A number of athletes from Connecticut and Suffolk County are representing the United States at the Olympic Winter Games. Several of them are tweeting from Sochi, and you can subscribe to a Twitter list of them here.
Our local Olympians are:
Julie Chu, Ice hockey
Hometown: Fairfield, CT
Twitter: @juliechu13
Result: SILVER MEDAL
John Daly, Skeleton
Hometown: Smithtown, NY
Twitter: @JohnDalyUSA
Alex Deibold, Snowboard cross
Grew up in Branford, Conn.
Twitter: @adeibold
Result: BRONZE MEDAL
Lindsey Jacobellis, Snowboardcross
Hometown: Roxbury, CT
Twitter: @lindsjacobellis
Aiden Kelly, Luge
Hometown: West Islip, NY
Twitter: @aidenkellyusa
Hilary Knight, Hockey
Graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT
Twitter: @Hilary_Knight
Result: SILVER MEDAL
Matt Mortensen, Luge
Hometown: Huntington Station, NY
WSHU: Long Island luger to slide at Sochi
Twitter: @MattMortensen_
Eliza Outtrim, Freestyle skiing
Hometown: Hamden, CT
Twitter: @ElizaOuttrim
Max Pacioretty, Ice hockey
Hometown: New Canaan, CT
Patrick Parnell, Paralympic alpine skiing
Hometown: Columbia, CT
Josephine Pucci, Ice hockey
Graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT
Twitter: @josephinepucci
Result: SILVER MEDAL
Jonathan Quick, Ice hockey
Hometown: Milford, CT
Twitter: @JonathanQuick32
Tucker West, Luge
Hometown: Ridgefield, CT
NPR: A homemade wooden luge track launches teen to Sochi
Twitter: @TuckerWest1
