Team USA Is Already Making History at the 2018 Winter Olympics: Here’s Why That Matters
The 2018 Winter Games are barely underway, but Team USA is already making history.
Before any ski was set to snow or skate was put on ice—in fact, before any single American even set foot in Pyeonchang, South Korea—those repping the red, white and blue had earned themselves a place in the history books just by the sheer fact of who they are.
Not only is the Team USA that arrived for this year's games the largest of any nation in history—242 total athletes, breaking our record of 222 at the Sochi Games in 2014—but the team is also one of the country's most historically diverse, with minority athletes breaking down barriers left and right.
And at a time when the call for minority...