Swimmer Snæfríður Sól Jórunnardóttir will be the only Icelandic woman competing in this year’s Olympics in Tokyo, mbl.is reports. There will be four Icelandic competitors at the games this year. This is the smallest Icelandic team to attend the Summer Olympics since 1964, when they were also held in the Japanese capital.
Snæfríður was allocated a quota place in the Olympic swimming competition where she will compete in both the 100-metre and 200-metre freestyle. She reached the B qualifying standard before the games in March this year. These are her first Olympic games.
Snæfríður will swim in the preliminary rounds in the 200-metre freestyle on July 26 and the preliminary rounds in the 100-metre freestyle on July 28. The other three Icelanders competing in the games are swimmer Anton Sveinn McKee, who qualified for the games last year, and marksman Ásgeir Sigurgeirsson and discus thrower Guðni Valur Guðnason, who were allocated quota seats.
