Friday, July 23, 2021

Olympics Start Tonight -- Cheer on Our Irish!


The Opening Ceremonies for the 2021 Olympic Games in Japan -- started this morning LIVE at 7 AM ET on NBC.  The "encore" TV coverage begins this evening at 7:30 PM ET -- again on NBC.

The University of Notre Dame will be well represented in Tokyo these next few months -- with a total of 24 athletes and coaches on Olympic & Paralympic Teams!

Here's the list of all of the athletes and coaches who currently call or did call -- Notre Dame home:

TEAM USA (17):

  • Yared Nuguse -- Track & Field Team
  • Molly Seidel -- Track & Field Team
  • Sam Grewe -- Track & Field  -- PARALYMPIAN
  • Skylar Diggins-Smith -- Basketball
  • Jewell Loyd -- Basketball
  • Jackie Young -- Basketball
  • Molly Bruggemann -- Rowing
  • Kevin Hurley -- Fencing
  • Nick Itkin -- Fencing
  • Gerek Meinhardt -- Fencing
  • Lee Kiefer -- Fencing
  • Sabrina Massislas -- Fencing
  • Mariel Zagunis -- Fencing
  • Francesca Russo -- Fencing
  • Angie Akers -- Beach Volleyball (coach)
  • Bucky Leach -- Fencing (coach)
  • Christian Rascioni -- Fencing (coach)

 

TEAM CANADA (1):

  • Natalie Achonwa -- Basketball

 

TEAM HONG KONG (1):

  • Kaylin Hsieh -- Fencing 

 

TEAM MONTENGRO (1):

  • Ilija Tadic -- Fencing

 

TEAM PANAMA (2):

  • Tyler Christianson -- Swimming
  • Mike Litzinger -- Swimming (coach)

 

TEAM POLAND (1):

  • Ewa Nelip  -- Fencing 


TEAM SINGAPORE (1):

  • Anita Berhier -- Fencing

 

LINK:  NOTRE DAME'S TRACKING OF OLYMPIANS