Ohio State has two dozen representatives at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The competitors at the 33rd Summer Games include 24 current, former and incoming Buckeyes across 10 countries and nine sports.
Seven athletes from Ohio State are competing for the United States while eight Buckeyes are competing for Canada at this year’s Olympics, which began July 26 and will continue through August 11 in Paris. Two former Buckeyes are competing for France and Ohio State is also represented by athletes competing for Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Spain and Trinidad & Tobago.
Ohio State’s Olympians include six swimmers, three synchronized/artistic swimmers, three track and field athletes, three pistol shooters, three fencers, two divers, two rowers, soccer player Nichelle Prince and wrestler Kyle Snyder.
As the Buckeyes compete in their events, we will update this article to keep you informed on their results.
United States
Katelyn Abeln, Pistol
The most decorated pistol shooter in Ohio State history, Abeln capped her OSU career by leading the Buckeyes to their fourth straight national championship this past season as she won her second consecutive individual aggregate national championship.
Abeln finished 24th in the 10-meter women’s air pistol competition on the first day of the Olympics. She followed that up by finishing eighth in the 25-meter women’s pistol on August 3.
Hunter Armstrong, Swimming
Armstrong helped the United States win its first gold medal of the Olympics as he swam a 46.75-second leg to lead the U.S. 4x100-meter freestyle relay team to victory. He added a silver medal on the final day of swimming competition in the 4x100 medley relay, swimming a 47.19-second anchor leg in the freestyle.
He was also expected to contend for an individual medal in the 100-meter backstroke, but failed to qualify for the final after an 11th-place finish in the semifinals.
The former Buckeye, who returned to Ohio State for two more seasons after his first trip to the Olympics before turning pro, is now a two-time Olympic gold medalist after previously winning a gold medal as a member of the U.S. 4x100 medley relay team at the Tokyo Olympics.
Keana Hunter, Artistic Swimming
Before even starting her Ohio State career, Hunter earned a silver medal at the Olympics as a member of the U.S. artistic swimming team, which won its first medal at the Olympics since 2004 as it earned silver in the team competition. The 20-year-old from Los Angeles will join Ohio State’s synchronized swimming program as a freshman this fall.
Ada Korkhin, Pistol
Fresh off a spectacular freshman season in which she won the collegiate national championship in air pistol and finished second only to Abeln in the aggregate standings, Korkhin competed alongside Abeln in the 25-meter women’s sport pistol competition, finishing 32nd in the qualification round on August 2.
Henry Leverett, Pistol
Like Abeln, Leverett concluded his Ohio State career by helping the Buckeyes win their fourth straight national championship this past season. In his second trip to the Olympics, having also competed in Tokyo, Leverett earned a 25th-place finish in the men’s 25-meter rapid-fire pistol.
Ruby Remati, Artistic Swimming
Remati, who helped Ohio State win synchronized swimming national championships in 2022 and 2023 before stepping away from the team this past season to focus on national team competition, joined Hunter on the silver-medal winning U.S. artistic swimming team, which qualified for the Olympics for the first time since 2008.
Kyle Snyder, Wrestling
Snyder became an American hero in 2016 when he won the Olympic gold medal in 97-kilogram freestyle following his sophomore year at Ohio State. “Captain America” hopes to get back to the top of the podium this year after earning the silver medal at 97 kg in Tokyo.
The first three rounds of the 97-kg wrestling competition will be held on August 10 while the medal rounds will take place on August 11, the final day of this year’s Olympics.
Canada
Fares Arfa, Fencing
Arfa, a member of Ohio State’s fencing team from 2013-17, upset three-time defending champion Áron Szilágyi in the first round of the men’s sabre individual competition on July 27, ultimately advancing to the quarterfinals before falling to South Korea’s Oh Sang-uk.
#TeamCanada fencer, Fares Arfa, defeated the 3-time defending Olympic champion in men's individual sabre, Aron Szilagyi. Fares moves on to the round of 16 later today. pic.twitter.com/30w0lkgkew
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) July 27, 2024
He also competed in the men’s sabre team competition on July 31, in which Canada suffered a quarterfinal loss to South Korea.
Duan Asemota, Track & Field
Asemota, who sprinted for the Buckeyes in 2017 and 2018, ran the 100-meter dash for Team Canada. He fell short of advancing to the 100-meter semifinals as he finished fifth in his first-round heat with a time of 10.17 seconds. He was in Canada’s pool for the 4x100-meter relay but did not end up running the event in Paris, though his efforts to help Canada qualify for the Olympics in the event led to Canada winning a gold medal in the relay.
Alex Axon, Swimming
After finishing third in the 500-yard freestyle at the Big Ten championships as an Ohio State sophomore this past season, Axon earned a spot on the Canadian Olympic team by winning both the 200- and 400-meter freestyle at the Canadian Olympic Trials. While his times in those events weren’t fast enough to qualify as an individual, Axon competed for Canada in the 4x200-meter relay on July 30, swimming the fastest leg for his team as Canada earned a seventh-place finish in its preliminary heat.
