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Sunisa Lee Among 9 MN Athletes Headed To Paris Summer Olympics
In 2021, Minnesota gymnast Sunisa Lee stepped up for Team USA and won gold in Tokyo after Simone Biles withdrew from the competition.
ST. PAUL, MN — Nine athletes from Minnesota — gold medal gymnast Sunisa Lee — have qualified for the Paris Summer Olympic Games as Team USA continues to take shape.
In 2021, Lee stepped up for Team USA in Tokyo after Simone Biles withdrew from the competition. Biles took herself out of the event in order to focus on her mental health.
Looking ahead, 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.
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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.
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Back for a second time are three sports that debuted in the Tokyo Summer 2020 Olympics — sport climbing, skateboarding, and surfing.
Among the athletes who have qualified from Minnesota are:
- SPORT: Track and Field
- HOMETOWN: St. Francis, MN
Summer 2024 Paralympic Games
Paris also hosted the Olympics in 1900 and 1924. The Summer 2024 Paralympic Games, also held in Paris, will take place from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.
Athletes from Minnesota who have qualified for the Paralympic Games are:
- Paralympian 2012, 2016, 2020
- SPORT: Wheelchair Rugby
- HOMETOWN: Minneapolis, MN
- Paralympian 2020
- SPORT: Wheelchair Basketball
- HOMETOWN: Jordan, MN
- Paralympian 2020
- SPORT: Wheelchair Basketball
- HOMETOWN: Savage, MN
- SPORT: Para-Rowing
- HOMETOWN: Minneapolis, MN
- Paralympian 2012, 2016, 2020
- SPORT: Wheelchair Basketball
- HOMETOWN: Elysian, MN
- Paralympian 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022
- SPORT: Para Nordic Skiing, Para Track and Field
- HOMETOWN: Park Rapids, MN
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.
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