Citi Kicks Off ‘Citi Team USA Flag Tour’ in Sioux Falls to Celebrate Sponsorship of 2012 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Teams

Today, Citi announced the launch of the Citi Team USA Flag Tour at its first stop in Sioux Falls, one of Citi’s largest sites in the United States. Two-time Olympian Derek Miles (track & field, pole vault) and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Chellsie Memmel (gymnastics) joined Citibank Site President Ken Stork, Citi employees, and students from the Laura B. Anderson Elementary School in celebration and support of Team USA and the athletes’ journeys to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

On October 6, 2011, Citibank Site President Ken Stork and Olympians Chellsie Memmel and Derek Miles raise the Citi Team USA flag at Citi's site in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (Photo: Douglas Lee)

"We are thrilled to bring the excitement of the London 2012 Olympic Games to Sioux Falls,” Stork said. "Today’s event is a terrific way to show our support for Team USA and celebrate the commitment to excellence we share. We are proud to support America’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes on their journey from ambition to achievement and help them bring the best of the American spirit to the world stage.”

At the event, the athletes spoke to a crowd of more than 500 people and highlighted the importance of the network of support they received from family, friends and the community as part of their own personal Olympic journeys. The event was capped off by a ceremony to raise the Citi Team USA flag on the 76-acre site campus which will remain up through the London 2012 Olympic Games.

As the official bank of the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams and the U.S. Olympic Committee, Citi is bringing the Olympic spirit to Citi sites and locations across the country in the year leading up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Through the Citi Team USA Flag tour, employees and the community will get the opportunity to meet Olympians and Olympic hopefuls, hear their inspirational stories and show their support for Team USA.

Citi is the official bank sponsor of the 2012 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams and the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Event photo: Courtesy of Douglas Lee.

About Citi:

Citi, the leading global financial services company, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com. *Citi's USOC sponsorship and media rights include U.S. corporate and investment banking, retail banking and commercial banking.

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About the USOC:

The United States Olympic Committee is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the sole entity in the United States whose mission involves training, entering and underwriting the full expenses for the U.S. teams in the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games. In addition to being the steward of the U.S. Olympic Movement, the USOC is the moving force for support of sports in the United States that are on the program of the Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American and Parapan American Games. For more information, please visit www.teamusa.org. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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