Meet MD 2018 Winter Olympians; Opening Ceremonies, TV Schedule

ROCKVILLE, MD — The United States will be well-represented at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The games start the second week of February and at the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang, two athletes from Maryland will be marching in the American delegation.

The opening ceremony, in which North and South Korea will march under a unified flag marking a major diplomatic success for the two countries, takes place Feb. 9. The opening ceremony and the games will be broadcast on NBC. The games take place over a two-week period with the closing ceremony being held on Feb. 25.

The U.S. Olympic team is comprised of 242 athletes, with 135 men and 107 women. Athletes will be competing in alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, long track speed skating and short track speed skating.

The Maryland athletes representing the United States in Pyeongchang are: Thomas Hong of Laurel, competing in men's short track speedskating; and Haley Skarupa of Rockville, competing in women's ice hockey.

Click here for a full schedule of the games from NBC so you can catch all your favorite athletes.

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