Top United States Athletes to Watch for in 2018 Winter Olympics

The Team United States has started their Olympics journey for 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in PyeongChang, South Korea. Starting 9th February, the US Olympic team is participating with 242 members. The team will compete in all the 15 Olympic events and consists of 107 women and 135 men athletes. Starting in 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, the United States Olympic team will take part in its 23rd appearance in Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics Appearances for the US Olympic Team

Year	Olympic Venue	Year	Olympic Venue
1924	Chamonix, France	1976	Innsbruck, Austria
1928	St. Moritz, Switzerland	1980	Lake Placid, New York
1932	Lake Placid, New York	1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
1936	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany	1988	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1948	St. Moritz, Switzerland	1992	Albertville, France
1952	Oslo, Norway	1994	Lillehammer, Norway
1956	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy	1998	Nagano, Japan
1960	Squaw Valley, California	2002	Salt Lake City, Utah
1964	Innsbruck, Austria	2006	Turin, Italy
1968	Grenoble, France	2010	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1972	Sapporo, Japan	2014	Sochi, Russia
2018	PyeongChang, South Korea (Current Winter Olympics 2018)

Key US Athletes to Look for In PyeongChang Olympics by All About Olympics

Olympics is a platform that always brings out the best in every athlete. When every US athlete has the potential of rising to the glory in Olympics, we have picked few players who have already proven their credential in the recent past. So, here is All About Olympics list of top athletes to watch out in 2018 Winter Olympics:

Alpine Skiing

In Alpine Skiing, 12 athletes in the men category and after Jacqueline Wiles's injury, 9 athletes in the women's category are representing the US. Similarly, from the men's team, Steven Nyman is injured and mostly won't compete in this Olympics. World champion Mikaela Shiffrin along with Lindsey Vonn seem to be eyeing for another spectacular gold medal run in the women category.

The US Team for Alpine Skiing
Women	Men
Stacey Cook Breezy Johnson Megan McJames Alice McKennis Alice Merryweather Laurenne Ross Mikaela Shiffrin Resi Stiegler Lindsey Vonn	Bryce Bennett Tommy Biesemeyer David Chodounsky Ryan Cochran-Siegle Mark Engel Tommy Ford Jared Goldberg Tim Jitloff Nolan Kasper Ted Ligety Wiley Maple Andrew Weibrecht

Cross-country Skiing

11 women and 9 men athletes are going to represent the United States in the Cross-country Skiing event in coming Winter Olympics. Jessica Diggins, Kikkan Randall, and Sadie Bjornsen are likely to excel to their career best in 2018 Olympics after a successful World cup season in Finland in November 2017.

The US Team for Cross-country Skiing
Women	Men
Sadie Bjornsen Rosie Brennan Sophie Caldwell Jessica Diggins Kikkan Randall Ida Sargent Elizabeth Stephen Caitlin Patterson Rosie Frankowski Annie Hart Kaitlyn Miller	Erik Bjornsen Simeon Hamilton Andrew Newell Patrick Caldwell Logan Hanneman Scott Patterson Reese Hanneman Tyler Kornfield Noah Hoffman

Freestyle Skiing

In Freestyle Skiing, the US team has been divided into four sections - Aerials, Halfpipe, Moguls, and Slopestyle. 2014 Winter Olympics silver medalist Gus Kenworthy and Maddie Bowman will be the players that all the skiing lovers would definitely watch out for. 

Ski Jumping

The US Olympic Ski Jumping team consist of four men and three women athletes. The men athletic team will take part in all the three events - Normal Hill, Large Hill, and Team Large Hill. However, the women athletic team will compete only in the Normal Hill Ski Jumping event. Michael Glasder and Sarah Hendrickson are the players to watch out for in Winter Olympic 2018 events.

The US Team for Ski Jumping
Women	Men
Abby Ringquist Nita Englund Sarah Hendrickson	Casey Larsen Kevin Bickner Michael Glasder Will Rhoads

Ice Hockey

The 23 member US Women Hockey team is ready for PyeongChang Winter Olympics. The United States team is a prime contestant for Winter Olympics gold medal and has qualified for the Olympics by standing first in IIHF World Ranking for the 2016 season. Top scorer for the US, the most talented forward Brianna Decker will be the center of attraction again in the Ice Hockey ground.

US Ice Hockey Team (Women) for Winter Olympics 2018
Position	Player Name	Player Name	Position
G	Alex Rigsby	Brianna Decker – A	F
G	Maddie Rooney	Dani Cameranesi	F
G	Nicole Hensley	Gigi Marvin	F
D	Cayla Barnes	Haley Skarupa	F
D	Emily Pfalzer	Hannah Brandt	F
D	Kacey Bellamy – A	Hilary Knight	F
D	Kali Flanagan	Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson	F
D	Lee Stecklein	Kelly Pannek	F
D	Megan Keller	Kendall Coyne	F
D	Sidney Morin	Meghan Duggan – C	F
F	Amanda Kessel	Monique Lamoureux-Morando	F
F	Amanda Pelkey	G - Goaltender, D - Defense, F - Forward

Another Glorious Winter Olympics Beings for the US Team

In Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, United States had won a total of 28 medals which included 9 Gold, 7 Silver, and 12 Bronze. This time, US Olympic team is even stronger and will surely take the Winter Olympics 2018 as a storm. All About Olympics will cover day to day event details of the entire sports event along with the Olympic preparation information at PyeongChang 2018.