U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games

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The following 627 athletes have qualified for the U.S. Olympic team.

Archery (6)
Mackenzie Brown
Casey Kaufhold
Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez
Brady Ellison
Jack Williams
Jacob Wukie

Artistic Swimming (2)
Anita Alvarez
Lindi Schroeder

Badminton (4)
Beiwen Zhang
Phillip Chew
Ryan Chew
Timothy Lam

Baseball (24)
Nick Allen
Eddy Alvarez
Tyler Austin
Shane Baz
Anthony Carter
Triston Casas
Brandon Dickson
Tim Federowicz
Eric Filia
Todd Frazier
Anthony Gose
Edwin Jackson
Scott Kazmir
Patrick Kivlehan
Mark Kolozsvary
Jack Lopez
Nick Martinez
Scott McGough
David Robertson
Joe Ryan
Ryder Ryan
Bubba Starling
Jamie Westbrook
Simeon Woods-Richardson

Basketball (28)
Ariel Atkins
Sue Bird
Tina Charles
Napheesa Collier
Stefanie Dolson
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Sylvia Fowles
Allisha Gray
Chelsea Gray
Brittney Griner
Jewell Loyd
Kelsey Plum
Katie Lou Samuelson
Breanna Stewart
Diana Taurasi
A’ja Wilson
Bam Adebayo
Bradley Beal
Devin Booker
Kevin Durant
Jerami Grant
Draymond Green
Jrue Holiday
Zach LaVine
Damian Lillard
Kevin Love
Khris Middleton
Jayson Tatum

Beach Volleyball (8)
Alix Klineman
April Ross
Kelly Claes
Sarah Sponcil
Taylor Crabb
Jake Gibb
Phil Dalhausser
Nick Lucena

Boxing (10)
Rashida Ellis
Ginny Fuchs
Naomi Graham
Oshae Jones
Yarisel Ramirez
Keyshawn Davis
Troy Isley
Delante Johnson
Duke Ragan
Richard Torrez Jr.

Canoe-Kayak (4)
Nevin Harrison
Evy Leibfarth
Michal Smolen
Zachary Lokken

Cycling (27)
Haley Batten
Perris Benegas
Kate Courtney
Chloé Dygert
Maddie Godby
Erin Huck
Megan Jastrab
Amber Neben
Payton Ridenour
Coryn Rivera
Hannah Roberts
Felicia Stancil
Leah Thomas
Jennifer Valente
Emma White
Lily Williams
Alise Willoughby
Ruth Winder
Chloe Woodruff (withdrew, personal reasons)
Christopher Blevins
Nick Bruce
Lawson Craddock
Justin Dowell
Connor Fields
Adrian Hegyvary
Gavin Hoover
Brandon McNulty
Corben Sharrah

Diving (11)
Alison Gibson
Hailey Hernandez
Krysta Palmer
Jessica Parratto
Delaney Schnell
Katrina Young
Andrew Capobianco
Tyler Downs
Michael Hixon
Brandon Loschiavo
Jordan Windle

Equestrian (9)
Liz Halliday-Sharp (horse, Deniro Z, withdrew)
Laura Kraut
Adrienne Lyle
Sabine Schut-Kery
Jessica Springsteen
Phillip Dutton
Kent Farrington
Boyd Martin
Doug Payne
Steffen Peters

Fencing (24)
Jackie Dubrovich
Kat Holmes
Courtney Hurley
Kelley Hurley
Lee Kiefer
Sabrina Massialas
Nicole Ross
Francesca Russo
Eliza Stone
Anna van Brummen
Dagmara Wozniak
Mariel Zagunis
Eli Dershwitz
Alen Hadzic
Daryl Homer
Jake Hoyle
Race Imboden
Nick Itkin
Andrew Mackiewicz
Alexander Massialas
Curtis McDowald
Gerek Meinhardt
Yeisser Ramirez
Khalil Thompson

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Golf (8)
Danielle Kang
Jessica Korda
Nelly Korda
Lexi Thompson
Bryson DeChambeau
Collin Morikawa
Xander Schauffele
Justin Thomas

