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July 06, 2021

Team USATF announces roster for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

INDIANAPOLIS - The U.S. Olympic Track & Field roster is in place for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games featuring a bevy of veterans combined with a legion of 81 first-time Olympians set to don the red, white and blue as the Olympic Games take place July 23 - August 8. 
 
NBC has announced a robust coverage schedule, ensuring fans will have access to athletics events whether live or on demand. Click here for the broadcast and streaming schedule. 
 
Team USATF boasts 13 defending medalists from the 2016 Rio Games, six defending 2019 World Champions, and eight 2021 NCAA Division I Champions. Experienced headliners include five-time Olympians Allyson Felix (400m) and 44-year-old Abdi Abdirahman (marathon) combined with 19 collegiate first-timers. Team USATF’s youngest athlete is 17-year-old Erriyon Knighton, the prep star from Riverview, Florida who turned pro in 2021 after his junior year of high school. Knighton set two world junior records last month at Hayward Field in Oregon. Athing Mu is the second youngest athlete at age 19. Mu dominated NCAAs and the U.S. Olympic Team Trials last month, and is considered a medal contender in the women’s 800m. She turned pro after one year at Texas A&M.
 
Perhaps the most anticipated events for Team USATF are the women’s 400m hurdles and the men’s shot put. Defending Olympic and world champion Dalilah Muhammad will once again go up against fellow American Sydney McLaughlin, who broke Muhammad’s world record at the Olympic Trials final, crossing the line in 51.90. McLaughlin is now the only woman in history to run the event in under 52 seconds. 
 
Americans dominated the men’s shot put in recent international team competitions and the Games will be no exception. Reigning Olympic champion Ryan Crouser made his stated intentions a reality by setting the world record while winning the Olympic Trials (23.37m/76-8.25), and defending World Champion Joe Kovacs will provide ample exciting competition when he takes to the ring in Tokyo.
 
LSU’s JuVaughn Harrison, the Olympic Trials champion in both events, is the first man in nearly 100 years to double in the men’s high jump and long jump and is expected to double in Tokyo. Two-time Olympic silver medalist Will Claye is a contender in the men’s triple jump returning from a near-career-ending Achilles injury from 2019.
 
Gabby Thomas, a neurobiology major from Harvard who is getting her masters in epidemiology, qualified for the team in the 200m clocking a Trials record and equaled the third-fastest time in history to win in 21.61, taking over the No. 2 spot on the all-time world performer list behind only Florence Griffith-Joyner.
 
Brittney Reese, the Olympic gold and silver medalist, four-time world champion and eight-time USATF Champion in the women’s long jump, heads to her fourth Olympic Games after claiming her fourth consecutive Trials title.
 
There are three current outdoor world record holders: Crouser, McLaughlin, and women’s 100m hurdler Keni Harrison; while Grant Holloway and Crouser hold World Indoor records. At the Olympic Trials, Holloway came just .01 shy of breaking Aries Merritt’s 110m hurdles 12.80 world record. 
 
In addition to world records, reigning American record holders competing in their events at the Tokyo Olympic Games include: DeAnna Price (women’s hammer throw), Rudy Winkler (men’s hammer throw), Ajee’ Wilson (women’s 800m), Sam Kendricks (men’s pole vault), Sandi Morris (women’s pole vault), Tori Franklin (women’s triple jump), Valarie Allman (women’s discus), Kara Winger (women’s javelin) and Courtney Frerichs (women’s 3,000m steeplechase). 
 
Athletics is set to begin on Friday, July 30 at 9:00 a.m. JST in Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium. For the full schedule, visit here. USA Track & Field’s Olympic Games hub on usatf.org will provide recaps, athlete bios, TV schedule and more.

U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Roster

Event First Name Last Name
M 100m Trayvon Bromell
M 100m Ronnie Baker
M 100m Fred Kerley
M 100m - 4x100m Relay Kenny Bednarek
     
M 200m Noah Lyles
M 200m Kenny Bednarek
M 200m Erriyon Knighton
     
M 400m Michael Norman
M 400m Michael Cherry
M 400m Randolph Ross
M 400m - 4x400 Relay Trevor Stewart
     