Emma Finlin, Swimming
An incoming Ohio State freshman, Finlin finished 23rd in the 10-kilometer marathon swim on August 8.
Scarlett Finn, Artistic Swimming
Like Hunter, Finn will begin her career with Ohio State’s synchronized swimming team this fall after competing with her national team in the Olympic artistic swimming competition. She helped Canada earned a sixth-place finish.
Eleanor Harvey, Fencing
Harvey became the first-ever Canadian fencer to win an Olympic medal as she earned the bronze medal in the women’s foil competition on July 28.
Like Arfa, Harvey was a member of Ohio State’s fencing team from 2013-17. The 2016 NCAA champion in women’s foil, Harvey is making her third Olympic appearance in Paris, breaking her own record after previously earning Canada’s best-ever individual fencing result with a seventh-place finish at the Rio Games in 2016.
Harvey also helped Canada earn a fourth-place in the women’s foil team event.
Tristan Jankovics, Swimming
Like Axon, Jankovics is in Paris as a member of Team Canada after completing his sophomore season at Ohio State this spring. He competed in the 400-meter individual medley on July 28, finishing 16th with a time of 4:18.23.
Nichelle Prince, Soccer
Prince, who played for Ohio State’s women’s soccer from 2013-16, fell short of earning her third Olympic medal in Paris after helping Canada win the bronze medal in Rio and the gold medal in Tokyo.
Canada, whose coach was suspended for the Olympics after it was found that Canada used drones to spy on opponents, won all three of its games in group-stage play with a 2-1 win against New Zealand, a 2-1 win against France and a 1-0 victory over Colombia. Its title defense ended in the quarterfinals, however, where it suffered a 2-0 loss to Germany.
Nichelle Prince is making her third Olympic appearance with Canada, the reigning Olympic champion in women’s soccer. (Photo: Maria Lysaker – USA TODAY Sports)
France
Maximilien Chastanet, Fencing
Chastanet, a member of Ohio State’s fencing team from 2014-18, competed in the men’s team foil competition on August 4, helping France earn a bronze medal with a win over the United States in the third-place match.
Elodie Ravera-Scarramozzino, Rowing
Ravera-Scarramozzino is making her third Olympic appearance as a member of the French rowing team. She and teammate Emma Lunatti finished fifth in the double sculls final on August 1.
Germany
Lena Hentschel, Diving
This year’s Big Ten champion in the 1-meter dive as a sophomore, Hentschel earned a sixth-place finish in the 3-meter synchronized dive – an event in which she won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics – on the opening day of Olympic competition.
Ireland
Ciara McGing, Diving
After completing her Ohio State career this past season, McGing finished 29th in the 10-meter platform dive in her Olympic debut on August 5.
Lithuania
Tomas Navikonis, Swimming
Like Axon and Jankovics, Navikonis made it to the Olympics after completing his sophomore season as a Buckeye this spring. He swam the leadoff leg for Lithuania’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay team, which finished eighth out of eight teams in its preliminary heat.
Nigeria
Sade Olatoye, Track & Field
Olatoye won seven Big Ten championships in the shot put, weight throw and hammer throw and was the 2019 NCAA champion in the weight throw during her Ohio State career. Olatoye – who grew up in Dublin, Ohio, but competes internationally for Nigeria – finished 14th in her qualifying heat in the Olympic hammer throw competition with a best throw of 66.41 meters.
Puerto Rico
Kristen Romano, Swimming
A winner of four individual Big Ten championships and three team Big Ten titles during her Ohio State career (2017-22), Romano made her Olympic debut in the 200-meter individual medley on August 2. Despite finishing first in her qualifying heat, her time of 2:13.32 was not fast enough to get her into the semifinals.
Spain
Aina Cid, Rowing
Cid, who helped the Buckeyes win three straight NCAA championships from 2013-15, is now competing in her third Olympics as a member of Spain’s rowing team. She and teammate Esther Briz Zamorano were victorious in the B final of the women’s pair, earning them a seventh-place overall finish.
Trinidad & Tobago
Leah Bertrand, Track & Field
Coming off of a junior season at Ohio State in which she won the Big Ten championship and finished seventh at the NCAA championships in the 100-meter dash, Bertrand is competing in the same event in Paris. She finished third in her first-round heat to earn a spot in the 100-meter semifinals with a time of 11.27 seconds, but finished last in her semifinal heat with a time of 11.37. She ran a fast leg of 10.29 seconds in the 4x100 for Trindad & Tobago, but her team failed to advance to the final after finishing last in its first-round heat.
The full schedule of events for the 2024 Paris Olympics can be found on the Olympics’ official website. The broadcast schedule for the Olympics can be found on NBCOlympics.com. All events will be broadcast live on Peacock; NBC will provide daily broadcast coverage of each day’s most popular events while select events will also air on USA, CNBC, E!, Golf Channel, Telemundo and Universo.
