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Utah is No. 4 — just out of the medals — for number of Olympians per resident among states

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Utah far out-skates most states when it comes to producing winter Olympic athletes — but just missed the medal podium for best of the best, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The statistics agency decided to slalom into the Olympics on Wednesday by figuring both which states produce the most winter Olympians overall, and which have the most on a per capita basis.

Utah finished fourth for the rate of Olympians per resident, and fifth for total athletes overall in the current games.

The bureau said the Beehive State is home to 16 of the current game’s 244 U.