The opening ceremony of the long-awaited Tokyo Olympics is Friday, and the Bay Area, as usual, will be well represented.

Here are the local connections:

Training centers

Rowing

Synchronized swimming

Fencing foil

Table tennis

Weightlifting

Athletes

Badminton

Tim Lam, Mountain View

Basketball (men)

Steve Kerr, assistant coach, United States

Draymond Green, Warriors, United States

Damian Lillard, Oakland, United States

Nico Mannion, Warriors, Italy

Patty Mills, Saint Mary’s, Australia

Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary’s, Australia

Jock Landale, Saint Mary’s, Australia

Basketball (women)

Alanna Smith, Stanford, Australia

Beach Volleyball

Alix Klineman, Stanford (with partner April Ross)

Cycling

Mountain Biking

Kate Courtney, Kentfield/ Stanford

Haley Batten Santa Cruz

Road

Ruth Winder, Lafayette

Leah Thomas, Santa Clara

Fencing

Greg Massialas, foil coach, San Francisco and San Jose State

Alexander Massialas, San Francisco/Stanford ‘16

Gerek Meinhardt, San Francisco

Sabrina Massialas, San Francisco

Other

Vivan Kong, Stanford ‘16, Hong Kong, epee

Equestrian

Dressage

Sabine Schut-Kery, Napa

Team show jumping

Nayel Nassar, Stanford ‘13, Egypt

Golf

Men

Collin Morikawa, Cal

Women

Albane Valenzuela, Stanford (2016-20), Switzerland

Gymnastics

Thom Glielmi, Stanford, men’s coach

Brody Malone, Stanford ‘23, all-around

Alternates

Brandon Briones, Stanford ‘23

Akash Modi, Stanford

Others

David Jessen, Stanford ‘20, Czech Republic

Sze En Tan, Stanford (2020-present), Singapore women’s team

Rowing

Men’s eights and fours train in Oakland, led by former Cal coach Mike Teti

A few of the members of the eights with extra local ties

Austin Hack, Stanford, Old Lyme, Conn.

Julian Venonsky, Cal, Malvern, Pa.

Others on the eights

Justin Best (Kennett Square, Pa./Drexel University)

Liam Corrigan (Old Lyme, Conn./Harvard University)

Ben Davison (Inverness, Fla./University of Washington)

Conor Harrity (Weston, Mass./Harvard University)

Nick Mead (Strafford, Pa./Princeton University)

Alex Miklasevich (Pittsburgh, Pa./Brown University)

Alexander Richards (Watertown, Mass./Harvard University)

Men’s four

Clark Dean (Sarasota, Fla./Harvard University)

Michael Grady (Pittsburgh, Pa./Cornell University)

Andrew Reed (Wayland, Mass./Harvard University)

Anders Weiss (Barrington, R.I./Brown University), Oakland based

Women

Kara Kohler, single sculler, Clayton, Cal

Women’s fours

Kendall Chase, Cal, Evergreen, Colo.

Grace Luczak, Stanford, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Women’s quadruple sculls

Alie Rusher, Stanford, Glenview, Ill.

Women’s pairs coach Kate Bertko – Stanford coach

Rugby

Men

Matai Leuta Monterey, Seaside High School, forward

Folau Niua, East Palo Alto, halfback/fly back

Stephen Tomasin, Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman High, utility

Danny Barnett, Pacifica, Cal Prop/hooker

Naima Fuala’au, Hayward Tennyson High School, traveling reserve

Sailing

Luke Muller Stanford, Finn class

David Liebenberg of Richmond Necra 17 alternate

Hans Henken, Stanford 49ers class alternate

Soccer

Women

United States

Alex Morgan, Cal, forward

Kelley O’Hara, Stanford, defender

Christian Press, Stanford, forward

Tierna Davidson, Stanford and Menlo Park, defender

Julie Johnston Ertz, Santa Clara University, midfielder

Abby Dahlkemper, Menlo Park, defender

Megan Rapinoe, Redding, forward

Jane Campbell, Stanford, goalkeeper

Catarina Macario, Stanford, midfielder

New Zealand

Ali Riley Stanford, defender

Daisy Cleverley, Cal, midfielder

Betsy Hassett, Cal, midfielder

Softball

Monica Abbott, Salinas, pitcher

Valerie Arioto, Pleasanton/Cal (now lives in Walnut Creek), first base

Replacement player: Keilani Ricketts, San Jose, pitcher

Others

Michelle Cox, Australia, San Jose State, (2012-2015)

Emma Entzminger, Canada, San Jose State, (2015-2018)