Gymnastics (20)
Nicole Ahsinger
Simone Biles
Jade Carey
Jordan Chiles
Isabelle Connor
Camilla Feeley
Evita Griskenas
Suni Lee
Grace McCallum
Lili Mizuno
Elizaveta Pletneva
MyKayla Skinner
Nicole Sladkov
Laura Zeng
Brody Malone
Sam Mikulak
Yul Moldauer
Aliaksei Shostak
Shane Wiskus
Alec Yoder

Judo (4)
Nina Cutro-Kelly
Angelica Delgado
Nefeli Papadakis
Colton Brown

Karate (4)
Sakura Kokumai
Brian Irr
Tom Scott
Ariel Torres

Modern Pentathlon (2)
Samantha Schultz
Amro Elgeziry

Rowing (37)
Charlotte Buck
Kendall Chase
Olivia Coffey
Claire Collins
Gia Doonan
Tracy Eisser
Katelin Guregian
Megan Kalmoe
Kara Kohler
Grace Luczak
Cicely Madden
Brooke Mooney
Meghan Musnicki
Kristine O’Brien
Meghan O’Leary
Molly Reckford
Alie Rusher
Regina Salmons
Michelle Sechser
Gevvie Stone
Jessica Thoennes
Ellen Tomek
Kristina Wagner
Madeleine Wanamaker
Justin Best
Liam Corrigan
Ben Davison
Clark Dean
Michael Grady
Austin Hack
Conor Harrity
Nick Mead
Alex Miklasevich
Andrew Reed
Alexander Richards
Julian Venonsky
Anders Weiss

Rugby (26)
Kayla Canett-Oca
Lauren Doyle
Cheta Emba
Abby Gustaitis
Nicole Heavirland
Alev Kelter
Kristi Kirshe
Ilona Maher
Jordan Matyas
Ariana Ramsey
Naya Tapper
Kristen Thomas
Nia Toliver
Perry Baker
Danny Barrett
Maceo Brown
Madison Hughes
Martin Iosefo
Carlin Isles
Matai Leuta
Cody Melphy
Folau Niua
Ben Pinkelman (withdrew due to back injury)
Joe Schroeder
Brett Thompson
Stephen Tomasin
Kevon Williams

Sailing (13)
Nikki Barnes
Lara Dallman-Weiss
Farrah Hall
Paige Railey
Stephanie Roble
Maggie Shea
Anna Weis
Charlie Buckingham
Riley Gibbs
Dave Hughes
Stu McNay
Luke Muller
Pedro Pascual

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Shooting (20)
Madelynn Bernau
Kayle Browning
Amber English
Alexis Lagan
Sagen Maddalena
Austen Smith
Mary Tucker
Sandra Uptagrafft
Ali Weisz
Brian Burrows
James Hall
Vincent Hancock
Phillip Jungman
Lucas Kozeniesky
Henry Leverett
Jack Leverett III
Derrick Mein
Nick Mowrer
Will Shaner
Patrick Sunderman

Skateboarding (12)
Jordyn Barratt
Mariah Duran
Alexis Sablone
Alana Smith
Bryce Wettstein
Brighton Zeuner
Jagger Eaton
Nyjah Huston
Jake Ilardi
Cory Juneau
Heimana Reynolds
Zion Wright

Soccer (22)
Jane Campbell
Abby Dahlkemper
Tierna Davidson
Crystal Dunn
Julie Ertz
Adrianna Franch
Tobin Heath
Lindsey Horan
Casey Krueger
Rose Lavelle
Carli Lloyd
Catarina Macario
Kristie Mewis
Samantha Mewis
Alex Morgan
Alyssa Naeher
Kelley O’Hara
Christen Press
Megan Rapinoe
Becky Sauerbrunn
Emily Sonnett
Lynn Williams

