Winter Olympics: Meet The Athletes From Michigan On Team USA

When the Olympic Winter Games open this week in PyeongChang, South Korea this week, Michigan will be well represented. There's a women's ice hockey player from Farmington, a short track speed skater from Melvindale and a snowboarder from West Bloomfield. There are men's hockey players, as well as figure skaters from around the state.

The U.S. Olympic team is comprised of 242 athletes, with 135 men and 107 women. Eleven of the athletes call Michigan home. The games begin Thursday, and the opening ceremony marking the official start of the games is Friday.

The opening ceremony and the games will be broadcast on NBC. The games take place over a two-week period with the closing ceremony on Feb. 25.

Athletes will be competing in alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, long track speed skating and short track speed skating.

The Olympians from Michigan are:

Evan Bates, figure skating, Ann Arbor
Nick Baumgartner, snowboarding, Iron River
Chad Billins, men's ice hockey, Marysville
Megan Keller, women's ice hockey, Farmington
Jessica Kooreman, short track speed skating, Melvindale
Kyle Mack, snowboarding, West Bloomfield
Ryan Pivirotto, short track speed skating, Ann Arbor
Alex Shibutani, figure skating, Ann Arbor
Maia Shibutani, figure skating, Ann Arbor
Jim Slater, men's ice hockey, Lapeer
James Wisniewski, men's ice hockey, Canton

Click here for a full schedule of the games from NBC so you can catch all your favorite athletes.

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