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Kikkan Randall leads U.S. cross-country skiing team for Olympic season

Kikkan Randall

USA’s Kikkan Randall reacts as she crosses the finish line during the Women’s Cross Country team sprint 6 x 1.2km final race of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships at Val Di Fiemme Cross Country stadium in Cavalese, northern Italy, on February 24, 2013. USA won the race in front of second placed Sweden and third placed Finland. AFP PHOTO / PIERRE TEYSSOT (Photo credit should read Pierre Teyssot/AFP/Getty Images)

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A glimpse into the potential U.S. Olympic Team in cross-country skiing came with the announcement of the National Team on Monday.

Three-time Olympian Kikkan Randall highlights a six-skier “A” Team and 11 National Team members overall (full lists below).

Randall and Jessie Diggins, another “A” Team member, became the first Americans to win a world championship in the sport on Feb. 24 when they took the team spring in Val di Femme, Italy.

The other members of the “A” Team are 2010 Olympians Holly Brooks, Andy Newell and Liz Stephen and Ida Sargent.

The cross-country World Cup season opens Nov. 29 in Kuusamo, Finland. The U.S. Olympic Team will be named in late January, selected primarily off World Cup results.

At the Sochi Olympics, U.S. cross-country skiers will look to win the nation’s second Olympic medal in the sport after Bill Koch‘s silver in 1976.

How much could the Olympic team resemble the National Team?

In 2010, all six members of the “A” Team made the 11-member Olympic team. The other five U.S. Olympians included two “B” Team members and three skiers who were not on the National Team.

A Team
Holly Brooks
Jessie Diggins
Andy Newell
Kikkan Randall
Ida Sargent
Liz Stephen

B Team
Sadie Bjornsen
Erik Bjornsen
Sophie Caldwell
Simi Hamilton
Noah Hoffman

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