Seeing Sochi: Our favorite photos of Minnesota Olympians
Keri Herman, born and raised in Bloomington, Minn., competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle Flower Ceremony at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on Feb. 11, 2014. Herman finished 10th in the slopestyle finals.
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Athletes with connections to Minnesota are flying high at the Sochi Winter Olympics -- quite literally in the case of skier Keri Herman from Bloomington. Also on Team Minnesota: a student from Bemidji State University, a junior high school teacher from Gilbert, and a star left winger from the Minnesota Wild.
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