Pennsylvania Has 35 Olympic Athletes Competing for Gold in London


Kobe Bryant, more than half of the national field hockey team, an equestrian in his fifth Olympic Games, and another two dozen American athletes competing in London hail from Pennsylvania. The Keystone State is tied with New York for the second-most number of Olympians in 2012. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has compiled a list of the 21 female and 14 male athletes, their hometowns and the events they’ll compete in. [Post-Gazette]