U.S. Winter Olympic Athletes Playlists

With the 2014 Winter Olympics set to begin in Sochi, Russia on February 7th, I thought it would be a cool idea to meld together the worlds of sports and music in one unique package with my U.S. Winter Olympics Playlist. We'll take a look at some of the athletes competing and peruse their individual playlists to get an idea of what they're listening to as they're warming up to take part in their respective events. This will also help better understand their musical tastes and what their individual personalities are like as well. Here is the list of those athletes and what their playlists contain along with links to purchase the songs on iTunes and Amazon MP3:

Shaun White, snowboarding

Jay-Z -- My 1st Song (iTunes | Amazon)

Black Lips -- Bad Kids (iTunes | Amazon)

David Bowie -- Moonage Daydream (iTunes | Amazon)

Bad Things -- Caught Inside (iTunes | Amazon)

Phantogram -- Fall In Love (iTunes | Amazon)

Gracie Gold, figure skating 
Passenger -- "Let Her Go" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Bonnie McKee -- "American Girl" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Imagine Dragons -- "Demons" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Ellie Goulding -- "Burn" (iTunes | Amazon) 

J.R. Celski, speed skating 
Kendrick Lamar -- "Rigamortis" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Radiohead -- "Separator" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Erykah Badu -- "Didn’t Cha Know" (iTunes | Amazon) 
J Dilla -- "So Far To Go" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Blu & Exile -- "Simply Amazin’" (iTunes | Amazon) 

Julie Chu, women’s ice hockey 
Lumineers -- "Ho Hey" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Phillip Phillips -- "Home" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Fun -- "Some Nights" (iTunes | Amazon) 
"Perfect Pitch" soundtrack -- "Pool Mash Up" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Of Monsters and Men -- "Little Talks" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Katy Perry -- "Roar" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Avicii -- "Wake Me Up" (iTunes | Amazon) 

Ted Ligety, Alpine skiing 
The Cars -- "Just What I Needed" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Dr. Dre -- "What’s the Difference?" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Imagine Dragons -- "Radioactive" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -- "Thrift Shop" (iTunes | Amazon) 
TV on the Radio -- "Wolf Like Me" (iTunes | Amazon) 

Ross Miner, figure skating 
Third Eye Blind -- "Semi-Charmed Life" (iTunes | Amazon) 
The Strokes -- "Someday" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Phoenix -- "Long Distance Call" (iTunes | Amazon) 
U2 -- "Where The Streets Have No Name" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Vampire Weekend -- "Walcott" (iTunes | Amazon) 
Bruce Springsteen -- "New York City Serenade" (iTunes | Amazon)