Softball (15)
Monica Abbott
Ali Aguilar
Valerie Arioto
Ally Carda
Amanda Chidester
Rachel Garcia
Haylie McCleney
Michelle Moultrie
Dejah Mulipola
Aubree Munro
Bubba Nickles
Cat Osterman
Janie Reed
Delaney Spaulding
Kelsey Stewart

Sport Climbing (4)
Kyra Condie
Brooke Raboutou
Nathaniel Coleman
Colin Duffy

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Surfing (4)
Caroline Marks
Carissa Moore
Kolohe Andino
John John Florence

Swimming (53)
Haley Anderson
Phoebe Bacon
Erika Brown
Claire Curzan
Catie DeLoof
Kate Douglass
Katie Grimes
Natalie Hinds
Torri Huske
Hali Flickinger
Brooke Forde
Lydia Jacoby
Lilly King
Annie Lazor
Katie Ledecky
Paige Madden
Simone Manuel
Katie McLaughlin
Allison Schmitt
Bella Sims
Regan Smith
Olivia Smoliga
Erica Sullivan
Ashley Twichell
Alex Walsh
Abbey Weitzeil
Emma Weyant
Rhyan White
Michael Andrew
Zach Apple
Hunter Armstrong
Bowe Becker
Gunnar Bentz
Michael Brinegar
Patrick Callan
Brooks Curry
Caeleb Dressel
Nic Fink
Bobby Finke
Townley Haas
Zach Harting
Chase Kalisz
Drew Kibler
Jay Litherland
Bryce Mefford
Jake Mitchell
Ryan Murphy
Blake Pieroni
Andrew Seliskar
Tom Shields
Kieran Smith
Jordan Wilimovsky
Andrew Wilson

Table Tennis (6)
Juan Liu
Huijing Wang
Lily Zhang
Kanak Jha
Nikhil Kumar
Xin Zhou

Taekwondo (2)
Paige McPherson
Anastasija Zolotic

Tennis (12)
Jennifer Brady
Coco Gauff
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Nicole Melichar
Jessica Pegula
Alison Riske
Sofia Kenin (declined spot)
Serena Williams (declined spot)
Marcos Giron
Austin Krajicek
Tommy Paul
Rajeev Ram
Tennys Sandgren
Frances Tiafoe
Taylor Fritz (declined spot)
John Isner (declined spot)
Reilly Opelka (declined spot)

Track and Field (128)
Valarie Allman
Brooke Andersen
Shae Anderson (named to team as relay alternate)
Adelaide Aquilla
Anavia Battle
Gwen Berry
Erica Bougard
Quanesha Burks
Tynita Butts-Townsend
Kelsey Card
Christina Clemons
Emma Coburn
Anna Cockrell
Val Constien
Elise Cranny
Gabbi Cunningham
Vashti Cunningham
Teahna Daniels
Tara Davis
Rachel Dincoff
Kendall Ellis
Allyson Felix
Tori Franklin
Courtney Frerichs
English Gardner
Keni Harrison
Quanera Hayes
Aleia Hobbs
Ariana Ince
Lynna Irby
Wadeline Jonathas
Sally Kipyego
Annie Kunz
Morgann LeLeux
Heather MacLean
Maggie Malone
Taylor Manson
Rachel McCoy
Cory McGee
Sydney McLaughlin
Alicia Monson
Jasmine Moore
Sandi Morris
Athing Mu
Dalilah Muhammad
Katie Nageotte
Javianne Oliver
Keturah Orji
Jenna Prandini
DeAnna Price
Elle Purrier St. Pierre
Jessica Ramsey
Brittney Reese
Raevyn Rogers
Raven Saunders
Rachel Schneider
Karissa Schweizer
Molly Seidel
Emily Sisson
Robyn Stevens
Gabby Thomas
Aliphine Tuliamuk
Kaylin Whitney
Kendell Williams
Ajee’ Wilson
Kara Winger
Abdi Abdirahman
Devon Allen
Ronnie Baker
Steven Bastien
Kenny Bednarek
Chris Benard
Rai Benjamin
Hillary Bor
Trayvon Bromell
Matthew Centrowitz
Paul Chelimo
Michael Cherry
Nick Christie
Will Claye
Ryan Crouser
Bryce Deadmon
Marquis Dendy
Grant Fisher
Cravon Gillespie
Elija Godwin
Daniel Haugh
Cole Hocker
Grant Holloway
Bryce Hoppel
Mason Ferlic
Mason Finley
JuVaughn Harrison
Reggie Jagers
Isaiah Jewett
Fred Kerley
Sam Kendricks
David Kendziera
Benard Keter
Woody Kincaid
Joe Klecker
Erriyon Knighton
Joe Kovacs
KC Lightfoot
Wil London (named to team as relay alternate)
Noah Lyles
Sam Mattis
Steffen McCarter
Shelby McEwen
Clayton Murphy
Chris Nilsen
Michael Norman
Vernon Norwood
Yared Nuguse
Payton Otterdahl
Jacob Riley
Daniel Roberts
Randolph Ross
Galen Rupp
Garrett Scantling
Donald Scott
Kenny Selmon
Michael Shuey
Trevor Stewart
Darryl Sullivan
Curtis Thompson
Micah Williams
Rudy Winkler
Alex Young
Zach Ziemek

