Today marks 500 days until the Opening Ceremony of 2018 Winter Olympics.
Below are five U.S. athletes to get to know before February 9, 2018:
Ryan Bailey (Bobsled): Bailey, who finished fifth as a sprinter in the London Olympic 100m, is attempting to compete at the 2018 Olympics as a bobsledder. On Sept. 21, just weeks into his bobsled career, he won the men’s push athlete national title. The last male Summer Olympian to make a U.S. Olympic bobsled team was Willie Davenport in 1980.
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Brittany Bowe and Heather Richardson (Speed Skating): Bowe and Richardson have been trading world records in recent years.