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Team USA Meets the World at the Olympics

Team USA, Kyra Condie, Nathaniel Coleman, Brooke Raboutou and Colin Duffy go on the world stage with their fellow Olympians.

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All Photos by Jon Glassberg and Jess Talley / Louder Than 11

Kyra Condie (USA)

Jakob Schubert (Austria)

The Mawem brothers (France), Maikael and Bassa.

Seo Chae-hyun (South Korea)

Jongwon Chon (South Korea)

Anouck Jaubert (France)

Colin Duffy (USA)

Miho Nonaka (Japan)

Akiyo Noguchi (Japan)

Erin Sterkenburg (South Africa)

Akiyo Noguchi (Japan)

Nathaniel Coleman (USA)

Brooke Raboutou and Kyra Condie (USA)

Jessica Pilz (Austria)

Mickael Mawem (France)

Miho Nonaka (Japan)
Petra Klingler (Switzerland)
Colin Duffy (USA)

Jakob Schubert ices down.

Julia Chanourdie (France)

Adam Ondra (Czech Republic)
Colin Durry (USA)
Kyra Condie (USA)
Alex Megos (Germany)
Adam Ondra (Czech Republic)
Miho Nonaka (Japan)
Alannah Yip (Canada) Photo: Louder Than 11

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