ITHACA, N.Y. -- Six Cornell student-athletes, past and present, will represent four different countries when the 2016 Olympic Summer Games kick off Aug. 5 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Two former Big Red rowers and four track and field athletes, including one current student, will be among more than 10,000 competitors representing 207 countries across 306 events in 28 sports at the XXXI Olympiad. Joining the Big Red contingent will be men's track and field coach Adrian Durant, who will coach the U.S. Virgin Islands team, whose roster will include former NCAA triple jump champion Muhammad Halim '08.
Joining Halim in Rio will be Nigerian shot putter Stephen Mozia '15, Spanish sprinter Bruno Hortelano-Roig '14, Team USA hammer thrower Rudy Winkler '17 and rowers Tracy Eisser '12 (women's quadruple sculls) and Alex Karwoski '12 (men's eight).
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Cornell Big Red at the 2016 Olympics Schedule
In The News
Hollis native Alex Karwoski rowing for gold - The Nashua Telegraph, 7/3/16
Spanish runner learns mid-interview that he won gold, not silver - SBNation.com, 7/9/16
Knoxville native Stephen Mozia represents Nigeria in 2016 Rio Olympics - Tennessee Journalist, 7/12/16
row2k Starting Five: Tracy Eisser - Row2K.com, 7/19/16
Five area athletes headed to Rio Games - Albany Times Union, 7/30/16
Muhammad Halim goes it alone as a Virgin Islands triple jumper bound for the Rio Olympics - Washington Post, 8/1/16
Follow Cornellians Competing in Rio: A Guide to the Big Red in Brazil - Cornell Daily Sun, 8/5/16
Fair Lawn's Tracy Eisser, U.S. rowing finish fifth in Rio - The Record, 8/11/16
Cornell grad, U.S. men row to disappointing 4th in Rio - Ithaca Journal, 8/13/16
USRowing Olympic Recap - USRowing.org, 8/13/16
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