 of more than 40 athletes competing in this year's olympic and paralympic games have minnesota connections whether they live here train here or were born here you can read all about them at mprnews.org and also specifically about the minnesotans who will be racing for liberia this year as for the ceremony you're going to watch it it will air on nbc and stream on peacock and nbc olympic platforms starts at 12 30 our time and will run over three hours