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This is the initial 23-man 2008 U.S. Olympic Team roster:

Brett Anderson - LHP - Midland Texas (Oakland A’s - Double-A)
Jake Arrieta - RHP - Farmington, Mo. (Baltimore Orioles - Single-A)
Brian Barden - IF - Templeton, Calif. (St. Louis Cardinals - Triple-A)
Matthew Brown - IF - Bellevue, Wash. (Los Angeles Angels - Triple-A)
Trevor Cahill - RHP - Oceanside, Calif. (Oakland A’s - Double-A)
Jason Donald - IF - Fresno, Calif. (Philadelphia Phillies - Double-A)
Geno Espinelli - LHP - Houston, Texas (San Francisco Giants - Triple-A)
Dexter Fowler - OF - Atlanta, Ga. (Colorado Rockies - Double-A)
John Gall - OF - Stanford, Calif. (Florida Marlins - Triple-A)
Mike Hessman - IF - Fountain Valley, Calif. (Detroit Tigers - Triple-A)
Kevin Jepsen - RHP - Anaheim, Calif. (Los Angeles Angels - Triple-A)
Brandon Knight - RHP - Oxnard, Calif. (New York Mets - Triple-A)
Mike Koplove - RHP - Philadelphia, Pa. (Los Angeles Dodgers - Triple-A)
Matthew LaPorta - OF - Port Charlotte, Fla. (Cleveland Indians - Double-A)
Louis Marson - C - Scottsdale, Ariz. (Philadelphia Phillies - Double-A)
Blaine Neal - RHP - Marlton, N.J. (Detroit Tigers - Triple-A)
Colby Rasmus - OF - Columbus, Ga. (St. Louis Cardinals - Triple-A)
Clayton Richard - LHP - Lafayette, Ind. (Chicago White Sox - Triple-A)
Jeff Stevens - RHP - Berkeley, Calif. (Cleveland Indians - Triple-A)
Stephen Strasburg - RHP - San Diego, Calif. (USA Baseball - San Diego State University)
Taylor Teagarden - C - Dallas, Texas (Texas Rangers - Triple-A)
Terry Tiffee - IF - North Little Rock, Ark. (Los Angeles Dodgers - Triple-A)
Casey Weathers - RHP - Elk Grove, Calif. (Colorado Rockies - Double-A)

Canoe/Kayak

Benn Fraker (Men’s C-1 Slalom) is the youngest member of the US Canoe/Kayak team at age 17.

Scott Parsons (Men’s K-1 Slalom) placed 6th in the Athens Olympic event.

Heather Corrie (Women’s K-1 Slalom) is the oldest member on the team and this is her first Olympic appearance.

Casey Eichfeld (Men’s C-2 Slalom) is also a younger member of the team at age 18, who started at age 2.

Rick Powell (Men’s C-2 Slalom) is also a young competitor at age 19, who was in his first race at the age of 3.

Rami Zur (Men’s K-1 500m Flatwater) has the most Olympic experience, with Beijing being his 3rd Olympic appearance.

Carrie Johnson (Women’s K-1 500m Flatwater) is the only woman to qualify for a spot on the 2008 U.S. Flatwater Canoe/Kayak team.

Cycling

Men’s Road includes George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Jason McCartney, Christian Vande Velde, and David Zabriskie.

Women’s Road includes Kristin Armstrong, Amber Neben, and Christine Thorburn.

Men’s Track includes Michael Blatchford, Adam Duvendeck, Michael Friedman, Bobby Lea, Giddeon Massie, and Taylor Phinney.

Women’s Track include Sarah Hammer and Jennie Reed

Men’s Mountain Bike include Adam Craig and Todd Wells.

Women’s Mountain Bike include Georgia Gould and Mary McConneloug.

Men’s Bicycle Motocross (BMX) athletes include Kyle Bennett, Mike Day, and Donny Robinson.

Women’s Bicycle Motocross (BMX) athlete is Jill Kitner.

Diving

David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) - 10-meter, synchronized 10-meter
Kelci Bryant (Chatham, Ill./Carmel, Ind.) - synchronized 3-meter
Chris Colwill (Brandon, Fla./Athens, Ga.) - 3-meter, synchronized 3-meter
Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif./Austin, Texas) - 3-meter
Mary Beth Dunnichay (Elwood, Ind.) - synchronized 10-meter
Thomas Finchum (Indianapolis, Ind.) - 10-meter, synchronized 10-meter
Nancilea Underwood Foster (Conroe, Texas/University of Iowa) - 3-meter
Haley Ishimatsu (Seal Beach, Calif./Indianapolis, Ind.) - 10-meter, synchronized 10-meter
Christina Loukas (Riverwoods, Ill./Bloomington, Ind.) - 3-meter
Ariel Rittenhouse (Santa Cruz, Calif./Indianapolis, Ind.) - synchronized 3-meter
Jevon Tarantino (Boca Raton, Fla.) - synchronized 3-meter
Laura Wilkinson (Spring, Texas) - 10-meter

Equestrian

Phillip Dutton and horse Connaught (competed in three Olympic games, winning gold medals in 1996 and 2000 for his native Australia)

Becky Holder and horse Courageous Coment

Gina Miles and horse McKinglaigh Dach

Amy Tryon and horse Poggio II

Heidi White and horse Northern Spy

Gymnastics

The members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men’s Gymnastics Team are: Joe Hagerty, Morgan Hamm, Paul Hamm, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, Kevin Tan. The three replacement athletes are Alexander Artemev, Raj Bhavsar, David Durante.

Modern Pentathlon

The athletes that will be competing this year are Eli Bremer, Margaux Isaksen, Sam Sacksen, and Sheila Taormina.

Synchronized Swimming

Athletes nominated include Brooke Abel (Fallbrook, CA), Janet Culp (Littleton, CO), Kate Hooven (Pleasanton, CA), Christina Jones (Fremont, CA), Becky Kim (Walnut Creek, CA), Meghan Kinney, (Mission Viejo, CA), Andrea Nott (San Jose, CA), Annabelle Orme (Walnut Creek, CA), Jillian Penner (Seattle, WA), Kim Probst (Troy, NY)

Taekwondo

The following athletes will be competing: Diana Lopez, Mark Lopez, Steven Lopez, and Charlotte Craig.