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So the US Olympic team is set, with 216 athletes. 87 have previously competed at the Winter Olympics - three of whom will be competing in their fifth Olympics: luger Mark Grimmette, Nordic combined skier Todd Lodwick and alpine skier Casey Puckett who is competing in ski cross this time. 31 athletes have won a combined total of 48 medals: 12 gold, 20 silver and 16 bronze. Short track speed skater Apolo Ohno is the most successful returning Olympian, with 5 medals. Curlers Tracy Sachtjen and John Benton are the oldest Olympians at 40 years, while freestyle aerialist Ashley Caldwell and figure skaters Mirai Nagasu and Caydee Denney are the youngest at 16.

Norwegian biathlete, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen currently has nine Winter Olympic medals, and is hoping to break the all-time record of 12 medals in Vancouver.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, had Michael Phelps competed as his own country, he would have finished tied for 9th in the gold medal count, ahead of countries including France, Netherlands, Spain, Canada, Argentina, Switzerland, Brazil and Mexico. Furthermore, the rest of the world combined won seven golds in men's swimming events. Phelps, of course, won eight.