Paris Summer Olympics 2024: 3 Prince George's Athletes Qualify So Far

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — Three athletes from Prince George's County have qualified for the Paris Summer Olympic Games as Team USA continues to take shape.

More than 10,500 athletes from around the world will compete in the Paris Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, between the opening ceremony on July 26 and the closing ceremony on Aug 11.

Included among the 32 sports are gymnastics, swimming, diving, track and field, archery, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, golf, tennis and wrestling.

One new sport — breaking, described by the Olympics as a “young, acrobatic and urban sport” with American roots — will be added this year.

Back for a second time are three sports that debuted in the Tokyo Summer 2020 Olympics — sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing.

The athletes who have qualified from Prince George's County are so far:

Juliette Whittaker, 20, of Laurel. She attended Stanford University will be competing in track.

Career highlights:

• 2023 - NCAA indoor distance medley relay champion
• 2023- Pac-12 800m champion

Jahmal Harvey, 21, of Oxon Hill. He grew up playing football and was introduced to boxing by his football coach; he will be competing in boxing at the Olympics. He qualified for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 by winning gold at the Pan American Games Santiago 2023.

World Championships experience:

• Most recent: 2021 – gold (57kg - Men)
• Years of participation: 57kg - Men 2021
• Medals: 1 (1 gold)
• Gold – 2021 (57kg - Men)

Career highlights:

• Pan American Games, Santiago, 2023 (57kg - Men)

Kevin Durant, 35, of Laurel. He attended the University of Texas and will be competing in basketball. Durant has played on 12 U.S. basketball teams. He has compiled a 46-3 overall record and won four gold medals in FIBA events. He ranks among the all-time career Team USA statistical leaders.

Olympic experience:

• 3-time Olympian; 3-time Olympic medalist (3 gold)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold (Team - Men)
• Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, gold (Team - Men)
• Olympic Games London 2012, gold (Team - Men)

Career highlights:

• Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the second overall pick of the 2007 NBA Draft
• Has played his 16 NBA seasons with Oklahoma City/Seattle (2007-16), Golden State (2016-19), Brooklyn (2020-23) and Phoenix
• Two-time NBA Champion and NBA Finals MVP (2018, 2017) with the Golden State Warriors
• Awarded NBA MVP honors in 2014
• Four-time NBA scoring champion (2009-12, 2014)
• Honors include 13-time NBA All-Star (2010-19, 2021-23), two-time NBA All-Star Game MVP (2019, 2012), six-time All-NBA First Team (2010-14, 2018), four-time All-NBA Second Team (2022, 2019, 2017, 2016), NBA Rookie of the Year (2008), NBA 75th Anniversary Team, among others
• Became just the eighth player in NBA history to win three consecutive scoring titles
• Averaged 30.1 points a game in 2009-2010 to become the youngest player ever to lead the NBA in scoring

World Championships experience:

• Most recent: 2010 – gold (Team - Men)
• Years of participation: Team - Men 2010
• Medals: 1 (1 gold)
• Gold – 2010 (Team - Men)

More qualifying events will be held in the coming weeks.

The full schedule of events and competitions is found on the Olympics website.

NBC and its affiliated channels again have exclusive U.S. broadcasting rights. The network has said it will provide at least nine hours of daytime coverage during the Paris Games, including live broadcasts of favorite event finals. The NBC streaming service Peacock will provide coverage of every sport and event. The full broadcast and streaming schedules haven’t been announced yet.