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Adam Rippon performs during the men's short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. Rippon, an athlete to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympics, is considered the first openly gay U.S. athlete to qualify for the Winter Olympics.
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Nathan Chen poses after winning the men's skate event at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, California, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. Chen’s second straight win at the nationals earned him a spot on the 2018 Olympic team, making him a figure skater to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
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Bobsledder Aja Evans poses for a portrait during the Team USA Media Summit ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games on September 25, 2017 in Park City, Utah. Evans is competing for gold after winning the bronze medal in the 2014 Sochi Games.
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Half pipe snowboarder Chloe Kim is among the athletes to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympics Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She is making her debut at the games.
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Olympic figure skater Bradie Tennell speaks during a break in practice at Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Tennell is among the athletes to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She secured her spot on the U.S. team by winning gold the 2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
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Karen Chen poses after finishing third at the women's free skate event at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, California, Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. The bronze medal win earned her a spot on the U.S. Olympics team this year. Chen is among the athletes to watch at the Pyeongchang, South Korea, Winter Olympics.
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Snowboarder Shaun White is attempting to be the sport’s first three-time gold medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, making him an athlete to watch. White left the 2014 Sochi Games with no medal, pulling out of one event and finishing fourth in the other.
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In this March 1, 2015 file photo, Kelly Clark, poses for a photograph after competing in a World Cup halfpipe snowboard event in Park City, Utah. The 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics will be Clark's fifth Olympics, which makes her the only snowboarder to accomplish that feat. She’s an athlete to watch at the games.
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Becca Hamilton and Matt Hamilton of the United States deliver a stone in the Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 1 during the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. The brother-sister duo could potentially play in two separate Olympic tournaments. They are the first U.S. Olmypic mixed doubles curling team and will later compete with the U.S. men's and women's curling teams.
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Bobsledder Elana Myers Taylor poses for a portrait during the Team USA PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics portraits on April 27, 2017 in West Hollywood, California. After winnning the silver medal in 2014 and the bronze medal in 2010, Taylor is aiming for gold at the 2018 Games.
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In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, United States Olympic Winter Games slopestyle skier Nick Goepper poses for a portrait at the 2017 Team USA Media Summit in Park City, Utah. Goepper is an athlete to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympics, having last competed at the 2014 games, where he took home the bronze medal.
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World Cup skiier Lindsey Vonn is an althete to watch at the 2018 Winter Games. She could become the oldest woman to win an Olympic Alpine medal at age 33.
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Maame Biney celebrates victory in the Women's 500 Meter A Final for a spot on the Olympic team during the 2018 U.S. Speedskating Short Track Olympic Team Trials at the Utah Olympic Oval on December 16, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Biney, who is competing in her first Olympics, is the first African-American woman to represent the U.S. in Olympic speed skating.
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Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States stands in the finish area during the second run of the women's slalom race at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018. Shiffrin is an athlete to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She could be come the first skier to repeat as an Olympics slalom gold medalist. She won gold at the 2014 games.
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Ice Hockey player Jordan Greenway poses for a portrait during the Team USA Media Summit ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games on September 25, 2017 in Park City, Utah. Greenway makes history in the games as first African American ever to compete for the U.S. in ice hockey since the games started in 1920.
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Sister and brother ice-dancing team Alex and Maia Shibutani pose for photographs wearing Team USA's Opening Ceremony uniforms for the upcoming Winter Olympics, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, in New York. The pair, among athletes to watch at the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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Snowboard slopestyle gold medalist Jamie Anderson smiles at the Winter X Games, Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, in Aspen, Colorado. Anderson is an athlete to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. She took home the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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Freeskier Gus Kenworthy is an athlete to watch at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He previously competed in the 2014 Winter Games, taking home a silver medal.
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