Overview
- The USOPC confirmed its largest Winter team with 232 athletes, featuring 98 returning Olympians and 18 past gold medalists.
- Seven Americans will compete in their fifth Olympics, including Lindsey Vonn, Kaillie Humphries, Elana Meyers Taylor, Hilary Knight, Evan Bates, Faye Thelen and Nick Baumgartner.
- Chloe Kim said she is good to go after a January torn shoulder labrum and will attempt an unprecedented halfpipe three‑peat.
- NHL players rejoin the Olympic tournament for the first time since 2014, elevating the men’s hockey field.
- Events will run Feb. 4–22 across Milan, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Bormio and Livigno, with the opening ceremony on Feb. 6 and ski mountaineering debuting on the program; IOC rules keep Russian and Belarusian teams out, allowing some individuals to compete as neutral athletes.