Tokyo Olympics: Listed Below are actually the Colorado sportsmens competing in the summertime Games

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After a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics have arrived.

The United States sent a 613-member team to Japan, which includes 34 athletes who call Colorado home. The Centennial State has the third-biggest contingent behind California (126) and Florida (51), according to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee.

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Breaking it down by the numbers, the group includes 15 men and 19 women. The oldest member is cross-country mountain biker Erin Huck, who is making her Olympic debut at the age of 40, while the youngest is 17-year-old sport climber Colin Duffy.

Pentathlete Amro Elgeziry is in his fourth Olympics but first as a member of Team USA. He represented his native Egypt in 2008, 2012 and 2016. Emma Coburn will be making her third Olympic Games, having won the bronze medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2016 Rio Games.

Those making their second Olympics include Hilary Bor (track and field), Mason Finley (track and field), Adeline Gray (wrestling), Lindsey Horan (soccer), Ildar Hafizov (wrestling) and Lucas Kozeniesky (shooting). For Hafizov, this is his first Olympics since 2008 when he was a member of the Uzbekistan national team.

Colorado is also the home state of Canadian women’s soccer player Janine Becker, who also played in 2016 when Team Canada took home the bronze medal.

Here’s a look at the list of Colorado athletes (Tap on their names for more details):

Canoe

Zachary Lokken, Durango

Cycling

Christopher Blevins, DurangoRELATED: Durango-raised Christopher Blevins eyed Olympics since age 5Maddie Godby, LouisvilleErin Huck, Boulder

Jeff Roberson, The Associated PressYul Moldauer celebrates his performance in the floor exercise during the men’s U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials Saturday, June 26, 2021, in St. Louis.

Gymnastics

Yul Moldauer, Arvada

Pentathlon

Samantha Achterberg, LittletonAmro Elgeziry, Colorado Springs

Rowing

Kendall Chase, EvergreenJessica Thoennes, Highlands Ranch

Rugby

Cody Melphy, Denver

Luka Gonzales, AFP via Getty ImagesLucas Kozeniesky of the United States competes in the men’s 10-meter air rifle final of the shooting competition during the Lima 2019 Pan-American Games at Las Palmas shooting range in Lima, on Aug. 2, 2019.

Shooting

Amber English, Colorado SpringsLucas Kozeniesky, Colorado SpringsWill Shaner, Colorado Springs

Sport Climbing

Colin Duffy, BroomfieldBrooke Raboutou, Boulder

David J. Phillip, The Associated PressUnited States’ Lindsey Horan (9) advances the ball against Portugal during the second half of an international friendly soccer match Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Houston.

Soccer

Janine Beckie, Highlands Ranch (Canada)Lindsey Horan, Golden

Taekwondo

Anastasjia Zolotic, Colorado Springs

Andy Lyons, Getty ImagesValarie Allman competing in the Women’s Discus Throw Final on day 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field at Hayward Field on June 19, 2021 in Eugene, Ore.

Track and field

Valerie Allman, LongmontHillary Bor, Colorado SpringsEmma Coburn, Crested ButteVal Constien, EdwardsElise Cranny, NiwotRELATED: Niwot’s Elise Cranny relishes chance to represent community that “made me who I am today” in Tokyo OlympicsMason Finley, Chaffee CountyBenard Keter, Colorado SpringsWoody Kincaid, LittletonAnnie Kunz, Denver

Triathlon

Kevin McDowell, Colorado SpringsSummer Rappaport, Thornton

Volleyball

Jordyn Poulter, AuroraHaleigh Washington, Colorado Springs

Tom Pennington, Getty ImagesG’Angelo Hancock celebrates after beating Braxton Amos in their Grecco-Roman 97kg finals match on day 2 of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials at Dickies Arena on April 3, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas.

Wrestling

Adeline Gray, DenverIldar Hafizov, Colorado SpringsG’Angelo Hancock, FountainRELATED: G’Angelo Hancock’s meteoric rise to stardom in Greco-Roman wrestling makes Fountain native a gold medal contender in Tokyo Olympics>Jacarra Winchester, Colorado Springs