Suzy Brookshire Gonzales, Mexico, San Jose State (2020)

Swimming

Women

Coach Greg Mehan, Stanford; assistant Teri McKeever Cal

Stanford

Katie Ledecky, 200, 400, 800, 1,500 and relays

Regan Smith, 100 back, 200 fly

Torri Huske (incoming), 100 fly

Simone Manuel, 50 free

Brooke Forde, 200 free relay

Taylor Ruck ‘22 (Canada), 100 back, 100 free, 200 back, 4X100 free relay

Cal

Abbey Weitzeil, 50 and 100 free

Katie McLaughlin, 200 free relay

Foreign

Alicia Wilson, Cal, United Kingdom

Ema Rajic Cal, Croatia

Stephanie Au, Cal, Hong Kong

Andi Murez, Stanford ‘13, Israel, 100 Free

Others

Haley Anderson, Santa Clara native/Granite Bay, open water

Men

Coach David Durden, Cal

Cal

Ryan Murphy, 100, 200 back

Bryce Mefford, 200 back

Andrew Seliskar, 200 free relay

Tom Shields, 100 fly

Zheng Wen Quah, Singapore

Hugo Gonzalez, Spain

Stanford

Andrei Minakov, Russia, 100 free, 100 fly

Ron Polonsky, Stanford (2021-present), Israel, 200 IM

Synchronized Swimming (now called Artistic swimming)

Duet/Based in Walnut Creek: Lindi Schroeder, Stanford (Andover, Mass.) and Anita Alvarez (Buffalo)

Alternate: Ruby Remati (Andover, Mass)

Table Tennis

Lily Zhang, Palo Alto/Cal

Kanak Jha, Milpitas

Nikhil Kumar, San Jose

Xin Zhou, Milpitas

Stefan Feth, Mountain View, national team coach

Track and field

Women

Valerie Allman, Stanford ‘17, discus

Elise Cranny, Stanford ‘18, 5,000

Robyn Stevens, SJSU, 20-K race walk

Men

Grant Fisher, Stanford 19, 5,000 and 10,000

Jacob Riley, Stanford ‘11, marathon

Others

Maddie Price, Hillsboro and Menlo School, Canada, 1,600 relay

Katerina Stefanidi, Stanford ‘12, Greece, pole vault

Malindi Elmore, Stanford ‘02, Canada, marathon

Mackenzie Little, Stanford ‘19, Australia, javelin

Steve Solomon, Stanford ‘16, Australia, 400

Camryn Rogers, Cal, Canada, hammer

Triathlon

Katie Zaferes, Santa Cruz

Volleyball

Women

Foluke Akinradewo, Gunderson, Stanford

Kathryn Plummer, Stanford, alternate

Men

Eric Shoji, libro, Stanford

Kawika Shoji, Stanford

Alternates

Taylor Averill, MB, Branham HS, San Jose

Ben Patch, (Mountain View Volleyball Club)

Nate Ngo, national team technical coordinator, San Francisco

Water polo

Women

Coach Adam Krikorian, Mountain View

Mackenize Fischer, Stanford

Aria Fischer, Stanford

Jamie Neushul, Stanford

Maggie Steffens, Danville, Stanford

Melissa Seidemann, Walnut Creek, Stanford

Maddie Musselman, Stanford

Foreign

Gurpreet Sohi, Stanford (2013-16), Canada

Emma Wright, Cal, Canada

Anna Illes, Cal, Hungary

Kitty Lynn Joustra, Cal, Netherlands

Roser Tarrago Cal, Spain

Clara Espar Llaquet, SJSU, Spain women’s water polo

Daniela Passoni, Cal State East Bay, South Africa vice-captain, goalkeeper

Men

Alex Bowen, Stanford

Luca Cupido, Cal

Ben Hallock, Stanford

Drew Holland, Orinda/Stanford

Johnny Hooper, Cal

Dylan Woodhead, San Anselmo/Stanford

Weightlifting

Wes Kitts, Livermore, 109 KG category

Wrestling

Jacarra Winchester, San Lorenzo High, 55KG 2019 world champion

Paralympics

(This list is rudimentary and should grow)

Para-Rowing

Danielle Hansen, PR3 mixed four with coxswain, Patterson

Charlie Nordin, PR 3 mixed four with coxswain, Alameda

Russell Gernaat, PR2 mixed double sculls, Redwood City

Parathiathlon

Mohamed Lahna, Morocco/College of San Mateo

Wheelchair rugby

Jeff Butler, headed to Stanford for MBA