The First Ever Black Woman On The USA Hockey Team, And 22 Other American Olympians To Root For At This Year's Winter Games

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The 25th Winter Olympics are someway this year and volition beryllium hosted successful Milano-Cortina, kicking disconnected connected Friday, February 6th, with a 3-hour opening ceremony.

In grant of that, let's look astatine each of the badass Americans participating successful this year's games! Some you whitethorn already cognize about, and others whitethorn beryllium caller to you.

1. Lindsey Vonn: American skier, 3-time Olympic medalist, and 4-time World Cup Champion, inactive plans connected competing pursuing a clang where she ruptured her ACL connected January 30th during a World Cup contention successful Switzerland.

2. Jessie Diggins: The champion American cross-country skier of each time, who already has 3 Olympic medals (gold, silver, and bronze), is backmost for her last run.

3. Chloe Kim: American snowboarder and 2-time Olympic golden medalist who became the youngest pistillate to triumph an Olympic snowboarding golden medal astatine the 2018 Winter Olympics astatine 17 years old.

4. Kaysha Love: Former sprinter-turned-bobsledder is making her 2nd Olympic quality aft becoming the 2025 Monobob World Champion.

5. Ilia Malinin (a.k.a. the Quad God): Making his archetypal Olympic appearance, this 2-time satellite champion is lone 21 years old, and the archetypal ever to onshore 7 quadruple jumps successful a azygous program!

6. Maxim Naumov: He's skating his archetypal Olympic games this twelvemonth aft losing some of his parents (who were besides his coaches) successful past year's DC level crash.

7. Amber Glenn: A 3-time U.S. champion fig skater who has her sights acceptable connected becoming the archetypal U.S. pistillate to medal successful fig skating since 2006.

8. Alysa Liu: This volition beryllium her Olympic comeback aft retiring astatine 16 (YES, 16). She was antecedently the youngest U.S. women's champion astatine 13, the archetypal U.S. pistillate to onshore 3 triple axels, and the archetypal U.S. pistillate to onshore a quadruple leap successful a competition.

9. Isabeau Levito: Making her Olympics debut, this 2-time U.S. Championships medalist and 18-year-old has been skating since she was 3!

10. Erin Jackson: Speed skating prima and the archetypal Black pistillate to ever triumph an idiosyncratic golden medal astatine the Winter Olympics is returning for her 3rd Olympics to support her medal.

11. Madison Chock and Evan Bates: They're 3-time satellite champions, Olympic golden medalists successful the squad event, and 1 of the astir decorated powerfulness couples connected the crystal (they're really married). This volition beryllium their past Olympics.

12. Summer Britcher: This 3-time Olympian with the astir World Cup wins successful USA Luge past is returning for her 4th Olympics.

13. Ryan Cochran-Siegle: From the celebrated household of Alpine skiers that produced 6 Olympians, this volition beryllium his 3rd Olympics (he won a metallic medal successful the 2022 Olympics successful Beijing).

14. Laila Edwards: This 2-time NCSS National Champion and 2025 World Championship golden medalist has already made past arsenic the archetypal Black pistillate to play for the U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Team. Now she's besides the archetypal Black pistillate to play for the U.S. Olympic hockey team!

15. Chevonne Chelsea Forgan and Sophia Kirkby: These luge partners utilized to vie against each different earlier they became 1 of the world's champion doubles squad and won 7 World Cup medals during the 2024-25 season.

16. Connor Hellebuyck: Positioned to beryllium the adjacent U.S. Olympic aureate goalie, he's the archetypal American goalie to triumph the Hart Trophy arsenic NHL MVP.

17. Jordan Stolz: This American agelong way velocity skater is returning for his 2nd Olympics aft astonishing feats similar being the archetypal antheral skater to triumph 3 idiosyncratic golden metals astatine the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championship successful 2023, which helium repeated again successful 2024.

18. Hilary Knight: 4-time Olympic hockey medalist and 10-time World Championship golden medalist volition beryllium the archetypal U.S. hockey subordinate to ever vie successful 5 Olympic Winter Games! She's besides the squad captain.

19. Brady and Matthew Tkachuk: These brothers are pushing their household hockey bequest guardant with their debut astatine the 2026 Olympics for the U.S. Olympic hockey team.

20. Jack and Quinn Hughes: Another acceptable of hockey brothers from a hockey household are teaming up to bring location a golden for the 2026 U.S. Olympic hockey team.

21. Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor: After winning golden and metallic astatine the 2022 Olympics successful Beijing, these U.S. bobsledders are contenders for the golden medal erstwhile again.

22. Mystique Ro: 2024 World Cup Champion and 2025 Pan American Championship golden medalist is making her Olympic debut for Team USA Skeleton.

23. Campbell Wright: After this New Zealand-American biathlon jock and dual national competed for New Zealand astatine the 2022 Games successful Beijing, he'll beryllium playing connected our squad this clip around!

This isn't an exhaustive list. So, archer us, who did we miss that you're excited to ticker this year? Let america cognize successful the comments below.

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