Here are the Calgary-area Olympians to cheer on at the Winter Games

CBC News | Posted: February 6, 2018 5:49 PM | Last Updated: February 12, 2018

More than 2 dozen members of Team Canada call Calgary and area home

Image | Kallie Humphries, Rosanna Crawford, Erik Read

Caption: Calgarians Kallie Humphries, Rosanna Crawford and Erik Read are among the Calgary contingent competing at this year's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. (CBC)

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Want to know who to cheer for now that the 2018 Winter Olympics have kicked off in South Korea? Here's a list of more than two dozen athletes on Team Canada who call the Calgary area home.

OK, we'll be honest: many of them might consider somewhere else their actual hometown, but live in the Calgary area to train since it's such a hub for winter sports.

The opening ceremonies got underway Friday morning in Pyeongchang. (South Korea is 16 hours ahead of Alberta.) Figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir carried Canada's flag into the Olympic stadium.

A total of 227 Canadian athletes are competing in the 102 events, hoping to better the 25 medals won at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia — 10 gold, 10 silver and five bronze.

There are more than two dozen athletes from Calgary and the surrounding area on Team Canada, including:

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