Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News(Pittsburgh, PA) Several athletes who are Pittsburgh–area natives have been selected to compete for the United States in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games in Italy from February 6th to February 22nd. Ava McNaughton of Seven Fields, who is a junior at the University of Wisconsin, was selected for the United States women’s hockey team. McNaughton played youth hockey in the area of Pittsburgh, skating with the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Girls Team and the Arctic Foxes boys team. Two other Pennsylvanians have been selected for Team USA. Taylor Anderson of Broomall, Pennsylvania will compete in curling for the United States and Summer Britcher of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania will be a representative for Team USA in the luge.