Georgia athletes to watch at the 2024 Paris Olympics
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Brody Malone at a gymnastics training session ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris. Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
Olympians from across Georgia are lacing up their cleats and taking their marks at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Why it matters: France is a long way from home. These homegrown heroes need to hear our cheers across the Atlantic Ocean.
Catch up quick: We've told you about soccer stars Caleb Wiley and Emily Sonnett and tennis ace Coco Gauff, who's carrying the U.S. flag at Friday's opening ceremony.
Here are other Olympians from Georgia to watch:
🏃🏾♀ Track and field: Jasmine Jones, a Greater Atlanta Christian School alum and NCAA national champion, placed third in the women's 400 meter hurdles at the Olympic Trials in June.
🎯 Shooting: Katelyn Abeln of Douglasville battled a nasty cold to earn a spot on the U.S. air pistol team, according to Team USA. She started practicing shooting at the age of 12 in her basement.
- William Hinton of Dacula is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army and an instructor in the Marksmanship Unit shotgun team. He's stationed at Fort Moore near Columbus.
🧗♀️ Climbing: Kennesaw State University student Emma Hunt is the first U.S. woman to qualify for the Olympics' speed climbing category, which was added to the games in 2020.
- The Woodstock native started scaling walls at the age of 5, 11 Alive reports, and broke the U.S. record for women's speed climbing in April.
🤸♀️ Gymnastics: Gymnast Brody Malone, a two-time national championship gold medal winner, bounced back from a 2023 knee injury to score a spot on Team USA.
- Malone was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, but considers Rockmart, Georgia, home, according to NBC.
- When not spinning, twisting and tumbling, the Stanford University graduate hunts, fishes and enjoys rodeo.
🏀 Basketball: Marietta's Dearica Hamby takes a break from playing forward for the Los Angeles Sparks to represent Team USA in the 3x3 division.
What's next: The 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony will be live on NBC and Peacock at 1:30pm ET.
- Prime-time coverage will begin at 7:30pm ET.
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