Jake Vedder of Pinckney replaces an injured athlete on the U.S. snowboard team for the Olympic Winter Games in China.
After Myles Amine of Brighton won a wrestling bronze medal in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo last August, Livingston County didn’t have to wait long to produce another Olympian. Jake Vedder of Pinckney has been added to the United States snowboard team that will compete in the Olympic Winter Games in China. Vedder replaces the spot previously held by Alex Deibold, a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist who was injured Jan.29 during a World Cup qualifier in Italy. Vedder,23, has been a member of the U.