Triathlon (5)
Taylor Knibb
Summer Rappaport
Katie Zaferes
Kevin McDowell
Morgan Pearson

Volleyball (24)
Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson
Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
Annie Drews
Micha Hancock
Kim Hill
Jordan Larson
Chiaka Ogbogu
Jordyn Poulter
Kelsey Robinson
Jordan Thompson
Haleigh Washington
Justin Wong Orantes
Matt Anderson
Micah Christenson
T.J. DeFalco
Kyle Ensing
Max Holt
Thomas Jaeschke
Garrett Muagututia
Taylor Sander
Erik Shoji
Kawika Shoji
David Smith
Mitch Stahl

Water Polo (26)
Rachel Fattal
Aria Fischer
Makenzie Fischer
Kaleigh Gilchrist
Stephania Haralabidis
Paige Hauschild
Ashleigh Johnson
Amanda Longan
Maddie Musselman
Jamie Neushul
Melissa Seidemann
Maggie Steffens
Alys Williams
Alex Bowen
Luca Cupido
Hannes Daube
Ben Hallock
Drew Holland
Johnny Hooper
Max Irving
Alex Obert
Jesse Smith
Ben Stevenson
Marko Vavic
Dylan Woodhead
Alex Wolf

Weightlifting (8)
Jourdan Delacruz
Katherine Nye
Sarah Robles
Mattie Rogers
C.J. Cummings
Wes Kitts
Harrison Maurus
Caine Wilkes

Wrestling (15)
Adeline Gray
Sarah Hildebrandt
Helen Maroulis
Tamyra Mensah-Stock
Kayla Miracle
Jacarra Winchester
Kyle Dake
Thomas Gilman
Ildar Hafizov
G’Angelo Hancock
Alejandro Sancho
Kyle Snyder
John Stefanowicz
Gable Steveson
David Taylor

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Roger Federer announces retirement from tennis

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Roger Federer said next week’s Laver Cup in London will be his final ATP tennis event.

“I will play more tennis in the future, of course, but just not in Grand Slams or on the tour,” was posted on the 41-year-old’s social media. “This is a bittersweet decision, because I will miss everything the tour has given me. But at the same time, there is so much to celebrate.”

Federer retires with 20 Grand Slam singles titles, third all-time among men behind rivals Rafael Nadal (22) and Novak Djokovic (21), who are still active. His eight Wimbledon titles are most in men’s history, though Djokovic can match it next year.

Federer hasn’t played tournament tennis since undergoing a third knee surgery in an 18-month span after a quarterfinal exit at last year’s Wimbledon.

“The past three years have presented me with challenges in the form of injuries and surgeries,” he wrote. “I’ve worked hard to return to full competitive form. But I also know my body’s capacities and limits, and its message to me lately has been clear. I am 41 years old. I have played more than 1500 matches over 24 years. Tennis has treated me more generously than I ever would have dreamt, and now I must recognize when it is time to end my competitive career.”

