The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is finally upon us and here are the athletes representing Team USA
The 2022 Winter Olympics is finally here and there are several medals up for grabs as 91 nations vie to showcase their talented athletes.
The Winter Games might not be as big as the Summer Olympics but that has not stopped stars from turning into legends for their performances.
The United States is one such country which has tried to win every single Winter Olympics. They have sent a team for every edition of the game and the same is true for 2022.
However, they have never come out on top in the Winter Olympics rankings, which has been dominated by Russia since the start of the competition.
The best the US has finished is in second place which was during the 2006 Turin Games. Nevertheless, the US has competition from several countries and athletes, with 2,871 sportspeople participating in the games.
There are 109 events in 7 sports across 15 disciplines and the US seems to have an athlete for each sport.
The US has won the most medals in speed skating with 29 gold, 22 silver and 17 bronze for a total of 68 before the 2022 Olympics.
Figure skating comes in second with 51 medals, however, if we are to look at golds, then it is alpine skiing that comes in second with 17 gold.
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Speed skating | 29 | 22 | 17 | 68 |
| Figure skating | 15 | 16 | 20 | 51 |
| Alpine skiing | 17 | 20 | 10 | 47 |
| Snowboarding | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Bobsleigh | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 |
| Freestyle skiing | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| Short track speed skating | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| Ice hockey | 4 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
| Skeleton | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Luge | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Nordic combined | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Cross country skiing | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Curling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ski jumping | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
There is one sport that the US has never won an Olympic medal in, and that is the Biathlon.
Which US athletes are participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics?
The United States will have one of the biggest contingents for the current Winter Olympic Games. The team features 224 athletes in total with 116 men and 108 women in 15 sports.
There are some notable names in the list of athletes with the likes of Shaun White, John Shuster, Katie Uhlaender and Lindsey Jacobellis participating in their fifth Olympics.
Further, every athlete that won a Gold medal in the previous Winter Olympics is making a return to this edition in hopes of landing another Gold.
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing has 17 participants in total with 6 men and 11 women starring for Team USA.
Keely Cashman, Katie Hensien, Luke Winters, Ryan Cochran-Siegle, A.J. Hurt, Tommy Ford, Mo Lebel, Paula Moltzan, Tricia Mangan, Jacqueline Wiles, Nina O鈥橞rien, Mikaela Shiffrin, Alix Wilkinson, Bella Wright, River Radamus, Bryce Bennett, Travis Ganong.
Biathlon
The biathlon team is split equally with four men and four women participating for a grand total of eight.
Susan Dunklee, Paul Schommer, Joanne Reid, Deedra Irwin, Leif Nordgren, Sean Doherty, Jake Brown, Clare Egan.
The bobsled team has eight men participating in the Olympics and four women for 12 athletes in total.
Sylvia Hoffman, Kaillie Humphries, Kaysha Love, Elana Meyers Taylor, Hakeem Abdul Saboor, Hunter Church, Frank Del Duca, Kris Horn, Jimmy Reed, Charlie Volker, Carlo Valdes, Josh Williamson.
Cross-country skiing
There are 14 total participants in this sport with six men and eight women.
Gus Schumacher, Rosie Brennan, Jessie Diggins, Hannah Halvorsen, Julia Kern, JC Schoonmaker, Hailey Swirbul, Sophia Laukli, Novie McCabe, Scott Patterson, Caitlin Patterson, Kevin Bolger, Ben Ogden, Luke Jager
Curling
Curling has 5 men and 6 women participating for Team USA.
Becca Hamilton, Nina Roth, Tara Peterson, Vicky Persinger, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving (alternate), Matt Hamilton, John Shuster, John Landsteiner, Chris Plys, Colin Hufman (alternate).
Figure skating
There are a total of 16 participants in the team with eight men and eight women.
Mariah Bell, Karen Chen, Alysa Liu, Nathan Chen, Zachary Donohue, Vincent Zhou, Jason Brown, Ashley Cain-Gribble, Alexa Knierim, Brandon Frazier, Timothy LeDuc, Madison Chock, Evan Bates, Kaitlin Hawayek, Madison Hubbell, Jean-Luc Baker.
