2014 Sochi Winter Olympics: Meet The Speed Skating Team!

The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Speed Skating team trials were held this past week in Park City, Utah and JJJ has the full list of athletes who are heading to Russia!

Shani Davis and Heather Richardson lead the long-track team which also includes Brittany Bowe, Lauren Cholewinski, Kelly Gunther, Maria Lamb, Sugar Todd, Anna Ringsred, Jilleanna Rookard, Jonathan Garcia, Tucker Fredricks, Mitch Whitmore, Brian Hansen, Jonathan Kuck, Emery Lehman, Joey Mantia and Patrick Meek.

“I think we’re pretty strong and really happy and satisfied with the team we’ve built,” U.S. national long-track coach Ryan Shimabukuro shared. “From a coach’s perspective, I think we’re taking one of our strongest teams to the Olympic Games.”

The short-track team is made up of Eddy Alvarez, Jessica Smith, Emily Scott, Alyson Dudek, J.R. Celski, Chris Creveling, Jordan Malone and Kyle Carr.

The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics start on February 7th.

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