - Welcome Lou!
02:16 - Special Olympics primer

PRELIMS
05:54 - The potential for the Special Olympics
10:28 - From Sydney to Salt Lake

QUARTERFINALS
14:15 - Taking on a Paralympic role
18:03 - Integration challenges

SEMIFINALS
20:26 - A lack of preparedness
23:31 - Paralympics breaks out

FINALS
26:04 - Working in the MOC
28:24 - Transition

MIXED ZONE
32:27 - People leave - 9/11
35:28 - Marketing the Paralympic Games

COOL DOWN
39:12 - The broadcast piece
46:24 - "The only band that matters"