Post worth seeing: Kendall Coyne Schofield, ice hockey The captain of the team, Coyne Schofield, 29, is a forward making her third Olympic appearance.
One thing to watch: Her free skate, set to k.
One thing to watch: After the heartbreak of initially thinking she had missed the opportunity to race in the 500 in Beijing, Jackson will be squarely eyeing gold there.
Post worth seeing: Kai Owens, moguls skiing Owens' journey comes full circle in Beijing, where the 17-year-old will return to her birth country for the first time since being abandoned in a city square shortly after birth.
But the Olympic race has been her Achilles heel.
Beijing marks the first Olympics where women bobsledders can win more than one medal.
One thing to know: Shiffrin, 26, won her 47th World Cup slalom race in January and became the first skier in history to win that many races in a single discipline.
Can she do it? Fan Bingbing, who more recently has been seen in high-profile blockbusters, is especially quite magnetic in her role.