Shaun White, Lindsey Vonn and Seth Wescott Get Wheaties Boxes
Posted on March 4, 2010
Three U.S. athletes that won gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics Game in Vancouver now have Wheaties Breakfast of Champaion cereal boxes. Super snowboarder Shaun White, Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, and snowboard cross veteran Seth Wescott each officially unveiled their Wheaties box today. White and Wescott are the first snowboard and snowboard cross athletes to earn a Wheaties cereal box cover. Vonn is the first female Alpine skier to win gold and appear on a Wheaties box.
"It's great being on a Wheaties box," said Shaun White. "I remember being a kid and looking up to the guys whose faces were on these boxes and thinking how cool it was. I'm just stoked that Wheaties wanted me on the box and I can represent my sport in such a great way."
"I'm thrilled to represent both America and the sport I love on my Wheaties box," said Lindsey Vonn. "Growing up in Minnesota, it's an honor to share a local connection with the Breakfast of Champions. I cherish this achievement and hope to serve as a positive role model for future Alpine skiers who someday may earn rights to Wheaties box fame."
Here's Lindsey unveiling her cereal box cover.
Seth Wescott said, "Having your very own Wheaties box is something many athletes strive for; so today it is an incredible feeling to see my box and know it represents determination, hard work and focus in a sport that's relatively new to the winter games. To earn two consecutive gold medals means so much, and the culmination of now having a Wheaties box is the icing on the cake."