Freestyle skiing
There are a total of 32 participants in freestyle skiing with 16 men and 16 women representing Team USA.
Ashley Caldwell, Kaila Kuhn, Megan Nick, Winter Vinecki, Hanna Faulhaber, Devin Logan, Brita Sigourney, Carly Margulies, Olivia Giaccio, Jaelin Kauf, Kai Owens, Hannah Soar, Caroline Claire, Marin Hamill, Darian Stevens, Maggie Voisin, Chris Lillis, Eric Loughran, Justin Schoenefeld, Aaron Blunck, Alex Ferreira, Colby Stevenson, Birk Irving, David Wise, Cole McDonald, Nick Page, Dylan Walczyk, Alex Hall, Brad Wilson, Tyler Wallasch, Mac Forehand, Nick Goepper.
Ice Hockey
The ice hockey contingent is the biggest that the US is sending for the Olympic Games. A total of 48 stars are participating with 25 men and 23 women.
Cayla Barnes, Megan Bozek, Hannah Brandt, Dani Cameranesi, Alex Carpenter, Alex Cavallini, Jesse Compher, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Brianna Decker, Jincy Dunne, Savannah Harmon, Caroline Harvey, Nicole Hensley, Megan Keller, Amanda Kessel, Hilary Knight, Abbey Murphy, Kelly Pannek, Maddie Rooney, Abby Roque, Hayley Scamurra, Lee Stecklein, Grace Zumwinkle, Nick Abruzzese, Kenny Agostino, Matty Beniers, Brendan Brisson, Noah Cates, Drew Commesso, Brian Cooper, Brock Faber, Sean Farrell, Drew Helleson, Sam Hentges, Steven Kampfer, Matthew Knies, Strauss Mann, Marc McLaughlin, Ben Meyers, Andy Miele, Pat Nagle, Aaron Ness, Brian O鈥橬eill, Nick Perbix, Jake Sanderson, Nick Shore, Nathan Smith, David Warsofsky.
Luge
The luge has five men and three women participating in the events.
Summer Britcher, Ashley Farquharson, Emily Sweeney, Jonny Gustafson, Chris Mazdzer, Tucker West, Zack DiGregorio, Sean Hollander.
Nordic combined
There are no women participating in the Nordic combined event but five men will star for Team USA.
Taylor Fletcher, Jasper Good, Ben Loomis, Stephen Schumann, Jared Shumate.
Short track speed skating
There are seven participants in this discipline with two men and five women.
Maame Biney, Eunice Lee, Julie Letai, Kristen Santos, Corinne Stoddard, Andrew Heo, Ryan Pivirotto.
Skeleton
The skeleton might be the most dangerous event in the Winter Olympics and there are three participants from the US with one man and two women starring.
Kelly Curtis, Katie Uhlaender, Andrew Blaser.
Ski jumping
Ski jumping sees a total of five participants with four men and one woman going to Beijing.
Anna Hoffmann, Kevin Bickner, Decker Dean, Patrick Gasienica, Casey Larson.
Snowboarding
Snowboarding has a huge list of participants from the USA. 14 men and 12 women make up the 26 participants at the Winter Games.
Zoe Kalapos, Chloe Kim, Maddie Mastro, Tessa Maud, Jamie Anderson, Hailey Langland, Julia Marino, Courtney Rummel, Stacy Gaskill, Faye Gulini, Lindsey Jacobellis, Meghan Tierney, Lucas Foster, Taylor Gold, Chase Josey, Shaun White, Robby Burns, Cody Winters, Chris Corning, Sean FitzSimons, Red Gerard, Dusty Henricksen, Nick Baumgartner, Mick Dierdorff, Hagen Kearney, Jake Vedder.
Speed skating
Speed skating is the final discipline in which Team USA will compete and it features seven men and five women.
Giorgia Birkeland, Brittany Bowe, Kimi Goetz, Erin Jackson, Mia Manganello Kilburg, Ethan Cepuran, Casey Dawson, Austin Kleba, Emery Lehman, Joey Mantia, Ian Quinn, Jordan Stolz
