Team USA’s glorious 16-year run in the Winter Olympics appears ready to take a break next year in South Korea.

After four Olympics in which the U.S. produced the best crop of winter-sports athletes it has ever known, its prospects a year ahead of the 2018 Games are diminished significantly. The team’s core in multiple sports for the past decade has grown older and the next generation of can’t-miss stars isn’t ready to take its place.

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