Nine soldier-athletes from the Air Force, Army and Army National Guard will represent both the U.S. military and Team USA at the Beijing Winter Olympics, taking place between Feb. 4 and Feb. 20.
Five of the service members headed to Beijing are in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program, or WCAP, a military unit that affords elite athletes in the Army an opportunity to compete at the Olympic Games. Here are the nine who wear the uniform and will be suiting up in red, white and blue.
U.S. Army World Class Athletes
Spc. Jasper Good — Nordic Combined
Spc. Jasper Good grew up in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and worked his way up through winter sports clubs before moving to Park City, Utah, in 2016 to join the national team for Nordic combined — the winter sport that involves both ski jumping and cross-country skiing.
Both Good and his teammate Spc. Benjamin Loomis were on Team USA at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, while still civilians.
In 2019, Good and Loomis enlisted in the Utah Army National Guard, where they completed basic training together before joining the WCAP.
“Pretty excited to be representing the Army this time around,” Good said in an interview.
