Emery Lehman, a junior in the College of Engineering will start his Olympic journey in just five days. He and his fellow Team USA teammates are under pressure to get back to the podium for the first time since 2010, and skin suits could play a part in getting back to winning medals again.
The Oak Park, Illinois native will first compete in the 5K on Sunday, Feb. 11. The Team Pursuit qualifiers are a week later on Feb. 18 and the finals are Wednesday, Feb. 21.
American long track speedskating has long been a model of consistency except for 2014, when they failed to win any medals in the Sochi Olympics for the first time since 1984.