Temperature, wind, sunlight or precipitation can cause all sorts of problems at the Winter Olympics.

Five athletes with ties to Maine will represent Team USA in Beijing, in sports ranging from cross-country skiing and biathlon to bobsledding and luge.

A rare blood disorder kept David Quinn from playing at the 1988 Games in Calgary.

All of the 200-plus American athletes heading to Beijing for the Olympics next month are fully vaccinated and none asked for a medical exemption.

It will be the first Olympics for Del Duca, who took up the sport after being a star sprinter at Telstar High and the University of Maine.

The U.S. is the defending champion, having ended Canada’s run of four straight titles. The teams have also met in the final of 19 of 20 world championships.

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