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GophersInIowa said:
It's less than a month away. Sounds like the hockey arena has all kinds of problems.

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First Olympic test event at Milan arena postponed due to ‘giant hole in the ice’ appearing during play

The first test event at the arena to be used for ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics hit a very early…
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will be fascinating to see what the NHL does with this if the ice is deemed unsafe as there are huge implications in both directions for those players (and all players for that matter)
 

Lindsey Vonn among 232 athletes named on U.S. Olympic roster​


The U.S. team released its 232-athlete roster for the Milan Cortina Olympics on Monday, and it includes Lindsey Vonn and bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, who are among the seven Americans making their fifth trip to the Games.

Other five-timers are hockey player Hilary Knight, figure skater Evan Bates and snowboarders Faye Thelen and Nick Baumgartner.

Meyers Taylor leads a group of 33 returning medalists. She has won three silver medals and two bronze while Humphries has taken three golds. Mikaela Shiffrin and Chloe Kim have two golds each.

The team consists of 117 men and 115 women ranging in age from 15 (freeskier Abby Winterberger) to 54 (curler Rich Ruohonen).

The opening ceremony is set for Feb. 6 in Milan, with some competition beginning Feb. 4.

These will be the most spread-out Olympics in history, with Milan serving as a home base for hockey, figure skating and speedskating and Cortina and a handful of other mountain clusters hosting skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, sliding sports and the new Olympic sport of ski mountaineering.

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Lindsey Vonn among 232 athletes named on U.S. Olympic roster

The U.S. will have 232 athletes on its roster for the Milan Cortina Olympics, including Lindsey Vonn, who is one of seven Americans making their fifth trip to the Winter Games.
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Go USA!!
 

Minnesota Olympic Roster


Men's Hockey (starts 2/11)
USA
Jackson Lacombe - Hometown Eden Prairie, Shattuck, UMN
Brock Faber - Hometown Maple Grove, UMN
Jake Guentzel - Hometown Woodbury, Hill Murray HS
Brock Nelson - Hometown Warroad, Warroad HS
Jake Oettinger - Hometown Lakeville, Lakeville North HS

Finland
Erik Haula - Shattuck, UMN

Women's Hockey (starts 2/5)
USA
Kelly Pannek - Hometown Plymouth, Robbinsdale Cooper and BSM, UMN
Lee Stecklein - Hometown Roseville, Roseville HS, UMN
Grace Zumwinkle - Hometown Excelsior, Breck, UMN
Taylor Heise - Hometown Lake City, Red Wing HS, UMN
Abbey Murphy - UMN
Rory Guilday - Hometown Chanhassen, Minnetonka HS

Czechia
Tereza Plosová - UMN
Natálie Mlýnková - UMN

Sweden
Josefin Bouveng - UMN

Finland
Nelli Laitenen - UMN

Alpine Skiing
Lindsey Vonn - Born St. Paul, grew up Burnsville, left before attending HS
Paula Moltzan - Hometown Lakeville, Lakeville South HS

Cross-Country Skiing
Jessie Diggins - Hometown Afton, Stillwater High School
Zak Ketterson - Hometown Bloomington, Jefferson HS

Biathlon
Lucinda Anderson - Hometown Golden Valley, Robbinsdale Armstrong

Speedskating
Giorgia Birkeland - Hometown WBL, Mahtomedi HS
Margie Freed - Hometown AV, Eastview HS
Greta Myers - Hometown Lino Lakes, Gentry Academy

Curling Men's
Danny Casper - Current Hometown Richfield, Chaska Curling Center current home sheet, UMN
Aidan Oldenburg - Hometown Mapleton, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton HS, MNSU Mankato, Chaska Curling Center home sheet
Rich Ruohonen - Hometown Brooklyn Park, Spring Lake Park HS, Hamline
Ben Richardson - Chaska Curling Center home sheet
Men's Curling Team - Chaska Curling Center home sheet

Curling Women's
Tabitha Peterson - Hometown Burnsville, Current Hometown Eagan, Eagan HS, UMN
Tara Peterson - Hometown Burnsville, Eagan HS, UMN
Taylor Anderson-Heide - Current Hometown Chaska, Chaska Curling Center current home sheet, UMN
Cory Thiesse - Hometown Duluth, Duluth East, Duluth Curling Club UMD
? Aileen Geving - Hometown Duluth, Duluth Central HS, Duluth Curling Club, UMD
Women's Curling Team - St. Paul Curling Club home sheet

Curling Mixed Doubles
Cory Thiesse - Hometown Duluth, Duluth East, UMD
Korey Dropkin - Current Hometown Duluth, UMD

Snowboarding
Iris Pflum - Hometown Minneapolis, BSM
 
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bonin21 said:
Would love to get a clean list of Minnesota ties. I'll probably start building it out as we get closer to the games.

Lindsey Vonn - Born St. Paul, grew up Burnsville, left before attending HS
Jessie Diggins - Hometown Afton, Stillwater High School
Jackson Lacombe - Hometown Eden Prairie, UMN
Lucinda Anderson - Hometown Golden Valley, Robbinsdale Armstrong
Giorgia Birkeland - Hometown WBL, Mahtomedi HS
Brock Faber - Hometown Maple Grove, UMN
Margie Freed - Hometown AV, Eastview HS
Aileen Geving - Hometown Duluth, Duluth Central HS, UMD
Jake Guentzel - Hometown Woodbury, Hill Murray HS
Rory Guilday - Hometown Chanhassen, Minnetonka HS
Taylor Heise - Hometown Lake City, Red Wing HS, UMN
Brock Nelson - Hometown Warroad, Warroad HS
Jake Oettinger - Hometown Lakeville, Lakeville North HS
Aidan Oldenburg - Hometown Mapleton, Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton HS, MNSU Mankato
Kelly Pannek - Hometown Plymouth, Robbinsdale Cooper and BSM, UMN
Tabitha Peterson Lovick
Tara Peterson
Iris Pflum - Hometown Minneapolis, BSM
Rich Ruohenen - Hometown Brooklyn Park
Lee Stecklein - Hometown Roseville, Roseville HS, UMN
Cory Thiesse - Hometown Duluth
Grace Zumwinkle - Hometown Excelsior, Breck, UMN
Greta Myers - Hometown Lino Lakes, Gentry Academy
Paula Moltzan - Hometown Lakeville
Zak Ketterson
Taylor Anderson-Heide - Hometown Chaska, UMN
Men's Curling Team - Chaska Curling Center Home Rink

Erik Haula - Finland, UMN
+ a handful of international women's hockey players to be added
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I appreciate this! If it's not too much trouble, could you also list the events they are competing in? Thanks!
 




I hope Team USA kicks Russia's ass in hockey.
 






Roster post updated above and just need to get some dates added for events
 





bonin21 said:
Funny joke but Russia not being there hurts the magic of this tournament.
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They took away the only reason I cared about the entire spectacle. Maybe 2030 will be an event.

I am glad Kirill gets a couple weeks of rest though.
 



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