PARIS, France — The Paris 2024 Olympics are underway in France, and Hoosier athletes are already competing to represent Team USA. In fact, the first two medals the United States won came from Indiana athletes.
Here is how the athletes with Indiana connections did on Saturday, July 27:
Sarah Bacon
The first medals for Team USA came in the 3-meter synchronized springboard with Indianapolis native and Cardinal Ritter High School graduate Sarah Bacon and her partner, Kassidy Cook. The pair won silver in the competition, losing to Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen, of China, who won that nation's sixth consecutive gold medal.
Bacon had intended to retire from the sport after 2021 Olympics but narrowly missed making the Tokyo team. After taking a few months off, she reconsidered and resumed training under her college coach, Wenbo Chen, of Minnesota.
Her second event at the 2024 Paris Olympics is the 3m springboard, with the preliminary round scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Aug. 7. The 18 divers with the best scores will advance to the semifinal.
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Chloé Dygert
It was a heartbreaking but inspiring day for Brownsburg's Chloé Dygert. She won bronze in the Women's Road Cycling individual time trial. The 27-year-old crashed on the course, which was wet with rain. Despite the fall, she finished less than a second behind the silver medalist Anna Henderson, of Great Britain. Australia's Grace Brown took home the gold.
Dygert experienced muscle spasms after the race and had to be assisted through the mixed zone, where athletes are interviewed after events.
She is still scheduled for the road race in Paris, which starts at 8 a.m. ET on Sunday, Aug. 4.
Dygert's third Olympic event is the team pursuit, with qualifying scheduled to start at 11:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 6.
Aaron Shackell
Carmel's Aaron Shackell competed in the men's 400m freestyle swimming competition. He is one of eight swimmers who qualified for the final, with a time of 3:45.45. He represented Team USA and finished in eighth place with a time of 3:47.00.
Chris Guiliano
Notre Dame's Chris Guiliano competed Saturday in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay. He helped Team USA win their first gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics, with the second fastest time on the four-man relay team at 47.33.
On Sunday, July 28, Guiliano will compete in the 200m freestyle.
Guiliano is competing in the 100m freestyle on Tuesday, July 30, with the heats starting at 5:15 a.m. ET. He will be in the ninth heat, with the 16 fastest from the heats advancing to the semifinals. The semifinals are then scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m. ET that same day, with the eight fastest advancing to the final.
Also on Tuesday, July 30, Guiliano will be part of the men's 4x200m freestyle relay team. The United States will compete in the first heat at 7:08 a.m. ET, with the eight fastest teams from the heats advancing to the final. The final is scheduled for 4:01 p.m. ET that same day.
Guiliano's fifth and final event is the 50m freestyle, with heats scheduled to begin at 5:16 a.m. ET Thursday, Aug. 1. Guiliano is in the 10th heat, and the 16 fastest will advance to the semifinals, which are scheduled that same day at 2:44 p.m. ET.
Matt King
IU's Matt King posted the second fastest time for Team USA in the qualifying heat for the men's 4x100m freestyle relay, with 48.40. The team came in fourth in that round. King didn't race in the final, but since he helped the team qualify, King gets a gold medal for the team win!
Matt Anderson
Zionsville's Matt Anderson is hoping to bring home another medal in men's volleyball. He won bronze in the 2020 Olympics.
Team USA faced Argentina in the beginning of Pool C play. Team USA took the match 3-0, with Anderson scoring 7 points.
They will move on to face Germany on Tuesday, July 30 at 7 a.m. ET.
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Andrew Nembhard
Indiana Pacers' Andrew Nembhard, who is representing Canada at the Olympics, played 14 minutes and scored 2 points in the team's 86-79 victory over Greece in Group A play.
Canada's next game in group play against Australia on Tuesday, July 30. Tipoff is set for 7:30 a.m. ET.
Trey Lyles
Trey Lyles, who grew up in Indianapolis and went to Arsenal Tech High School, is also representing Canada at the Olympics. He played 14 minutes but did not score in the team's 86-79 victory over Greece in Group A play.
Canada's next game in group play against Australia on Tuesday, July 30. Tipoff is set for 7:30 a.m. ET.
Eszter Muhari
Notre Dame's Eszter Muhari, who is representing Hungary at the 2024 Paris Olympics, won a bronze medal in the épée individual.
In the semifinals, Muhari lost to France's Auriane Mallo 15-9 before defeating Estonia's DIFFERT Nelli Nelli Differt 15-14 in the bronze medal match.
