As the Beijing Winter Olympics draws nearer, here’s a look at 15 athletes from Team USA worth keeping an eye on
The 26-year-old is one of the best skiers of all time and is no stranger to setbacks. After losing her father in early 2020 and struggling with a series of back injuries, Shiffrin became the first skier to win gold at five consecutive world championships earlier this year. She enters the Olympic season with 106 career World Cup medals, 69 of them gold. Her hardware collection also includes two Olympic golds and one silver. She needs only one more gold in Beijing to boast the most Olympic wins by an American alpine skier, the mark she currently shares with Ted Ligety and Andrea Mead.
