纽约9月25日消息：美国奥林匹克与残疾人奥林匹克委员会首席执行官萨拉·希尔什兰于周五表示，随着洛杉矶2028年奥运会临近以及盐湖城将举办2034年冬奥会，在六年时间里举办两届本土奥运会将激起人们对奥林匹克运动的浓厚兴趣。
NEW YORK, Sept 25 : The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee expects two domestic Games in the span of six years will prompt a surge of interest in Olympic sport, CEO Sarah Hirshland said on Friday, with LA28 around the corner and Salt Lake City due to host in 2034.
希尔什兰对记者表示，19曾举办过亚特兰大奥运会，这促使美国部分奥林匹克运动项目的参与度实现了两位数的增长。她预计，当美国自2002年盐湖城冬奥会以来首次再次主办奥运会时，也将带来类似的推动作用。
The Atlanta Games in 1996 preceded a double-digit uptick in participation in some Olympic sports in the US, Hirshland told reporters, expecting a similar boost when the country hosts for the first time since Salt Lake City had the 2002 Winter Games.
希尔什兰说：“本周我们与各自的国家管理机构进行了多次对话，探讨如何利用我们拥有的关于30年前‘96年奥运会影响的轶事及事实数据，来应对我们预计在洛杉矶2028年奥运会之后将出现的参与热潮。”
"We've had a number of conversations here with our respective national governing bodies this week about how to think about the participation interest that we anticipate on the backs of the LA28 games as a result of the data points that we have both anecdotal and sort of factual around the impact of the '96 Games 30 years ago," said Hirshland.
“我们团队目前正在做的工作……是思考如何在社交媒体盛行、信息较1996年流通更加自由的世界中确保这一点。”在国际奥委会放宽运动员在奥运会期间发帖的规则后，美国奥委会在过去巴黎和米兰-科尔蒂纳丹佩佐这两届奥运会上投入了大量精力运营社交媒体。
"The work that our teams are doing now ... is to think about how do we ensure that in a world where social media is prevalent and information flows so much more freely than it did back in 1996." The USOPC has poured efforts into social media over the last two Games in Paris and Milano Cortina, as the International Olympic Committee relaxed rules around what athletes can post at the Olympics.
希尔什兰表示，她预计洛杉矶2028年奥运会和2034年盐湖城冬奥会可能会激发大学层面对于更多小众奥运项目的兴趣，而目前美式橄榄球等美国传统消遣项目仍在该领域占据主导地位。
Hirshland said she anticipated that the LA28 Games and Salt Lake City in 2034 could prompt an interest in more niche Olympic sports at college level, where the country's more traditional pastimes like American football still dominate the landscape.
她说：“从我们的角度来看，这绝对是一场胜利。我们必须让学校做好准备，以接纳并支持这种兴趣。”
"That would be absolutely a victory from our perspective. We have to have the schools prepared to accept that interest and be able to support it," she said.