Aug 3, 2008 11:37 am US/Eastern
Local Athletes Featured On Olympic Stage
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Gymnast Alicia Sacramone is from Winchester, Mass.
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More than a dozen Olympic athletes have ties to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Click on the links below to learn more about these local Olympians.
Gymnastics
Alicia Sacramaone - hometown Winchester
Ivana Hong - born in Worcester
Corrie Lothrop (alternate) - hometown Middleton
Track & Field
Shalene Flanagan - hometown Marblehead
Deena Kastor - born in Waltham
Joanne Dow - hometown Mancehster, N.H.
Swimming
Erik Vendt - hometown Wellesley
Kate Hooven, Synchronized Swimming - born in Newton
Field Hockey
Kelly Doton - hometown Greenfield, Mass.
Dina Rizzo - hometown Walpole
Shooting
Stephen Scherer - hometown Billerica
Keith Sanderson - born in Plymouth, Mass.
RowingElliot Hovey - hometown Manchester By The Sea
Wes Piermarini - hometown West Brookfield
TriathlonJarrod Shoemaker - hometown Sudbury
Modern Pentathlon
Eli Bremer - born Hancock, N.H.
Archery
Butch Johnson - born in Worcester
Sailing
Stu McNay - hometown Chestnut Hill, lives in Lincoln
EquestrianKaren O'Connor - hometown Bolton
SoccerCharlie Davies - hometown Manchester, N.H.
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