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🇺🇸The sixth story on Utah Olympic athletes is about @mcrae_williams freestyle skier from Park City. Tune in tonight to see him flipping into the slopestyle finals! 📸:@sagatime While some Utah Olympians said the 2002 Games aren’t directly responsible for their pursuit of gold, they certainly bolstered both inspiration and opportunities. “First of all, I never thought I’d start competing,” said freestyle skier McRae Williams. “Then, second of all, I definitely never thought freestyle skiing would be in the Olympics. It’s crazy to see how this all unfolded.” The 27-year-old slopestyle skier, who was named to his first Olympic team this year, watched Park City’s Joe Pack win silver, thanks to a friend and mentor who would go on to win silver in aerials in Vancouver, Jeret “Speedy” Peterson. “It was really cool having grown up in Park City, being born and raised there, to see that kind of transformation, the impact it had on the community,” Williams said. He participated in an “aerial re...

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