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With tonight’s Opening Ceremonies, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad are officially underway. Rio de Janeiro is the site of the 2016 Olympics which will be well-stocked with Washington Huskies.
We’ll all be pulling for the good ol’ U-S-of-A over the course of the next 17 days. Particular attention will be paid to those athletes with ties to the good ol’ Purple-and-Gold, even if a few of them might be competing on behalf of their home nations.
When: Friday, Aug. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT (here are some options if you want to watch live)
Where: Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
TV: NBC
Stream: NBCOlympics.com
Here is your official rooting guide for Huskies in Rio.
Rowing
UW is boasting an incredible turnout of men’s and women’s rowers in the 2016 games. All tolled, the Huskies will have 12 athletes rowing across a variety of contests. Eight of those athletes will be competing for the U.S. while the other four will be rowing for Canada.
Among all of the athletes, six men (four for U.S., two for Canada) and two women (both U.S.) will row in Eights. The remaining four athletes will be spread across other events. The full lineup is:
Men’s Rowing
Will Crothers, 2009 (Canada Men’s Four) *2nd Olympics
Rob Gibson, 2009 (Canada Quadruple Sculls) *2nd Olympics
Hans Struzyna, 2011 (U.S. Men’s Eight)
Conlin McCabe, 2011 (Canada Men’s Four) *2nd Olympics
Sam Ojserkis, 2012 (U.S. Men’s Eight),
Rob Munn, 2012 (U.S. Men’s Eight)
Sam Dommer, 2013 (U.S. Men’s Eight)
Women’s Rowing
Megan Kalmoe, 2006 (U.S. Women’s Quaruple Sculls) *3rd Olympics
Katelin Snyder, 2009 (U.S. Women’s Eight - coxswain)
Adrienne Martelli, 2010 (U.S. Women’s Quadruple Sculls) *2nd Olympics
Kerry Simmonds, 2011 (U.S. Women’s Eight)
Patricia Obee, 2014 (Canada Lightweight Double Sculls)
Good luck to Ojserkis, Struzyna, Munn and Dommer on #TeamUSA at the #Olympics.#RioDawgs pic.twitter.com/6piRpNYYXh
— Washington Rowing (@UW_Rowing) August 5, 2016
Also representing #TeamUSA at the #Olympics is Kalmoe, Martelli, Simmonds and Snyder. Good luck!#RioDawgs pic.twitter.com/yawSNnV0TT
— Washington Rowing (@UW_Rowing) August 5, 2016
Good luck to Obee, Crothers, Gibson and McCabe as they all represent #CAN at the #Olympics. #RioDawgs pic.twitter.com/77efH1NQBf
— Washington Rowing (@UW_Rowing) August 5, 2016
Men’s Golf
Golf is back as an Olympic sport for the first time since 1904. Husky great C.T. Pan will represent Chinese Taipei in a 72 hole match play event taking place August 11-14.
C.T. Pan, 2015
The Olympic games are here! Follow C.T. Pan as he represents Chinese Taipei at #Rio2016.#RioDawgs pic.twitter.com/EG6Iw07CqF
— UW Men's Golf (@UW_MGolf) August 5, 2016
Women’s Soccer
Hope Solo is making her fourth appearance in the Olympics, third as an active roster player on the 18-person U.S. Women’s Soccer team. Solo has had a controversial career, but has showed remarkable longevity playing at the highest level of women’s soccer. She won a gold medal with the 2012 U.S. team.
Hope Solo, 2002 *4th Olympics
Tonight is the #Rio2016 Opening Ceremony. Best of luck to Hope Solo during the rest of the #Olympics!#RioDawgs pic.twitter.com/8m55P3mfiC
— UW Women's Soccer (@UW_WSoccer) August 5, 2016
Volleyball
UW’s great Volleyball program will be represented by Courtney Thompson. Thompson, a former Washington State high school player of the year out of Kentlake, has been with Team USA since 2007 and won silver in the 2012 games.
Courtney Thompson, 2006 *2nd Olympics
Courtney Thompson will begin her second Olympic campaign with #TeamUSA tomorrow! Good luck, Courtney! #RioDawgs pic.twitter.com/MPV6mE9cR3
— UW Volleyball (@UWVolleyball) August 5, 2016
Track and Field
Two Dawgs will be competing in track and field. Diamara Planell Cruz, an active student, will represent both UW and her home country of Puerto Rico while Husky legend Jeremy Taiwo, who missed the 2012 games due to an injury, will travel as an alternate.
Diamara Planell Cruz, Junior (Puerto Rico Women’s Pole Vault)
Jeremy Taiwo, 2014 (U.S. Men’s Decathlon)
Best of luck to Jeremy Taiwo representing #TeamUSA and Diamara Plannel Cruz representing #PUR at #Rio2016#RioDawgs pic.twitter.com/DxMXxIMIO8
— UW Track (@UWTrack) August 5, 2016
I know I speak for all Husky fans when I say:
Go Purple, Win Gold!
This is your open thread. Let’s support our Dawgs.