With the Winter Olympics set to begin up in Vancouver and Whistler in a few weeks, the State Library has a new Washington Reads poster featuring two Olympics heroes from our state: the Mahre twins.

At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, Phil and Steve Mahre captured the gold and silver medals in the men’s slalom. The Mahres, who honed their skiing skills at White Pass, were among several Washingtonians who medaled at those Olympics. Others included gold medalist Debbie Armstrong in the women’s giant slalom and silver medalist Rosalynn Sumners in women’s figure skating.  Steve’s son, freeskier Andy Mahre, is also featured on the poster.

Due to budget constraints, there are no free printed copies of the new poster available. But you can acquire it in one of two ways: If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader software, you can download it for free here. You can also buy 11” x 17” print quality posters for a small fee from the Washington State Department of Printing General Store. The order and cost information is provided on the store’s Web site here.