I saved the photos from the Olympic Training Center to post just before the opening ceremony at the Rio Olympics. The training center is one of a few in the U.S. and is open to the public.
Tours are $12 per person and feature mostly outside views of the facilities with a few inside looks at the gym and wrestling facilities.
Our group happened to meet Lauren Gibbs, a 2018 Olympic hopeful on bobsled. She spent several minutes taking photos and answering questions.
Lauren Gibbs, a 2018 Olympic hopeful in bobsled, speaks with a tour group at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29, 2016.Wrestlers practice at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29, 2016.
The main gym at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29, 2016.A swimmer practices at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29, 2016. The yellow buckets in the foreground are a training tool for swimmers.The volleyball facility at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29, 2016.The cauldron on top of the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., will be lit during the Olympic and Paralympic games.Katy Carron in a bobsled inside the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29, 2016.The shooting complex at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29, 2016.
Katy Carron in front of the Olympic rings outside the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 29, 2016.
Published by Michael Gulledge
Software developer and freelance photojournalist based in St. Louis.
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