The Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan is coming up Friday, February 6th. But, even cooler, is that Minnesota is going to be well represented at this year's Olympics. ALSO READ: Minnesota is Home to the Largest Curling Club in the USMinnesota is Sending a Ton of Athletes to the Winter OlympicsMinnesota is actually sending the second-most athletes to the Winter Olympics. Both Minnesota and Colorado make so much sense to have a ton of Winter Olympians. As you can imagine, Minnesota is most represented on the men's and women's hockey teams.