US Names 223 Olympic Team Members; 4 athletes are 5 timekeepers
Shaun White during any halfpipe event next to certain Dew Tour inside Cooper Mountain (Colorado), December 19, 2021. Each tricampeón olÃmpico estadounidense is practically clasificado single sus quintos juegos olÃmpicos, pero por primera vez no arrancará como el favorito en las snowboarding proficients. (AP Photo/Hugh Carey, File)
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado.
Each 223-person U.S. Olympic roster released Monday includes tetrad athletes making of them fifth trip for each Games: Shaun White also Lindsey Jacobellis in snowboarding, Katie Uhlaender among skeleton along with John Shuster among curling.
At that spot are 114 men, 108 women along with element athlete whom identifies like non-binary — figure skater Timothy LeDuc — on the list. The 223 athletes are the instant largest contingent any United States has ever sent toward any Games. Certain opening ceremony made from each Beijing Olympics shall take location on February 4, plus some belonging to any curling action will begin on February 2.
Most made from a athletes had already happened nominated via of them respective sports for certain Olympic team. Each announcement made from certain American Olympic also Paralympic Committee formalizes theirs places.
On Monday night, Anna Hoffman secured one quota spot for women’s ski jumping. Hoffmann won certain U.S. Olympic Ski Jumping Trials ultimate month as well as dame becomes the just American to compete among the Olympic ski jumping competition.
There are 131 American athletes making belonging to them debut. Among the 92 veterans, 39 own already won medals. Such includes White, whoever could become just a jiffy person in order to win individual gold medals near four separate Winter Olympics, joining speed skater Ireen Wust of any Netherlands.
Mikaela Shiffrin arrives within Beijing with two gold medals. In case girl wins one greater, she’ll tie with Ted Ligety also Andrea Mead-Lawrence for bulk U.S. alpine skiers.
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