Get To Know the Arizona Athletes Competing in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics

The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are almost here. After a year-long postponement due to the COVID-10 pandemic, the best athletes in the world will gather in Japan to participate in 28 different sports in the hopes of becoming an Olympic medalist.

The 2021 Olympic Games will begin on Friday, July 23 with the Olympic opening ceremony.
Start date: Friday, July 23
Opening ceremony time: 7 a.m. ET / 4 a.m. PT

For those that don’t want to get up early, the event will be re-broadcast Friday night in prime-time starting at 7:30 p.m. ET. That will run until midnight.

How to watch the opening ceremony in USA
TV channel: NBC
Live stream: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, fuboTV

NBC will carry live coverage of the opening ceremony and all other Olympic events through their family of networks. The main network, NBC, will host the opening ceremonies.

Click here to view the full Olympic schedule.

More than 600 American athletes that are competing at the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics and 16 of those athletes are from Arizona.

Archery
Brady Ellison
Hometown: Globe, Arizona
Age: 32
Career Medals: 2 Silver, 1 Bronze

Baseball
Jamie Westbrook
Milwaukee Brewers (AAA)
Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona
Age: 26

Beach Volleyball
Sarah Sponcil
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Age: 24

BMX Racing
Corben Sharrah
University of Arizona
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Age: 29

Cycling (Road/Track)
Brandon McNulty
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Age: 23

Diving
Delaney Schnell
University of Arizona
Hometown: Tucson, Arizona
Age: 22

Gymnastics
Jade Carey
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Age: 21

Gymnastics
MyKayla Skinner
Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona
Age: 24

Rugby
Maceo Brown
Hometown: Tempe, Arizona
Age: 25

Rugby
Brett Thompson
University of Arizona
Hometown: Tempe, Arizona
Age: 30

Skateboarding
Jagger Eaton
Hometown: Mesa, Arizona
Age: 20

Soccer
Julie Ertz
Hometown: Mesa, Arizona
Age: 29

Tennis
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Age: 36
Career Medals: 1 Gold

Track & Field/Athletics
Devon Allen
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Age: 26

Track & Field/Athletics
Will Claye
Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona
Age: 30
Career Medals: 2 Silver, 1 Bronze

Track & Field/Athletics
Aliphine Tuliamuk
Hometown: Flagstff, Arizona
Age: 32

There are 42 Olympic venues spread across Japan. Here is a complete list along with the sports that will take place there.