They're going for gold.
A record total of 26 current, future or former Ohio State athletes will compete in this summer's Olympic Games set to begin in Tokyo next month.
Nine current Buckeyes, 13 former Buckeyes and four incoming freshmen – United States synchronized swimmer Ruby Remati, Canadian synchronized swimmer Emily Armstrong, and Greek rowers Anneta Kyridou and Maria Kyridou – made teams spanning 12 different countries. Nine of the athletes, including five currently enrolled in school, will compete for the United States in the Olympics.
Here's the full list of those from Ohio State representing their countries in this summer's Games:
- Adelaide Aquilla: Track & Field (United States)
- Hunter Armstrong: Swimming (United States)
- Anavia Battle: Track & Field (United States)
- Christine Clemons: Track & Field (United States)
- Henry Leverett: Shooting (United States)
- Jackson Leverett: Shooting (United States)
- Ruby Remati: Synchronized Swimming (United States)
- Kyle Snyder: Wrestling (United States)
- Alec Yoder: Gymnastics (United States)
- Marc-Antoine Blais Belanger: Fencing (Canada)
- Emily Armstrong: Synchronized Swimming (Canada)
- Ruslan Gaziev: Swimming (Canada)
- Alanna Goldie: Fencing (Canada)
- Eleanor Harvey: Fencing (Canada)
- Nichelle Prince: Soccer (Canada)
- Elodie Ravera: Rowing (France)
- Anneta Kyridou: Rowing (Greece)
- Maria Kyridou: Rowing (Greece)
- Alessandra Montesano: Rowing (Italy)
- Diego Cervantes: Fencing (Mexico)
- Ilse Paulis: Rowing (Netherlands)
- Misha Koudinov: Gymnastics (New Zealand)
- Maggie Barrie: Track & Field (Sierra Leone)
- Aina Cid Centelles: Rowing (Spain)
- Matthew Abeysinghe: Swimming (Sri Lanka)
- Eric Harrison: Track & Field (Trinidad & Tobago)
Prior to this year, the 2008 Beijing Olympics held the record of having 19 Buckeyes at the Games. In 2016, there were 16 Ohio State athletes at the Olympics.
This summer's Olympics will begin with the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on July 23.
