Are you enjoying the winter Olympics? I find them fascinating. There are so many different sports events, many that I had never heard of before. Skeleton? Curling? Short Track? Halfpipe? I’m learning a lot! As in the summer Olympics the winter athletes have some interesting twin connections.

• Lanny Barnes is a member of the U.S. biathlon team, a sport which combines cross-country skiing and shooting. Her identical twin sister, Tracy Barnes, narrowly missed making the 2010 team due to weather and schedule inconsistencies that prevented her from competing in a qualifying event. Both competed in the 2006 games in Torino.

• Daron Rahlves is a dad of two-year-old boy/girl twins named Miley and Dreyson. He is also a three-time Olympian in alpine skiing, but in 2010 he competes in ski cross, which along with aerials and moguls comprises the sport of freestyle skiing. In ski cross, a group of skiers race a course of bumps and turns. It’s a combination of skiing and motorbike “motorcross” racing, and the event makes its debut at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. It sounds quite daring; I’m sure Rahlves’ adventurous spirit will serve him well as a dad of twins!

• Twins know a thing or two about teamwork, and two members of the U.S. women’s hockey team bring that teamwork to the ice. At age 19, Jocelyne and Monique Lamoureux are among the youngest members of the hockey team. They grew up playing hockey with four older brothers in North Dakota. After playing one season at the University of Minnesota, the girls will play for the University of North Dakota next year.

More resources:
• Twins in the Olympics
• 2008 Summer Olympic Twins
• 2010 Vancouver Olympics at About.com
• About Hockey for more information on the U.S. ice hockey team
• About Skiing for more information on the U.S. ski team
• About Hunting/Shooting for more information on the U.S. biathlon team.

Twins in the Winter Olympics originally appeared on About.com Twins & Multiples on Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 01:21:54.

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