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Going for gold: Penn athletes competing for Team USA
Hotel de Ville building Courtyard of the City Hall view Paris, France.

View of the Hotel de Ville building Courtyard of the City Hall in Paris, France.

(Image: Aysenur Dincer/istockphoto)

Going for gold: Penn athletes competing for Team USA

Twelve Penn athletes are participating in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Part 2 of a two-part Penn Today series highlights Quakers competing for Team USA.
The economic impact of the Olympics
Silas Ruth poses on a bench near windows.

Silas Ruth is a rising fourth-year who is researcing the economics of the Olympic Games.

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The economic impact of the Olympics

Rising fourth-year Silas Ruth, an economics major, examines sports mega-events like Paris 2024 through an economic lens.

Kristen de Groot

2020 graduate Nia Akins on her way to Paris Olympics
2020 Penn graduate Nia Atkins, center, won the 800 meter finals at the 2024 Olympic trials.

Nia Akins (center), won the 800 meter final at the USA Track & Field Olympic trials on Monday night. She will be headed to the Paris Olympics along with Allie Wilson (right), who came in second, and Juliette Whittaker (left), who came in third.

(Image: Courtesy of USATF)

2020 graduate Nia Akins on her way to Paris Olympics

Akins won the 800 meter final on Monday night. After finishing sixth, May graduate Isabella Whittaker has a good chance of being a part of the 4x400 relay pool.

Penn Today Staff