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From left, United States’ Tess Johnson, Olivia Giaccio, Jaelin Kauf and Elizabeth Lemley pose for a photographer as they wear the Team USA uniforms designed by Ralph Lauren, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.<\/p>\n
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United States’ Elizabeth Lemley wears the Team USA uniform designed by Ralph Lauren, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.<\/p>\n
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United States’ Jaelin Kauf speaks with a journalist during an Associated Press interview as she wears the Team USA uniform designed by Ralph Lauren, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.<\/p>\n
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From left, United States’ Tess Johnson, Jaelin Kauf, Olivia Giaccio and Elizabeth Lemley pose for photographers as they wear the Team USA uniforms designed by Ralph Lauren at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.<\/p>\n
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VARESE, Italy (AP) \u2014 Freestyle skier and Olympic silver medalist Jaelin Kauf\u2019s first stop Wednesday for the Milan Cortina Winter Games was at a Milan airport hotel. She and her U.S. teammates were giddy as tailors fitted them with their Ralph Lauren uniforms for ceremonies.<\/p>\n
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Kauf bounced with enthusiasm as if at a competition’s starting line while checking out her closing ceremony look: A knit turtleneck bearing the U.S. flag, french-tucked into belted canvas twill trousers, which in turn were given the traditional Ralph Lauren-tuck into striped socks. Hiking boots finished the look.<\/p>\n
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She tried on a red-white-and-blue puffer jacket emblazoned with “2026” and “USA” and a Nordic-style knit cap with two tassels that she bobbed playfully, alongside moguls teammates Olivia Giaccio, Tess Johnson and Elizabeth Lemly.<\/p>\n
They took selfies in the wall-size showroom mirror, as tailors marked the trousers for hemming and stylists offered personalized touches.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is such a fun, special experience to be a part of,\u2019\u2019 said Kauf, a three-time Olympian. \u201cIt is making the Olympics real. We are in Italy, we are kicking it off getting the outfits, and they are looking so good. It is exciting to be stepping into it and feel the excitement building up to the Games. \u201c<\/p>\n
Team USA’s welcome experience<\/p>\n
Most U.S. athletes arriving to compete in the Winter Games pass through the Milan airport hotel, where sponsors have prepared garb, sunglasses and other swag to make sure the competitors are properly outfitted for ceremonies, the medal podium, press conferences and free time.<\/p>\n
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A Starbucks stand offered a caffeine boost for those arriving after a long journey.<\/p>\n
The athletes have been sharing their exhilaration at the bounty in social media posts, undergarments from SKIMS, a novel inflatable jacket from Nike for medals ceremonies and sunglasses from Oakley \u2014 in addition to the Ralph Lauren looks.<\/p>\n
Opening ceremony looks <\/p>\n
For the opening ceremony, Ralph Lauren provided a winter white duffel coat, Nordic-style knit turtleneck with the U.S. flag and Olympic rings, and soft, pleated wool trousers.<\/p>\n
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Giaccio raved about the softness of its fabric, saying \u201cvery classy,\u2019\u2019 and Kauf marveled at the branding on the duffel coat, down to \u201cTEAM USA\u201d written on the wooden buttons and inside the hood.<\/p>\n
\u201cZero notes,\u2019\u2019 chimed in Johnson.<\/p>\n
Team USA and Ralph Lauren’s long collaboration<\/p>\n
This is the sixth Winter Games’ collaboration between Ralph Lauren and Team USA; besides the ceremony looks, athletes are getting 30 pieces of village wear.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is the best team outfit ever, full stop. I have been doing this since 2010, since Vancouver and by far this is the best,\u2019\u2019 said Peter Zeytoonjian, senior vice president of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic committee\u2019s commercial arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy favorite piece for village wear is what I\u2019m wearing,” he said, sporting a red-white-and-blue cable-knit turtleneck. \u201dAnd then for closing, I love the flag sweater. It screams red, white and blue and Team USA. \u2018\u2019<\/p>\n
On the wave of victory<\/p>\n
The women’s moguls team is riding high after first-ever sweep of the top four spots in dual moguls at a World Cup event last month, en route to the freestyle 2026 Winter Games venue in Livigno, near the Swiss border, where the discipline is making its Olympic debut.<\/p>\n
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The result \u201cjust speaks volumes about this women\u2019s team,” Kauf said. “We are just such strong skiers, such strong competitors. We came here to win. I think this is going to be a really fun event for all of us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From left, United States’ Tess Johnson, Olivia Giaccio, Jaelin Kauf and Elizabeth Lemley pose for a photographer as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,210687,658,3,210688,114138,74976,210685,114135,74973,210689,59120,210684,210686,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-449075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-elizabeth-lemly","10":"tag-milan","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-olivia-giaccio","13":"tag-package-100373-mc-complete-state-national","14":"tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","15":"tag-peter-zeytoonjian","16":"tag-product-30598-ap-national-news-report-a-wire","17":"tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","18":"tag-product-37278-olympic-games-text-us","19":"tag-ralph-lauren","20":"tag-ralph-lauren-team-usa-olympics-milan-cortina","21":"tag-tess-johnson","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}