The Summer Olympics are underway in Paris. Here are three Team USA athletes with local ties, and a fourth representing his native Germany.
› Olivia Reeves, Hixson; weightlifting.
Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Olivia Reeves, a 21-year-old Hixson native and UTC senior, trains on April 29. USA Weightlifting announced Friday night that Reeves, as expected, will represent the U.S. at this summer’s Paris Olympics.At the final Olympic qualifying event in Phuket, Thailand, in April, the 21-year-old University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior won three gold medals while setting three American records: 118 kilograms (260 pounds) in the snatch, 150 kilograms (331 pounds) in the clean and jerk, and 268 kilograms (591 pounds) total.
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› Rhyne Howard, Cleveland, Tenn.; 3×3 basketball.