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Team USA Track and Field Team for the Paris Olympics
Here’s who will be representing the U.S. in Paris—so far.
The Team USA track and field team will compete at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris from August 1 to August 11. The first members were named on February 3 at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Orlando, Florida. The rest of the squad will be determined at the Olympic Track and Field Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon, which are taking place now until June 30.
Here’s who has made Team USA—so far.
100 meters
Women’s team
Sha’Carri Richardson
24 | First place in 10.71 | First Olympics
Melissa Jefferson
23 | Second in 10.80 | First Olympics
Twanisha “TeeTee” Terry
25 | Third in 10.89 | First Olympics
Multi events
Men’s decathlon
Heath Baldwin
23 | First place with 8625 points | First Olympics
Zach Ziemek
31 | Second with 8516 points | Sixth at 2020 Olympics, seventh at 2016 Olympics
Harrison Williams
28 | Third with 8384 points | First Olympics
Shot put
Men’s team
Ryan Crouser
31 | First place in 22.84 meters | Olympic gold medalist in 2016 and 2020
Joe Kovacs
34 | Second in 22.43 meters | Olympic silver medalist in 2016 and 2020
Payton Otterdahl
28 | Third in 22.26 meters | 10th at 2020 Olympics
10,000 meters
Men’s Team
Grant Fisher
27 | First in 27:49.47 | 5th in 10,000 meters at 2020 Olympics
Woody Kincaid
31 | Second in 27:50.74 | 15th in 10,000 meters at 2020 Olympics
Nico Young
21 | Third in 27:52.40 | First Olympics
Marathon
Women’s Team
Fiona O’Keeffe
25 | First in 2:22:10 | First Olympics
Emily Sisson
32 | Second in 2:22:42 | 10th in 10,000 meters at 2020 Olympics
Dakotah Lindwurm
28 | Third in 2:25:31 | First Olympics
Men’s Team
Conner Mantz
27 | First in 2:09:05 | First Olympics
Clayton Young
30 | Second in 2:09:06 | First Olympics
Leonard Korir
37 | Third in 2:09:57 | 14th in 10,000 meters at 2016 Olympics
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