Sport Yukon's lobby was jammed packed Wednesday as people of all ages came out to show their support for Yukon Olympians Jeane Lassen and Zach Bell.

The pep rally didn't lack in any enthusiasm and on more than one occasion cheers of "Go Jeane go!" and "Go Zach go!" were shouted out by the crowd.

"Tonight is really about Yukoners gathering to celebrate and show our pride and support of these two amazing athletes," said master of ceremonies Tom Ullyett in his speech.

Ullyett highlighted some of the many accomplishments both Lassen and Bell have achieved in their individual sports.

The list of weightlifting achievements for Lassen, who competes in the 75-kg category, include becoming the first Canadian women in 17 years to win a medal at the 2006 World Championships. She ended up with two in total at the competition, winning a silver and bronze medal.

Also in 2006, Lassen won the Commonwealth Games champion honours, recording a Games record in the clean and jerk. She is also a three-time silver medalist at the Junior World Championships and 15-time medalist at University World Championships.

Lassen holds six Canadian senior records as well as three junior records and she was named as Yukon Female Athlete of the Year an incredible eight times. Lassen will compete Friday at 12:30 a.m. (Yukon time)

Bell, who will compete in both the points race and madison event at the Beijing Games, is an eight time Canadian cycling champion and he won the gold medal at this year's Pan American Championships. Bell has been a member of the national cycling team since 2004 and in 2006 he placed fifth a the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Also in 2006, he voted by Pedal Magazine readers as Canada's top track cyclist.

In 2007, Bell won two silver medals at both the National Championships and the Pan American Championships.

At the Olympics, he will compete Saturday morning between 1:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. in the points race. Bell's points race will be available to watch on the CBC website. His Madison race will be held a few days later on Aug. 19.

The pep rally was organized by both the Yukon Territorial Government's Sport and Recreation branch and Sport Yukon. Approximately 120 people attended the event. Among the people who attended were friends, family, fellow athletes and members of the Yukon government.

Zach Bell's father, Greg, was one of the attendants at the Pep Rally. Greg said this event will mean a lot to his son when he finds out about it.

"It means a lot to him that he has been supported by the Yukon," he said. "Being a Yukoner means a tremendous amount to him."

Greg said he wasn't surprised when he found out about the pep rally earlier this week.

"I couldn't see the people of the Yukon not doing something for their athletes out there," he said. "It would have just been totally out of character."

Sue Meikle, the active living community recreation consultant for YTG sport and recreation branch, said she was thrilled with how well the pep rally went.

"When you plan something like this you never know what the response is going to be and it was overwhelming," she said. "At one point in time I counted about 120 people, sort of in and out and all around here, so we were very pleased because it was very short notice."

Meikle said it was important to put on the pep rally.

"We just had to celebrate because we are such a small community and this is what we do," she said. "We build each other up and wish each other well, so we just couldn't see not doing it.