COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. workforce launched its 232-athlete roster for the Milan Cortina Olympics on Monday and it consists of Lindsey Vonn and bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, who’re among the many seven People making their fifth journey to the video games.
Different five-timers are hockey participant Hilary Knight, determine skater Evan Bates and snowboarders Faye Thelen and Nick Baumgartner.
Meyers Taylor leads a bunch of 33 returning medalists. She has received three silver medals and two bronze whereas Humphries has taken three gold. Mikaela Shiffrin and Chloe Kim have two golds every.
The workforce consists of 117 males and 115 girls ranging in age from 15 (freeskier Abby Winterberger) to 54 (roller Wealthy Ruohonen).
The opening ceremony is ready for Feb. 6 in Milan, with some competitors starting Feb. 4.
These would be the most spread-out Olympics in historical past, with Milan serving as a house base for hockey, determine skating and speedskating and Cortina and a handful of different mountain clusters internet hosting snowboarding, snowboarding, biathlon, sliding sports activities and the brand new Olympic sport of ski mountaineering.
