The Summer Olympics run from Friday, July 26, to Sunday, Aug. 11.
Born and raised in Las Vegas, two-time Olympic swimmer Katie Grimes has trained with Hypo2 and just qualified for the women’s 400m Individual Medley. David Johnston made the U.S. Team in Men’s 1500m freestyle. Team Australia was in town two months ago, along with Great Britain’s Olympic Team. Their stars, Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, Freya Colbert, and other Olympians are some of Hypo2’s most frequent flyers along with teams from Japan and Hong Kong with their respective ringers, Daiya Seto and Siobhan Haughey.
For the Triathlon, Canada’s Tyler Mislawchuk is on his third trip to the Olympics.
In Track and Field, Grant Fisher, Woody Kincaid and former NAU champ Nico Young qualified for the U.S. Team in the 10,000m. Fisher will also run the 5,000m in Paris with Young’s NAU teammate, collegiate champion and Flag resident Abdihamid Nur. Men’s Steeplechase will feature Matt Wilkinson. A trio of elite runners – Elle St. Pierre, Elise Cranny and Karissa Schweizer – all qualified for the Olympic women’s 5,000m and Emily Sisson will be in the women’s marathon. Pierre also landed a 1,500m spot in Paris behind Nikki Hiltz who lives in Flagstaff. International competitors are also local residents, like Luis Grijalva, who is on Guatemala’s distance team, and Norway’s Jakob Ingebritzen, who is track’s top dog as Tokyo’s Olympic 1,500m gold medalist.
The Summer Olympics run from Friday, July 26, to Sunday, Aug. 11. FBN
By Billy Miller, FBN
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