Arizona Olympians: How our athletes have placed in Paris
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Bronze medalist Jade Carey celebrates after vault finals. Photo: Naomi Baker/Getty Images
Our locally connected Olympians are already tearing it up in Paris.
The big picture: Arizona sent a large athlete delegation to this year's summer games, and the Olympians have already won two medals and qualified to compete for many more.
🤸🏼♀️ Phoenix gymnast Jade Carey fell during the floor qualifying round and will not compete in the individual floor finals — the event she won gold in three years ago. Carey confirmed she was sick leading up to qualifying.
- She bounced back and qualified for vault finals, and won bronze in the event Saturday. She won gold with her USA teammates in last week's team competition.
🛹 Mesa skateboarder Jagger Eaton won silver in the street event Monday, finishing 0.1 points behind the gold medal winner, Yuto Horigome of Japan.
🏊 French swimmer Léon Marchand, who trained at ASU under the same coach who worked with Michael Phelps, ended his Olympic journey in Paris with four gold medals after finishing first in each event he competed in.
🏐 Miles Evans and Chase Budinger, the former UofA basketball star who became a professional volleyball player after retiring from the NBA, defeated an Australian beach volleyball duo Saturday and lost to a Norwegian team in the quarterfinals on Monday morning.
⛹🏾♀️ The USA women's basketball team — featuring Phoenix Mercury trio Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner and Kahleah Copper — defeated Germany Sunday. The team will play Nigeria in the quarterfinals Wednesday.
⛹🏾♂️ The USA men's basketball team defeated Puerto Rico Saturday. The team, including Suns' stars Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, will play Brazil in the quarterfinals Tuesday.
💔 Heartbreakers: Tempe skateboarder Paige Heyn came in sixth in the street finals after failing to land her final trick, a switch frontside Smith grind that has never been done in competition and would have almost guaranteed her a medal, her coach told the Arizona Republic.
- Gilbert swimmer Keaton Jones finished fifth in the 200-meter backstroke Wednesday and will come home without a medal.
- Tucson native Daleny Vaughn made the semifinals in the women's BMX racing event but failed to qualify for the finals.
- Phoenix cyclist Brandon McNulty took fifth in the individual time trial Saturday — the best finish by a U.S. athlete in the event since 2012. He finished 24th in the road race Saturday..
👀 What's next: Flagstaff runner Abdihamid Nur will compete in the 5,000 meter Wednesday and Tempe wrestler Kayla Miracle will compete in women's freestyle Friday.