The Milan-Cortina Olympic Games start on February 6 and will take place in Milan and the surrounding areas.
The vice president and his wife are accompanied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio; U.S. Ambassador to Italy Tilman Feritta; 2018 Olympic medalist Monique Lamoureux-Morando; 2002 and 2006 Olympic gold medalist short track speed skater and 2010 Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek, a White House statement said.
The competition is planned runs until February 22 and competition sport- including bobsledding, skiing and figure skating.
Maxim Naumov, op Figure skater from Massachusetts of which parents were murdered almost a year ago in a plane crash near Washington, DCwill head to the 2026 Olympics as part of Team USA.
Figure skater Alysa Liu will also be attending the games. Liu shocked the skating world last year when she took home the World Championship, just a few years after announcing her retirement from the sport at the age of 16. She told 60Minutes: “I see competitions more as a stage for performances.”
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