D.C.-area athletes to watch at the Paris 2024 Olympics
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The DMV's Olympians are in Paris getting ready for the opening ceremony Friday afternoon — stars including seven-time, gold-winning swimmer Katie Ledecky and basketballer Kevin Durant.
Why it matters: There are 19 Olympians from the Washington region to root for in this year's games, which run through Aug. 11.
By the numbers: We have three swimmers joining Bethesda's Ledecky — Phoebe Bacon from Chevy Chase, Erin Gemmell from Potomac, and Torri Huske from Arlington.
- The area is well represented in U.S. national team soccer players: Kevin Paredes (South Riding, Virginia) and Griffin Yow (Clifton, Virginia) playing for the men's team and Emily Fox (Ashburn, Virginia) in the women's squad.
- Wrestler Helen Maroulis of Rockville, Maryland, is back for her third Olympics. In 2016, she became the first American woman to win the gold medal in freestyle wrestling.
Zoom in: Bethesda fencer Tatiana Nazlymov went to Georgetown Day School and picked up the sport when she was 9. She grew up fencing at her family's club in Bethesda, Nazlymov Fencing.
- The 19-year-old Princeton student is scheduled to compete on Monday and Saturday.
She told Axios last month that she's trying to keep the pressure low and focus on taking it all in. "I still have a lot of career ahead of me if I want to," said Nazlymov. "I'm really just there to enjoy the experience."
- That being said, she is excited about sightseeing in Paris — and the food, of course.
Full list:
💧 Greg Duncan (Oakton, Virginia): Diving — Synchronized 3m Springboard.
🤺 Hadley Husisian (Oakton): Fencing — Women's Épée Individual, Women's Épée Team.
🤺 Kat Holmes (D.C.): Fencing — Women's Team Épée
🚣♀️ Claire Collins (McLean, Virginia): Rowing — Women's Eight.
🚣♂️ Christian Tabash (Alexandria): Rowing —Men's Eight.
⚽️ Emily Fox (Ashburn): Women's soccer.
⚽️ Kevin Paredes (South Riding): Men's soccer.
⚽️ Griffin Yow (Clifton): Men's soccer.
🏊♀️ Torri Huske (Arlington): Swimming — Women's 100m Freestyle, Women's 100m Butterfly.
🏃♂️➡️ Quincy Wilson (Potomac): Track and Field — Men's 4 x 100m Relay
🏃♂️➡️ Noah Lyles (Alexandria): Track and Field — Men's 100m, Men's 200m, Men's 4 x 100m Relay.
🏀 Kevin Durant (Prince George's County, Maryland): Men's basketball (5x5).
🥊 Jahmal Harvey (Oxon Hill, Maryland): Boxing — Men's 57kg.
🤺 Tatiana Nazlymov (Bethesda): Fencing — Women's Sabre Individual, Women's Sabre Team.
🏊♀️ Phoebe Bacon (Chevy Chase): Swimming — Women's 200m Backstroke.
🏊♀️ Erin Gemmell (Potomac): Swimming — Women's 200m Freestyle.
🏊♀️ Katie Ledecky (Bethesda): Swimming — Women's 1500m Freestyle, Women's 800m Freestyle, Women's 400m Freestyle.
🏊♀️ Masai Russell (Upper Marlboro, MD): Track and Field — Women's 100m Hurdles.
🤼♀️ Helen Maroulis (Rockville): Wrestling — Women's Freestyle 57kg.
Between the lines: Not included in this list are athletes who've made D.C. their hometown or Olympians representing other nations.