11 Duke Athletes Competing in the Tokyo Olympics

[sagegrouse]

Here's the list from Duke Today, which also includes 3x3 coach Kara Lawson. Four of the Dukies are competing for the USA, three for Canada, and one each for Nigeria (Jah), Australia, Ireland (Leona Maguire) and France (Celine Boutier).

2021 Duke Olympic Athletes

Women’s Soccer
Quinn - Canada

Women’s Basketball
Chelsea Gray -- USA
Kara Lawson -- USA Head Coach 3x3

Women’s Track and Field
Maddy Price -- Canada 4x400 relay
Kate Van Buskirk -- Canada – 5K

Women’s Swimming & Diving
Ashley Twichell -- USA Open water

Men’s Basketball
Jayson Tatum – USA
Jahlil Okafor – Nigeria

Men’s Track and Field
Steven Solomon -- 400 meter - Australia

Women’s Golf
Leona Maguire -- Ireland
Celine Boutier – France

Equestrian
Jessica Springsteen – United States

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Men’s Basketball
Michael Gbinije – Nigeria

[Phredd3]

I understand that both Elizabeth Williams and Odera Chidom are seeking approvals to play for the Nigerian women's basketball team, as well.

[brevity]

GoDuke says there are 15 Duke representatives at the Olympics. Here is the remaining schedule (times are Eastern):

Basketball (Men)
Tuesday, Aug. 3 | TBA | United States (Jayson Tatum) in Quarterfinal
Thursday, Aug. 5 | TBA | Semifinal
Saturday, Aug. 7 | TBA | Medal Round

Basketball (Women)
Monday, Aug. 2 | 12:40 am | United States (Chelsea Gray) vs. France
Monday, Aug. 2 | 9 pm | Nigeria (Oderah Chidom, Elizabeth Balogun) vs. Japan
Wednesday, Aug. 5 | TBA | Quarterfinal
Friday, Aug. 6 | TBA | Semifinal
Sunday, Aug. 8 | TBA | Medal Round

Equestrian
Friday, Aug. 6 | 6 am | Jumping Team Qualifier (Jessica Springsteen & Dani Goldstein)
Saturday, Aug. 7 | 6 am | Jumping Team Final

Golf (Women)
Wednesday, Aug. 4 | 6:30 pm | Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 1 (Leona Maguire & Celine Boutier)
Thursday, Aug. 5 | 6:30 pm | Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 2
Friday, Aug. 6 | 6:30 pm | Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 3
Saturday, Aug. 7 | 6:30 pm | Women's Individual Stroke Play Round 4

Soccer (Women)
Monday, Aug. 2 | 4 am | Women's Semifinal: United States vs. Canada (Quinn)
Thursday, Aug. 5 | 4 am | Bronze Medal
Friday, Aug. 6 | 10 pm | Gold Medal

Swimming
Wednesday, Aug. 4 | 5:30 pm | Women's 10k (Ashley Twichell)

Track & Field
Sunday, Aug. 1 | 9:45 pm | Men's 400m (Steven Solomon)
Monday, Aug. 2 | 7:05 am | Men's 400m Semifinal
Thursday, Aug. 5 | 6:25 am | Women's 4x400m Relay Qualifying (Maddy Price)
Thursday, Aug. 5 | 8 am | Men's 400m Final
Saturday, Aug. 7 | 8:30 am | Women's 4x400m Relay Final

[jb75]

Morgan Pearson who anchored the USA’s mixed triathlon relay team to a silver medal, ran for Duke his freshman year before transferring to Colorado.