Before Thursday’s announcement, he was expected to compete at the Swiss Indoors, his home tournament, in October, and possibly at least Wimbledon next year. He called his 24 years on tour “an incredible adventure.”

“While it sometimes feels like it went by in 24 hours, it has also been so deep and magical that it seems as if I’ve already lived a full lifetime,” he posted. “I was lucky enough to play so many epic matches that I will never forget.”

Federer has a special tie with the Olympics. It is where, in 2000, he met future wife and fellow Swiss Olympic tennis player Mirka Vavrinec and kissed her on the last day of the Games. They now have two sets of twins.

He did well to reach the semifinals at the 2000 Sydney Games, falling to Tommy Haas and then Arnaud Di Pasquale in the bronze-medal match, but said in 2016 that losing two medal matches was “the most disappointed I’ve ever been in my tennis life.”

Federer entered the 2004 Athens Games ranked No. 1 but was upset in round two by 79th-ranked Tomas Berdych (who went on to a strong career and retired in 2019).

At Beijing 2008, Federer was stunned by American James Blake in the quarters and ended a record 237-week run as world No. 1. Nadal took gold and the top spot. Federer did, however, leave with an Olympic gold medal in doubles with Stan Wawrinka.

Federer looked primed for a gold-medal singles run at the 2012 London Games, considering they were played at Wimbledon, where he won seven titles the previous 10 years. But he was swept in the final by Andy Murray, whom he beat in four sets in the Wimbledon final a month earlier.

“Don’t feel too bad for me,” Federer said that day. “It’s not front and center in my mind. But, of course, I’d love an Olympic gold in singles. But I am very happy with an Olympic silver in singles.”

That would be his last Olympic tennis match. He withdrew before the Rio and Tokyo Games due to injuries.

“It’s not my No. 1 goal, or my No. 2 goal,” Federer said of an Olympic singles title in 2016, four months before withdrawing from Rio. “It’s just something I’ve said, maybe I can reach that tournament and then see how it goes.”

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Elana Meyers Taylor announces pregnancy during break from bobsled competition

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Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated U.S. Olympic bobsledder in history with medals in all five of her Olympic events, is pregnant with her second child and will not compete this upcoming season, her agent said.

Meyers Taylor, who came back from having son Nico on Feb. 22, 2020, won a silver and bronze medal at the Beijing Winter Games and become the most decorated Black U.S. Winter Olympian in history. She is on a previously announced indefinite break from competition.

“I’ll take some time to really decide what my career looks like going forward, but I know I’m not done being in a bobsled,” Meyers Taylor, a Georgia native, told NBC’s Atlanta affiliate after the Olympics in March. “Whether that means 2026 Olympics, I don’t know yet.”

Meyers Taylor cited a desire to race on the World Cup circuit in the U.S., which she hasn’t been able to do the past two seasons because it didn’t make North American stops due to the pandemic.

“I want that opportunity again,” she said in March. “So I’ll be sliding at some point, competitive sliding, but what exactly that looks like four years down the road, I have no idea yet.”

She could go for a first Olympic gold medal in 2026 and to tie the current U.S. female record of five Winter Olympic appearances. At 41, she would break the record for oldest U.S. female Winter Olympian in a sport other than curling, according to Olympedia.org.

Meyers Taylor, who converted to bobsled from softball, is already the only U.S. Winter Olympian to enter at least five medal events and win a medal in all of them.

She is tied for fourth on the U.S. career Winter Olympic medals list behind Apolo Ohno (eight) and Bonnie Blair and Bode Miller (six). Speed skaters Eric Heiden and Chad Hedrick also won five medals. All of those athletes competed in at least seven career Winter Olympic events, more than Meyers Taylor’s five.

This past February, she was voted by her peers to be the U.S. flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony but after testing positive for COVID-19 was replaced by speed skater Brittany Bowe. Meyers Taylor later served as flagbearer for the Closing Ceremony.

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