The US announced its largest ever contingent for a Winter Olympic Games, and athletes took to social media to celebrate.
Check what I've been listening to while riding - I'll be posting more clips so make sure to check back #RoadtoSochi http://t.co/JryPANqSze
— Shaun White (@shaun_white) January 29, 2014Latest and greatest invention on a ski slope: Stairs pic.twitter.com/Vr6AKGxe9x
— Bode Miller (@MillerBode) January 30, 2014Leaving for Sochi, Russia to join the @NBCOlympics Broadcast Team. Excited to witness all the Olympic history! - pic.twitter.com/fSDzBYVoHH
— Jeremy Bloom (@JeremyBloom11) January 29, 20141 of my FAV Oly things! "@Sochi2014: The flag of every nation competing at #Sochi2014 is flown above Athlete Village pic.twitter.com/zmvzYTeqnJ"
— Kerri Walsh Jennings (@kerrileewalsh) January 30, 2014Congratulations @TatyanaMcFadden on making the USA team for #Sochi2014 is there anything this girl can't do? Carry on breaking the barriers.
— Hannah Cockroft MBE (@HCDream2012) January 29, 2014Trying on The Official Olympic Bobsled Uniform with @jamieGreubel #sochi http://t.co/kqpO6KIzZY
— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) January 29, 2014British slopestyle skier James Woods believes he can win a Winter Olympic medal at #Sochi2014 http://t.co/sOl1ncv5f3
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 29, 2014Words cannot describe the emotions I am feeling right now! Thank you so much for the love and support! Russia here I come! @AUSOlympicTeam
— Emily Bamford (@embamford) January 29, 2014How does @NickGoepper catch so much air off a rail? The science of slopestyle skiing (video): http://t.co/ekkhLazqiP pic.twitter.com/vNskioac1Y
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) January 29, 2014Sooooo excited to be participating in my first winter games with such a wonderful team #TeamUSA #roadtosoch!!!!!!! http://t.co/LMHr7SOTTb
— Tatyana McFadden (@TatyanaMcFadden) January 29, 2014Four first time Winter Olympians! #TeamUSA @DRobUSA @JazmineFenlator @lolojones #TeamUSA (PHOTO) pic.twitter.com/6RoXsTIbGJ
— Johnny Quinn (@JohnnyQuinnUSA) January 29, 2014Losing @ApoloOhno: How the U.S. Olympic short track team will recover: http://t.co/yppfmltAy2 #Sochi2014
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) January 29, 2014Peace out NYC... I'm going to miss you! So excited to be #SochiBound with @NBCOlympics for the 2014 Olympic Games!✌️🇺🇸✈️🇷🇺
— Nastia Liukin (@NastiaLiukin) January 29, 2014See what President @BarackObama had to say about #Sochi2014 in his #SOTU: http://t.co/jmRLBMICfz
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) January 29, 2014"I am trying to find the happy medium of what I'm allowed to talk about and not." Read my Q&A with @WSJ. http://t.co/etWLkuGvo0 #Sochi2014
— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) January 29, 2014Follow the Sochi 2014 Torch RelayCompiled byNicole Bennett
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