NY Times · Feb 19, 2018
The 22nd-Largest Team at the Olympics: Zamboni Drivers
From left, Justin Murphy, Matt Messer and Hanson Skotheim resurfaced the ice after training. They are part of a team of Zamboni “ice technicians” who were recruited from Canada and the United States for the Pyeongchang Games.GANGNEUNG, South Korea — The Winter Olympics are a global competition, with athletes representing 92 countries. But one event is dominated by Americans and Canadians like no other: Zamboni driving.
It is conspicuous, this army of 37 mostly imported Zamboni drivers, doing their quiet, mesmerizing work of resurfacing the ice, back and forth on their big machines, when the action pauses and the cameras turn away.