The US will send 232 competitors to Milano Cortina, the largest Winter Games squad
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Monday that 98 seasoned Olympians, including Mikaela Shiffrin, will lead the U.S. squad in Milano Cortina as it gets ready to send 232 athletes to the Winter Games, which begin next month.
Having sent 228 competitors to the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, it will be the biggest U.S. Winter Olympic squad. 117 men and 115 women are listed on the roster.
Over the quad, our winter sport programs have advanced significantly, which gives us great confidence in the 2026 squad. “We deliberately chose to concentrate on winter sports,” USOPC Chief of Sport & Athlete Services Rocky Harris told reporters Monday.
According to Harris, the US has invested “significant resources” in winter sports, including as technology, player stipends, and coaching.
The United States, a sizable and well-funded nation, has dominated the Summer Olympic medal table on a regular basis, but they have only won the Winter Olympics once, in 1932. In Beijing, they came in third on the medal table.
Alpine skier Shiffrin and snowboarding star Chloe Kim both have two gold medals, while Canadian-born monobob champion Kaillie Humphries, who converted to the United States prior to the 2022 Games, is the most decorated with three.
With four prior Olympic appearances, bobsleigh athlete Elana Meyers Taylor holds the record for the most medals overall, having won three silvers and two bronzes.
Six other four-time Olympians will join her, including ice hockey player Hilary Knight, snowboarders Nick Baumgartner and Faye Thelen, figure skater Evan Bates, alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, and Humphries.
