Medal Winning Athletes Arrive to a Hero's Welcome

Ljubljana/Brnik, 5 March - While they may have come back from two very different places, Slovenian track and field athletes and Nordic sports competitors arrived to the same hero's welcome on Monday in Ljubljana.

Brnik Jolanda Ceplak, bronze in women's 800 metres at the European Indoor Athletic Championships. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Brnik
Jolanda Ceplak, bronze in women's 800 metres at the European Indoor Athletic Championships.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Brnik Jolanda Ceplak, bronze in women's 800 metres at the European Indoor Athletic Championships. Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Brnik
Jolanda Ceplak, bronze in women's 800 metres at the European Indoor Athletic Championships.
Photo: Tinkara Zupan/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association
Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association
Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association
Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association
Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Slovenian Skiing Association
Cross country skier Petra Majdic, silver in women's sprint at the FIS World Nordic Championships.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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