Athletes to watch from Team USA at the Winter Olympics
#2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics #Team USA #Alex Ferreira #Alysa Liu #Erin Jackson #Hilary Knight
📌 Key Takeaways
- Around 2,900 athletes will compete in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, with Team USA sending approximately 230 athletes.
- Notable Team USA athletes include freestyle skiers Alex Ferreira and Alex Hall, figure skaters Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn, speedskaters Brittany Bowe and Erin Jackson, and ice hockey players Hilary Knight and Caroline Harvey.
- Ferreira and Hall are making their third Olympic appearances, while Liu and Glenn are making significant comebacks and advocating for important causes.
- Bowe and Jackson are leading Team USA as flagbearers, highlighting their achievements and the diversity of the team.
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Winter Sports EnthusiastTeam USA's bringing their A-game to Milano Cortina! 🇺🇸❄️ But let's be real, the real competition is who can stay upright on those icy slopes. #OlympicDramatics
Figure Skating FanaticAlysa Liu's comeback is giving us life! 💃💫 Retired at 16, now back to slay the ice. Meanwhile, I can't even decide what to eat for lunch. #OlympicGoals
Speed Skating SavantBrittany Bowe and Erin Jackson leading Team USA! 🏅💨 Flagbearers who can also skate faster than my WiFi loads. #SpeedDemons
Hockey HystericHilary Knight and Caroline Harvey ready to drop the puck! 🏒🔥 These ladies are bringing the heat, and I'm just here for the chilly vibes. #OlympicHockey
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Olympics, Athletes, Team USA, Winter Sports
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Hilary Knight
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U.S. Team USA Olympians to watch at 2026 Winter Olympics By Aliza Chasan Aliza Chasan Digital Content Producer Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza covers trending news, often focusing on crime and politics. Read Full Bio Aliza Chasan February 4, 2026 / 6:00 AM EST / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Around 2,900 top athletes from around the world will converge on Italy to take part in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics , hoping to bring home medals across 116 events. Olympians from Team USA have won a total of 330 Winter Olympic medals through Beijing 2022 — second only to winter sports powerhouse Norway. This year, Team USA is expected to bring around 230 athletes to the Winter Olympics, which run from Feb. 6 to Feb. 22. These are some of the American athletes to watch. Alex Ferreira This will be freestyle skier Alex Ferreira's third trip to the Olympics. Ferreira took home silver at PyeongChang in 2018 and a bronze medal in Beijing in 2022. "It's awesome representing Team USA, because I look at us and I think we're the best team in the world, and then it's special," Ferreira recently told CBS News. "It's a big deal to Team USA, to bring home a medal for America and for your town, for your state, for your country. It's huge." If he couldn't compete in his Olympic sport, Ferreira said he'd compete in either track and field or trampoline. The 31-year-old athlete, who started skiing at age 3 and began competing at 10, specializes in the halfpipe. His first competition was an aerials event, which his mother enrolled him in without informing him, according to Team USA . He's also medaled at the Winter X Games. During the 2023-2024 season, Ferreira swept five world cups, X Games Aspen and the Dew Tour. Ferreira also skis under his alter ego, an older man who goes by the name Hotdog Hans. Alex Hall Milano...