Meet the CU Boulder skier whose T-shirt appeared on national TV behind VP Kamala Harris

Magnus Boee discovered himself unexpectedly featured on nationwide tv on Monday throughout a White Home occasion honoring faculty championship athletes.

Boee, a member of the championship ski workforce on the College of Colorado Boulder this 12 months, stood behind Vice President Kamala Harris throughout a speech — on the day delegates and key get together leaders rallied behind her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination — carrying a CU Buffs ski workforce shirt.

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“It’s a humorous factor to occur and clearly I’m stoked,” Boee mentioned. “I wish to present the world what CU Boulder is as a result of I really like my college and I feel it’s enjoyable we bought some publicity there.”

Every workforce chosen one athlete to look on the stage behind the audio system, and Boee was chosen from CU’s ski workforce. He ended up being coincidentally positioned immediately behind the rostrum for a broadly televised speech from Harris.

“They have been giving us directions on the place to face … and at first I used to be standing manner additional to the left facet,” Boee mentioned. “However he moved me to proper behind the speech podium and I noticed that will be proper over the speaker’s proper shoulder contained in the body.”

Members of the CU ski workforce visited the White Home on Monday to be celebrated with faculty athletes from nationwide championship groups in numerous sports activities from all three NCAA divisions.

The athletes took a tour of the White Home, met fellow athletes and heard speeches from Harris and NCAA Senior Vice President of Championships Lynda Taeler.

Boee, a South Korean-born Norwegian skier, didn’t share any political ideas on the occasion.

Initially Revealed: July 25, 2024 at 11:17 a.m.