SWIMMING
Spanish swimmer Patricia Castro, Queens student and member of SwimMAC Carolina; Dutch swimmer Dion Dreesens, Queens student and member of SwimMAC Carolina; David Marsh, U.S. Olympic women’s swimming coach and director of SwimMAC Carolina; Ryan Lochte, U.S. Olympic swimmer and member of SwimMAC Carolina, who trains at Queens; Mike Bottom and David Kelsheimer, U.S. Olympic swimming coaches; USA Swimming; SwimMAC Carolina
CHARLOTTE-BASED ATHLETES
Casey Eichfeld, U.S. Olympic canoeist; Michal Smolen, U.S. Olympic kayaker
RIO-FOCUSED NEWS MEDIA
O Globo Rio and O Globo Sport (Portuguese); Folkha de S. Paulo (English); The Rio Times; Rio on Watch; Catalytic Communities
OLYMPIC ORGANIZATIONS
The International Olympic Committee; IOC Media; the Rio 2016 Olympic Organizing Committee; the Olympic Flame; the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Organizing Committee; the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee; the U.S. Olympic Team; U.S. Olympic News: U.S. Olympic Committee senior communications director Mark Jones
OLYMPIC-FOCUSED NEWS MEDIA
NBC Olympics; NBC Olympic executive producer Jim Bell; CBC Olympics; Sports Illustrated Olympics; ESPN Olympics; Ollie Williams of BBC Sport and CNN Sport; Rachel Axon of USA Today; Ben Bloom of the Telegraph; Steve Wilson of The Associated Press; Johannes Myburgh of AFP; Simon Romero, Karen Crouse, Jim Luttrell, and Rebecca Ruiz of The New York Times; Alan Abrahamson of 3 Wire Sports; author Jules Boykoff; journalist Philip Hersh; Inside the Games; Nick Butler of Inside the Games; Around the Rings; Ed Hula and Mark Bisson of Around the Rings
