THE MINNESOTANS
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING
Jessie Diggins (Afton)
Result: She finished fifth in the women's 7.5k skiathlon Saturday, the highest placing ever by an American woman in a cross-country race at the Olympics.
Up next: Women's sprint classic, 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Anne Hart (Stillwater)
Up next: Women's sprint classic, 5 a.m. Tuesday.
Rosie Frankowski (Minneapolis)
Up next: Women's 30k classic mass start, 12:15 p.m. Feb. 24.
ALPINE SKIING
Lindsey Vonn (Burnsville)
Up next: Women's super-G, 8 p.m. Friday.
BIATHLON
Leif Nordgren (Marine on St. Croix)
Result: Finished 58th in the men's 10k sprint Sunday, 2 minutes, 10 seconds behind gold medal winner Arnd Peiffer of Germany.
Result: Finished 50th in the 12.5k pursuit on Monday.
MEN'S CURLING
John Shuster (Chisholm), Tyler George (Duluth), John Landsteiner (Duluth), Joe Polo (Duluth)
Up next: vs. South Korea, 6:05 p.m. Tuesday.
WOMEN'S CURLING
Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul), Aileen Geving (Duluth), Cory Christensen (Duluth)
Up next: U.S. vs. Japan, 11:05 p.m. Wednesday.
WOMEN'S HOCKEY
Hannah Brandt (Vadnais Heights/Gophers), Gigi Marvin (Warroad/Gophers), Dani Cameranesi (Plymouth/Gophers), Lee Stecklein (Roseville/Gophers), Maddie Rooney (Andover/Minnesota Duluth), Amanda Kessel (Gophers), Kelly Pannek (Plymouth/Gophers), Sidney Morin (Minnetonka/Minnesota Duluth)
Result: Behind Rooney's 23 saves, the U.S. opened play with a 3-1 victory over Finland.
Up next: U.S. vs. Russia, 6 a.m. Tuesday.
MEN'S HOCKEY
Jordan Greenway (Wild prospect), Ryan Stoa (Bloomington/Gophers), Will Borgen (Moorhead/St. Cloud State), Garrett Roe (St. Cloud State)
Up next: U.S. vs. Slovenia, 6 a.m. Wednesday.
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![Vikings guard Dalton Risner, right, runs through drills with Doug Nester (72) during practice at TCO Performance Center in Eagan on Friday.](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/RYZVIHV57NFAXCWPKOIV2PAWY4.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)