Well, the 2024 Paris Olympics begins on Friday.
We're highlighting local athletes who represent Connecticut on the world
stage this summer, and there are more than two dozen
athletes with ties to our state.
First up, 32 year old Jess Savner of Bethlehem.
She is a modern pentathlon athlete that combines 5 sports
into four events including running, shooting, swimming, show jumping and
fencing.
Savner ranked number one in the US Women's Modern Pentathlon
in 2023.
And then there's 26 year old Liam Corrigan.
Originally from Old Lime, he's a world class rower.
Corrigan is no stranger to the Olympics, having competed and
won goal back in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Corrigan also participated in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
21 year old Beth Yeager is representing Greenwich in women's
field hockey.
The former Sacred Heart student, now Princeton field hockey star,
was named to the US Women's National Team back in
June of 2023.
Yeager lives by the game day mantra.
Just play.