(RELATED: MSNBC's 'Chartthrob' Steve Kornacki Inks Mega-Deal)Speaking on Friday, Kornacki displayed statistics about the U.S.
team, which includes 613 total athletes, including 329 female athletes."A majority are women, the most women ever to represent any country at any Olympic Games in history," Kornacki noted.Many of the American athletes, 128, are competing in track and field categories, while 53 are in the swimming categories.
Not surprisingly, California has produced the most athletes for Team USA: 126. The state's Stanford University also sent the most athletes to Tokyo, Kornacki noted.The youngest American athlete at the Games is 15-year-old swimmer Katie Grimes, while the oldest is 57-year-old equestrian Phillip Dutton.