EUGENE, Ore. – With the official roster announcement Tuesday, nine Ducks are set to represent Team USA at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. Five of the nine—Devon Allen, Matthew Centrowitz, English Gardner, Jenna Prandini and Galen Rupp—are returning Olympians.
Centrowitz (1500 meters) and Gardner (4x100m) are defending Olympic champions, while Rupp is a two-time medalist with a silver at 10,000 meters in 2012 and a bronze in the marathon from 2016.
With his selection, Rupp joins 1976 gold medalist Mac Wilkins as a four-time Olympian. Gardner, Prandini and Claire Michel (Belgium) are now the eighth, ninth and 10th multiple-time Olympians for the UO women.