(BPT) - Key takeaways:
- Nine U.S. Army Soldier-athletes and coaches, plus two alternates, are representing the country as they compete in bobsled, biathlon, Nordic combined and figure skating on the world stage.
- These Soldier-athletes are from the U.S. Army's World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), and apply the teamwork, discipline and resiliency learned in the Army to compete at the highest level.
- The Army has been training Soldier-athletes to compete on the world stage for more than 75 years and has sent more than 600 Soldier-athletes to compete, earning more than 120 medals.
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