Less than six months after the summer edition in Tokyo, the Olympics return on Feb. 4 for the Winter Games, where a total of 109 events in 15 disciplines across seven sports on snow and ice will be held—in a bubble, under COVID-19 protocols—across 12 competition venues in China. Then, one month later, the action will return to Beijing on March 4 for the Paralympics, featuring more than 600 athletes competing over 10 days in 78 events across six sports.
From fresh faces to familiar ones, here are some of the U.S. men and women who will be going for gold in Beijing.
Written by Kristen Nelson, Madeline Coleman, Tess DeMeyer, Lia Assimakopoulos, Claire Kuwana, Mark Bechtel and Jamie Lisanti. Illustrations by Trey Ingram.
