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Team USA’s 2 Youngest Olympians, Hezly Rivera and Quincy Wilson, Pose Together in Paris: ‘Showing Up Big for Their Country’
USA Gymnastics, the governing body of the sport in the U.S., shared a photo of the two youngest American Olympians.
The Olympic Team wore a matching gray sweatsuit and posed with his arm around Rivera.
The gymnast grinned alongside the runner in an Olympic-themed t-shirt and shorts.Wilson — a rising high school junior from Potomac, Md. — made the U.S. Olympic relay team after he he recorded a 44.94-second sixth-place finish in the 400m dash final at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore. Wilson.
He is the youngest male U.S. Olympian for track and field, a title previously held by 17-year-old Jim Ryun in 1964.
“Just making the team is just such an amazing experience and I’m so happy to be here.
And obviously I made the Olympics, so I have to still work very hard to achieve my dreams at the Olympics, which I’m very excited for,” she said.