BUFFALO, N.Y. — As the Olympics get underway in Tokyo, we're celebrating Western New York and our local Olympians.
Matt Anderson competed twice this weekend with the U.S. men's volleyball team. They won one against France and lost one to the Russian Olympic Committee late Sunday night.
2 On Your Side caught up with Matt Anderson's mom at a watch party Sunday night at Rusty Buffalo.
"I'm very proud of him, I'm very happy they played wonderfully yesterday [Saturday]. I hope they continue this and let's go USA," said Nancy Anderson.
Nancy Anderson also said that she enjoyed traveling to his last two Olympic appearances in London and Rio, and would have been in Tokyo if there weren't restrictions for visitors, but was enjoying the party back home nonetheless.
Another Western New Yorker competing in Tokyo is tennis player Jessie Pegula. She tweeted Sunday after her doubles win "got the dub" following her first doubles match with Bethanie Mattek-Sands against Poland.
Meanwhile, artistic swimmer and Western New York native Anita Alvarez and her teammate Lindi Schroeder both left for Tokyo this weekend. Schroeder posted a photo on Instagram Sunday night of the pair on the plane headed to Tokyo.
Their first day of competition August 2.
Alvarez is also the star of a new Airbnb commercial. You can watch the full commercial here.