M 800m Clayton Murphy
M 800m Isaiah Jewett
M 800m Bryce Hoppel
     
M 1500m Cole Hocker
M 1500m Matthew Centrowitz
M 1500m Yared Nuguse
     
M 3000mSC Hillary Bor
M 3000mSC Benard Keter
M 3000mSC Mason Ferlic
     
M 5000m Paul Chelimo
M 5000m Grant Fisher
M 5000m Woody Kincaid
     
M 10,000m Woody Kincaid
M 10,000m Grant Fisher
M 10,000m Joe Klecker
     
M 110mH Grant Holloway
M 110mH Devon Allen
M 110mH Daniel Roberts
     
M 400mH Rai Benjamin
M 400mH Kenny Selmon
M 400mH David Kendziera
     
M Long Jump JuVaughn Harrison
M Long Jump Marquis Dendy
M Long Jump Steffin McCarter
     
M Triple Jump Will Claye
M Triple Jump Donald Scott
M Triple Jump Chris Benard
     
M High Jump JuVaughn Harrison
M High Jump Darryl Sullivan
M High Jump Shelby McEwen
     
M Pole Vault Chris Nilsen
M Pole Vault Sam Kendricks
M Pole Vault K.C. Lightfoot
     
M Shot Put Ryan Crouser
M Shot Put Joe Kovacs
M Shot Put Payton Otterdahl
     
M Discus Mason Finley
M Discus Reggie Jagers
M Discus Sam Mattis
     
M Javelin Curtis Thompson
M Javelin Michael Shuey
     
M Hammer Rudy Winkler
M Hammer Daniel Haugh
M Hammer Alex Young
     
Decathlon Garrett Scantling
Decathlon Steven Bastien
Decathlon Zach Ziemek
     
4x100m Relay Pool Micah Williams
4x100m Relay Pool Cravon Gillespie
     
4x400m Relay Pool Vernon Norwood
4x400m Relay Pool Elija Godwin
     
4X400m Mixed Relay Pool Bryce Deadmon
4x400m Mixed Relay Pool/Alternate Wil London
     
20km Race Walk Nick Christie
     
Marathon Galen Rupp
Marathon Abdi Abdirahman
Marathon Jake Riley
     
W 100m Javianne Oliver
W 100m Teahna Daniels
W 100m Jenna Prandini
W 100m - 4x100m Relay Gabby Thomas
     
W 200m Gabby Thomas
W 200m Jenna Prandini
W 200m Anavia Battle
     
W 400m Quanera Hayes
W 400m Allyson Felix
W 400m Wadeline Jonathas
W 400m - 4x400m Relay Kendall Ellis
     
W 800m Athing Mu
W 800m Raevyn Rogers
W 800m Ajee' Wilson
     
W 1500m Elle Purrier
W 1500m Cory McGee
W 1500m Heather MacLean
     
W 3000mSC Emma Coburn
W 3000mSC Courtney Frerichs
W 3000mSC Val Constien
     
W 5000m Elise Cranny
W 5000m Karissa Schweizer
W 5000m Rachel Schneider
     
W 10,000m Emily Sisson
W 10,000m Karissa Schweizer
W 10,000m Alicia Monson
     
W 100mH Keni Harrison
W 100mH Christina Clemons
W 100mH Gabbi Cunningham
     
W 400mH Sydney McLaughlin
W 400mH Dalilah Muhammad
W 400mH Anna Cockrell
     
W Long Jump Brittney Reese
W Long Jump Tara Davis
W Long Jump Quanesha Burks
     
W Triple Jump Keturah Orji
W Triple Jump Tori Franklin
W Triple Jump Jasmine Moore
     
W High Jump Vashti Cunningham
W High Jump Rachel McCoy
W High Jump Tynita Butts-Townsend
     
W Pole Vault Katie Nageotte
W Pole Vault Morgann LeLeux
W Pole Vault Sandi Morris
     
W Shot Put Jessica Ramsey
W Shot Put Raven Saunders
W Shot Put Adelaide Aquilla
     
W Discus Valarie Allman
W Discus Rachel Dincoff
W Discus Kelsey Card
     
W Javelin Maggie Malone
W Javelin Kara Winger
W Javelin Ariana Ince
     
W Hammer DeAnna Price
W Hammer Brooke Andersen
W Hammer Gwen Berry
     
Heptathlon Annie Kunz
Heptathlon Kendell Williams
Heptathlon Erica Bougard
     
W 4x100m Relay Pool English Gardner
W 4x100m Relay Pool Aleia Hobbs
     
W 4x400m Relay Pool Kaylin Whitney
W 4x400m Relay Pool Lynna Irby
     
4x400m Mixed Relay Pool Taylor Manson
4x400m Mixed Relay Pool/Alternate Shae Anderson
     
20km Race Walk Robyn Stevens
     
Marathon Sally Kipyego
Marathon Molly Seidel
Marathon Aliphine Tuliamuk

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