Name: Chandra Crawford Event: Cross country Bio: Following the 2006 Olympics, when Crawford was a surprise gold medal winner in the 1.1km sprint, a video of the skiier signing the national anthem with gusto went viral online. Now, heading into Vancouver, she won't surprise anyone if she makes the podium. (REUTERS/Dominic Ebenbichler)

Name: George Grey Event: Cross country Bio: Grey was a part of both individual and team-sprints at the 2006 Olympics in Turin with his best finish coming in the event where he finished 11th. His best results in 2009 both came in team pursuit as he and teammate Alex Harvey finshed 3rd at Whistler World Cup. (QMI Agency/Greg Henkenhaf)

Name: Alex Harvey Event: Cross country Bio: At only 22-years old, Harvey is going into Vancouver as an Olympic rookie. 2009 was a great one for Harvey, he earned two 3rd place finishes at World Cup events and a 5th at the World Championships as part of the men's relay team. (CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

Name: Perianne Jones Event: Cross country Bio: After a relatively disappointing 2009 where she earned only a single top-ten World Championship finish, Jones is heading into Vancouver as another of the younger skiiers on the team. (CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

Name: Devon Kershaw Event: Cross country Bio: With his disappointing showing at the 2006 Turin Olympics, Kershaw enters Vancouver on an upswing. The skiier earned two top-ten World Cup finishes in 2009 along with 5th at the World Championships. Heading into Vancouver he's expected to make a good run at the podium. (REUTERS/Todd Korol)

Name: Sara Renner Event: Cross country Bio: Renner will be remember as the skiier who, while competing in the team sprint event in the Turin Olympics, was given a ski pole by the Norwegian coach when hers was accidentaly broken. She would earn a bronze medal with Norway coming in fourth and creating one of the most amazing acts of sportsmanship ever seen at the Olympics. Vancouver will be her third Olympics. (REUTERS/Todd Korol)

Name: Ivan Babikov Event: Cross country Bio: Russian-born Babikov will be competing in his second Olympics and will enter the competition as one of the skiier Canada's hoping will medal. In 2009 he won the 10km pursuit at the Tour de Ski in Italy as well as earning a 5th at the World Ski Championships. (Jonathan hayward/CANADIAN PRESS)

Name: Dasha Gaiazova Event: Cross country Bio:Another Russian-born member of the national team, Gaiazova, 26, didn't ski on the World Cup circuit until entering a race in Estonia last month. She finished a career-best 12th in the classic, one second behind the winner. An alternate for the 2006 Games in Turin, Gaiazova won three of four races at the Olympic trials.(CP PHOTO/Jeff Bassett)

Name: Madeleine Williams Event: Cross country Bio:Williams will be making her Olympic debut at the Vancouver Olympics. A 26-year-old Edmonton resident, was dropped from the national team in 2007 but still competed on the World Cup circuit in 2008 and '09. Despite competing in four events, Williams is not expected to contend for a medal. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

Name: Stefan Kuhn Event: Cross country Bio:Kuhn, a native of Canmore, Alta. qualified for the Vancouver Olympics despite a three-year layoff from competitive skiing. Kuhn, who is making his Olympic debut, previously worked as a chef after giving up skiing.(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)

Name: Brian McKeever Event: Cross country Bio:McKeever, from Canmore, Alta. will become the world’s first winter-sport athlete to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. McKeever, 30 is legally blind and has just 10 per cent vision, all of it peripheral. He is a four-time gold medalist at the 2002 and 2006 Paralympics. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)

Name: Zina Kocher Event: Biathlon Bio:Kocher, a native of Red Deer who now calls Canmore, Alta. home, Kocher will be competing in her second Olympics this year. The 27-year-old finished 17, 27th and 62nd in three events at the Turin Games. Kocher's career-best result is a third-place finish at a World Cup event in 2006. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)

Name: Megan Tandy Event: Biathlon Bio:An Olympic rookie, 21-year-old Tandy is one of the young faces on the Canadian biathlon team. The Prince George native had her best finish in a World Cup event in December, finishing 35th in a 15-kilometre individual start race in Slovenia. Tandy was also a member of Canada’s ninth-place relay team at the 2009 world championships in Korea. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Lam)

Name: Megan Imrie Event: Biathlon Bio:Imrie, from Falcon Lake, Man. is another first-time Olympian. Imrie was part of Canada’s ninth-place relay team at the 2009 world championships in Korea. The 23-year-old has never been on the podium in a World Cup event. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Jeff McIntosh)

Name: Rosanna Crawford Event: Biathlon Bio:The younger sister of Olympic gold medalist Chandra Crawford, who won the sprint event in Turin, Rosanna Crawford grabbed the final spot on the Canadian team at the national trials in January. The 21-year-old is making her Olympic debut. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)

Name: Jean-Philippe Le Guellec Event: Biathlon Bio:Le Guellec, a native of Quebec City, might be Canada's best hope for a medal in the sport. He had career-best eighth and ninth-place finishes on the World Cup circuit last season but has struggled in recent races. The 24-year-old is the only Canadian male to race in the individual biathlon events at the Vancouver Games. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan)

Name: Robin Clegg Event: Biathlon Bio:Clegg will be competing in his third OLympics when he straps on the skis at the Vancouver Games. His best result in Turin was 36th in the individual event while in Salt Lake City his top finish was 28th in the individual race. The 31-year-old will race only in the relay event this time. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Lam)

Name: Brendan Green Event: Biathlon Bio:Green, a 23-year-old from Hay River, NWT, will be competing in his first Olympics. Last month Green had his career-best finish in the World Cup, a 14th-place showing. He will compete only in the relay event at the Vancouver Games. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Lam)

Name: Marc Andre Bedard Event: Biathlon Bio:Bedard, another 23-year-old Olympic rookie, turned in a 20th-place performance on the World Cup circuit last month, a career best. Biathlon Canada's 2008 athlete of the year, Bedard won a gold medal in a sprint race at a European Cup event in '08. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bonny Makarewicz)