The U.S. team will send 223 athletes to the Beijing Winter Olympics, including 108 women. At this Winter Olympics, the number of female athletes on the U.S. team may break records. Although the U.S. team sent 109 female athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, only 101 people officially competed in the final competition.
U.S. women's ice hockey team members preparing to board flights to Beijing. (Image source: Associated Press)
According to USA Today, this is the third consecutive Winter Olympics in the United States to send more than 100 female athletes. The U.S. delegation also included a non-binary gender athlete, double figure skater Timothy LeDuc.
Overall, the U.S. delegation's lineup for the Beijing Winter Olympics was the second largest ever, after the 228 athletes at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
Rikc Adams, head of athletic performance at the Olympic and Paralympic Committee, said: "It's an exciting team, with players who have returned to the field with great results in the past and newcomers who are eager to show their strength on the biggest stage in the sporting world. ”
The U.S. delegation will have four "five dynasty elders" who are already participating in the Winter Olympics for the fifth time: snowboarders Lindsey Jacobellis and Shaun White, curler John Shuster and steel-framed snowmobile Katie Uhlaender. Eight others are participating in the Winter Olympics for the fourth time.
Overall, 92 members of the U.S. delegation had Olympic experience. The youngest player on the entire delegation was Alysa Liu, a 16-year-old Chinese figure skater, and the oldest was Nick Baumgartner, a snowboarder who turned 40 last December.
In addition, Freestyle Skiing Aerial Technician Winter Vinecki was the first player in the history of the Winter Olympics to be named "winter". (End)