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School Ski Club Fires Up Crowd at Mt. Yakebitai (February 20)
On February 19, the members of the Yamanouchi Middle School Alpine Ski Club headed to Mt. Yakebitai for the women's slalom event. We didn't just go to see the skiing; before the athletes raced, we participated in the Flag Ceremony.In the Flag Ceremony, elementary and middle school students from Yamanouchi Town skied down the race course carrying the flags of the athletes competing that day. The crowd that had gathered to see the event got excited during the ceremony. When we went up the chair lift to the top of the course, we saw all the Olympic athletes there, waiting to do their runs.
We skied down with the flags, one after another. The course was really hard, and it was scary to be sliding down it! While we skied down, thinking that the world's top skiers were about to use the same slope, it really felt like we were doing something special. (Report from Yamanouchi Middle School)
The students get ready to ski down with the flags.
A racer lunges for the finish line!