87 Days

Well Olympic silver medalist Bode Miller's return to skiing does not seem to be going so smoothly. In his first outing this season, he barely qualified for his second run in the slalom event, finishing last of those who moved on. His second run didn't go any better; he got hit in the face by a gate, ended up with a bloody nose and could not finish. Miller won two silver medals in skiing in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and went 0 for 5 in 2006 in Turino.

Jamaica is attempting another run at the Olympics in bobsled this year. They even asked 2008 Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt to join the team. The Jamaican sprinter won three gold medals in Beijing in the 100m, 200m and relay, breaking world records every step of the way. Apparently, Bolt's answer was, "Cold. No."

Norway has the most Winter Olympic medals with 280 and 87 of those medals have come in cross-country skiing.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/nations/nation=nor/index.html

87 of the 211 U.S. athletes who competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turino, Italy had previously competed in at least one Olympics beforehand. Of course, the number changed to 86 once figure skating favorite Michelle Kwan pulled out a couple of days into the Olympics due to injury and new-comer Emily Hughes took her spot. http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/MYSA021006_1X_OLYmain_fc3a201_html6394.html

Talk about dedicated: Olympic hockey player Jenny Potter played in the world championships 87 days after the birth of her first child. (She competed in another world championships only 83 days after the birth of her second.) And she has competed in three Olympics. http://www.sptimes.com/2007/05/13/news_pf/Sports/Mothers_superior.shtml