Paris Summer Olympics 2024: 2 RI Athletes Qualify So Far

RHODE ISLAND — Two athletes from Rhode Island 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.

Among the athletes who have qualified from Rhode Island are:

• Emily Kallfelz, of Jamestown, who is on the rowing team
• Stuart McNay, of Providence, who is on the sailing team. This will McNay's fifth time qualifying, having made his Olympic debut in 2008.

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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