The Bulldogs achieve a new school record for its number of Olympic competitors, breaking the previous top mark of seven (including one coach) in Tokyo 2020.
After an extremely successful semester of sports, a school record eight Mississippi State Bulldog athletes are heading to Paris for the 2024 Olympics. Additionally, track and field coach Chris Woods will be an assistant for Canada's team.Mississippi State will represent seven countries in three different sports beginning on July 25.
The Four Bulldogs making their Olympic debut are Anderson, Borges, Eppie and Izquierdo. Borges is the first Bulldog Olympian in tennis and Izquierdo will be the 11th athlete to compete in an Olympics while still an active student-athlete at MSU. Mississippi State has been represented by 26 athletes and three coaches in five different sports at the Olympic Games and has had at least one member of an Olympic team every four years since 1980. Bulldogs have won seven medals, including four golds. State's last medal came in 2000 when Jude Monye won gold in the men's 4x400m relay with Nigeria.
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