The Team USA is sending 232 athletes to the Milano Cortina Olympics, its largest team ever for a Winter Games.
More than a third of the team — 98 athletes — are returning Olympians, and 18 have gold medals. That includes bobsledder Kaillie Armbruster Humphries, a gold medalist at each of the last three Winter Games, and Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin and snowboarder Chloe Kim, both of whom are two-time Olympic champions.
Among the strongest contingents are Alpine skiing, where the U.S. women lead the team World Cup standings in downhill, slalom and giant slalom and are second in super-G; speed skating, where Jordan Stolz is unbeaten in the 1,000 and 1,500 meters and also won the season title in the 500 meters; cross-country skiing, where Jessie Diggins leads the overall standings; and figure skating, with Ilia Malinin unbeaten the last two seasons.
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‘Right and left, we have just so many people able to get on the podium at these Games,’ said speed skater Erin Jackson, the defending Olympic champion in the 500 meters. ‘I’m really excited.’
Seven athletes are competing in their fifth Olympics, including Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, whose first Games was in Salt Lake City in 2002. The others are Humphries and fellow bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor; figure skater Evan Bates; hockey player Hilary Knight; and snowboarders Faye Thelen and Nick Baumgartner.
Curler Rich Ruohonen, who will be 55 on March 31, is the oldest member of the U.S. team. Freestyle skiing athlete Abby Winterberger, who turns 16 on May 1, is the youngest. Athletes come from 32 states, with Colorado having the most.
The 232 is four more than the U.S. team at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, the previous high. USA TODAY Sports has details on every team member in our ‘Meet the Team’ page — check it out!
