Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Chloe Kim Headline Historic USA Olympic Roster with 232 Athletes

Team USA announced its full 232-person roster for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, with Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin and Chloe Kim among the headliners.

This is the largest group the U.S. has ever assembled for the Winter Games. Ninety-eight athletes have competed in the Olympics before, and 18 have been crowned a champion in their respective sport.

Vonn, who turned 41 in October, completed an improbable comeback by punching her ticket for Milano Cortino.

Having not skied competitively since the the 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, she came out of retirement in November 2024. In December, she became the oldest competitor to win a World Cup race.

Maybe Vonn can add one more Olympic medal to give herself a fairytale ending.

Shiffrin is looking to atone for failing to medal whatsoever in the 2022 Winter Olympics. Given how she’s performing on the World Cup circuit on the road to Milano Cortina, a second successive trip to the Winter Games without a medal would be a shock.

The women’s figure skating team is one of the notable groups to watch.

An American hasn’t won individual gold in women’s figure skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002. Sasha Cohen (2006) is the last to even get onto the podium.

Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito and Alysa Liu are all ranked top-five in the world. Glenn won gold in the 2024-25 Grand Prix Final, while Liu was the first-place finisher in the 2025 World Championships. Levito, for her part, was a silver medalist in the 2024 Worlds.

With such a talented group, the United States’ drought in women’s figure skating may end.

A lot of American fans will also be eager to see whether Team USA wins its first gold in men’s ice hockey since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980.

The U.S. won its first three games of the 2022 group stage before losing to Slovakia in the quarterfinals. A runner-up finish last winter to Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off raised the expectations surrounding the team in Italy.