Meet the New Yorkers Competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics

NEW YORK CITY, NY — New Yorkers deserve a medal for just getting through the week — events include long jumping over sidewalk "water" puddles, sprinting through closing subway doors and shot-putting a variety of items in frustration — but 11 will actually be competing for Olympic medals this summer in Rio de Janeiro.

The 11 athletes from New York City will be competing in five different sports: basketball, fencing, gymnastics, swimming and track and field. Oh, and avoiding the Zika virus, widespread protest against the games and incredibly polluted water.

Meet the athletes that will make NYC proud at the Olympics (pictures displayed above names):

Carmelo Anthony, basketball: Let's start out with the most recognizable of the bunch. Anthony, a two-time gold medalist, will be competing in his fourth Olympics this summer. It will be nice for Anthony to play in a meaningful game, unlike during his normal job as the franchise player of the lowly New York Knicks.

Tina Charles, baksetball: Charles, like Anthony, also plays professional basketball in New York as the center for the New York Liberty. She's also a gold medalist, winning with the team during the 2012 Olympics. Charles is from Queens, and played her high school ball at Christ the King High School.

Miles Chamley-Watson, fencing: Chamley-Watson was born in London but will represent Team USA in the Olympics for the second time. In 2013, he won a gold medal in the world championships, becoming the first U.S. men's fencer to do so.

Daryl Homer, fencing: Homer, who is from the Bronx, will be competing in his second Olympics. He was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands and moved to New York City when he was 5. In 2015, Homer became the first man from the United States to medal in the saber fencing world championships.

Nzingha Prescod, fencing: Prescod, of Brooklyn, will be competing in her second Olympics after qualifying for the 2012 Olympics when she was a 19-year-old. Prescod graduated from Stuyvesant High School and became the first African-American woman to win an individual medal at the senior world championships in 2015.

Alisa Kano, gymnastics: Kano, born in Japan, will represent the United States for the first time in 2016. Kano is a graduate of Gramercy Arts High School. At the 2015 world championships Kano was part of the six-person team that finished 13th in rhythmic gymnastics, earning the United States its first-ever Olympic berth in the event.

Kristen Shaldybin, gymnastics: Shaldybin, of Brooklyn, was a team member with Kano on the 2015 world championship rhythmic gymnastics team that earned the United States its first-ever Olympic berth in the event. Shaldybin was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

Lia Neal, swimming: Neal won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics in London as part of the 4x100 meter relay team. The Brooklyn native is back on the squad for the 2016 Olympics. Four years later, she still has what it takes, as she won bronze in the 2015 world championships 4x100 meter freestyle event.

Natasha Hastings, track and field: Hastings is one of the New York Olympians who won a gold medal in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Hastings won her gold as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team. The Brooklyn native is a graduate of A. Philip Randolph High School in Manhattan.

Deajah Stevens, track and field: Stevens, of Bayside, will be competing in her first Olympic games. She's the first active female student-athlete from the University of Oregon to make the Olympic team. Stevens runs the 200-meter sprint and finished second in the Olympic Trials this year to earn her spot on the team.

Dalilah Muhammad, track and field: Muhammad, like Stevens, is from Bayside and competing in her first Olympic Games. The Benjamin N. Cardozo High School graduate qualified for the 400-meter hurdles event. Muhammad won a silver medal in the 2013 world championships.

[Photo: Wikimedia commons / Headshots: Team USA]