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Penn State graduate to compete in 2024 Paris Olympics gymnastics

By WPXI.com News Staff

Sam Zakutney Penn State's Sam Zakutney competes on the parallel bars during an NCAA college gymnastics match, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, in University Park, Pa. (AP Photo/Corey Perrine) (Corey Perrine/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

By WPXI.com News Staff

A Penn State graduate is heading to Paris to compete in the Olympics.

Sam Zakutney will be a member of Team Canada’s men’s gymnastics team.

Zakutney is an Ottawa, Ontario native and competed as a Nittany Lion. During his time with Penn State, he was a three-time All-American and was the Big-Ten Conference Freshman of the Year in 2017.

He also took the gold in the 2019 Canadian Championships.

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