How To Cheer On Union County's Olympians

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Want to cheer on your Union County natives competing in the Olympics in Rio?

Westfield's Nicholas Delpopolo will be competing in Judo, Men's 73 kg, on Monday, Aug. 8 which begins at 9 a.m. The exact time on when he will compete will be determined as it gets closer.

He is returning after being expelled from the 2012 Olympics for testing positive cannabis after eating a pot brownie.

• SEE RELATED: Westfield’s Judoka Won’t Let Pot Brownie Define Him, Returns To The Olympics

Sydney McLaughlin, Union Catholic High School Class of 2017 of Scotch Plains, will also be competing in Track & field for the Women's 400m hurdles on Monday, Aug. 15. The exact time on when she will compete will be determined as it gets closer.

For more information on Delpopolo visit https://www.olympic.org/nichol...

For more information on the Olympics visit https://www.rio2016.com/en

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