Here's how some of the $200 million-plus just raised for Utah's Olympics will be used

For four-time Olympic speedskater Catherine Raney Norman , what’s most important about the more than $200 million in donations just announced for Utah’s next Winter Games is the impact it’ll have on getting kids involved in sports.

“It’s absolutely critical and instrumental,” said Raney Norman, who was key to the massive fundraising effort as the vice president for development and athlete relations for the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games .

“Even back in the bid phase , our big piece was about how we elevate our communities and our youth. This is kind of a culmination, this is the starting point,” she told the Deseret News. “We’re on the starting line and we get to move forward with some of our programs.”

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