1/26/2010 -
Sammamish's own set to compete in 2010 Winter Olympics
By KEVIN ENDEJAN
Sammamish Reporter Sports Editor
In a Pacific Northwest region loaded with Winter Olympic talent, one Sammamish athlete has flown under the radar — at least in the country she resides in.
Obscurity certainly wasn't an issue in Denmark for Yina Moe-Lange, whose name and picture were all over the Danish media late last week.
"A lot of family and friends have been calling me, saying they saw in the paper, or heard about me on the radio," she said.
Moe-Lange, a 16-year-old Danish citizen, has lived in the United States since she was 4, and in Sammamish since her family moved to the area in 2005.
She was officially asked on Jan. 21 to compete for Denmark in the giant slalom and slalom skiing events at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
"I didn't know what to think, I didn't really expect it," said Moe-Lange, who received the news Thursday morning via an e-mail on her phone. "I jumped out of bed after I saw it and ran downstairs and showed my parents."
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