Team USA isn’t exactly known for its Winter Olympics domination, but the Americans hope to change the narrative when it comes to the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.The Americans finished third in the medal table at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and fourth in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. The U.S. finished with the most medals in the 2010 Vancouver Games but only had nine gold medals to show.The Team USA roster will look to change their fortunes in this year’s Games and, somehow, finish ahead of Norway, Germany and Canada. Team USA will fight hard to get the gold. The Olympics will begin on Friday. Read below for some of the athletes to keep a keen eye on.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAlysa Liu will be looking to reach the Olympic podium for the first time in her career. She will be competing in the women’s singles event with Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito. She finished sixth in the 2022 Olympics, but she was only 16 at the time.Now, at 20, Liu is entering the Winter Games after having a successful 2025 campaign. She won gold medals at the World Championships and the Grand Prix Final. Liu also picked up silver medals in 2025 and 2026 at the U.S. Championships.NHL STAR DISAPPOINTED TO BE LEFT OFF TEAM USA’S OLYMPIC ROSTER: ‘THOUGHT MY PLAY THIS YEAR WAS WORTHY’Chloe Kim has wowed audiences in the halfpipe snowboarding event and will look to continue her dominance at the event in 2026. Kim debuted when she was 17 years old at the 2018 Olympics, becoming the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding gold medal. She followed that up in 2022 when another gold medal.Kim is going for her third consecutive gold medal but under tougher circumstances. She dislocated her shoulder three weeks before the Milan Cortina Games. She said she was “good to go” for the Olympics and will look to push through the injury.Elana Meyers Taylor is back in the Olympics and is looking to make more history in her fifth Winter Games. She will compete for the U.S. bobsleigh team in the monobob competition. In 2022, she picked up her fifth Olympic medal of her career, becoming the first Black woman to achieve the feat.This month, she hopes to return to glory as Team USA tries to put on a dominant display in Italy.Erin Jackson made history in 2022 when she became the first Black woman to medal in speed skating. She didn’t only medal, but she picked up gold in the 500-meter race. Jackson is back on Team USA and looking to pick up another medal.Jackson will participate in the 500-meter race again with Sarah Warren. She will also race along with Brittany Bowe in the 1,000-meter race.Lindsey Vonn qualified for the Winter Olympics this year and is set to compete in the downhill alpine skiing event. She won two World Cup downhill races and was set to compete in her fifth Olympic Games, until Friday, when she suffered a devastating injury.Vonn hasn’t said whether the injury will keep her from competing in Milan Cortina, but vowed that her Olympic dream wasn
Team USA stars to know as the 2026 Winter Olympics begin
