Olympics Start Tonight -- Cheer on the Irish!

The Opening Ceremonies for the 2021 Olympic Games in Japan -- started this morning LIVE at 7 AM ET on NBC. The "encore" TV coverage begins this evening at 7:30 PM ET -- again on NBC.

The University of Notre Dame will be well represented in Tokyo these next few months -- with a total of 22 athletes and coaches on Olympic & Paralympic Teams!

Here's the list of all of the athletes and coaches who currently call or did call -- Notre Dame home:

TEAM USA (15):

Yared Nuguse -- Track & Field Team

Molly Seidel -- Track & Field Team

Sam Grewe -- Track & Field -- PARALYMPIAN

Skylar Diggins-Smith -- Basketball

Jewell Loyd -- Basketball

Jackie Young -- Basketball

Molly Bruggemann -- Rowing

Kevin Hurley -- Fencing

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