LA 2024 today released its latest video series - "Coming Home" - featuring 2016 US Olympians and Paralympians reminiscing fondly on the warm welcome they received from their hometown fans upon returning from Rio 2016, and describing their hopes to compete on home soil should the Games return to the US for the first time in 28 years.
The series, featuring athletes such as Olympic swimming champions Katie Ledecky and Simone Manuel, Olympic basketball champion Tamika Catchings, and Paralympic track and field champion David Brown, highlights the support and electrifying atmosphere the world’s Olympians and Paralympians would experience at LA 2024, through the eyes of the Movement’s most important stakeholders - the athletes.
"Coming Home" is LA 2024’s second video series, following its "Going for Gold" series which highlighted US excitement in advance of Rio 2016. The series, which is available on social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, furthers LA 2024’s commitment to engaging youth culture and sparking enthusiasm in a new generation around the values of the Olympic Movement.
In her video, five-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky says: "I’ve always dreamed of competing at a big international meet on U.S. soil. To have so many people in the stands cheering for Team USA, I know it could be nerve-racking, but I would just be so excited - I get goosebumps just thinking about it. I’ve always enjoyed getting to meet athletes from other countries, and seeing different countries, but I think it’d be really neat to show people from all across the world the US and what LA has to offer and I really hope that I can do that in 2024."
LA 2024 Vice Chair and Director of Athlete Relations Janet Evans said: "Olympic and Paralympic athletes will tell you that the pinnacle of their athletic achievement was competing at the Games in front of roaring crowds and an electric atmosphere. As a city where 88 percent of residents support hosting the Games, LA can guarantee an unparalleled atmosphere in 2024, not only for US athletes, but for Olympians and Paralympians from all over the world. Our city is home to passionate sports fans from all over the world, so every athlete can expect a home-field advantage. LA 2024 is working hard to create the most personalized athlete experience in 2024, so that no matter where they come from, the world’s athletes will feel at home in the City of Angels and ready to perform their best."
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