There are 18 Wisconsinites representing Team USA in 2024’s Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, which run July-September. Meet the competing athletes and learn about the sports they love through special coverage from Wisconsin Public Radio.
The Olympics will be held July 26–Aug. 11 and the Paralympics take place Aug. 28-Sept. 8.
Paris 2024
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Wisconsin wheelchair basketball athletes help Team USA clinch gold, silver medals
Wisconsinites helped propel Team USA to the medal podium this weekend, as the men’s wheelchair basketball team won gold and the women’s wheelchair basketball team clinched silver.
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Paris Paralympics: Wisconsin athletes seek another gold in wheelchair basketball
Ahead of the Paralympic Games, several Wisconsin athletes talk about their experiences playing wheelchair basketball for Team USA as they journey toward gold.
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Rice Lake sprinter Kenny Bednarek wins silver in the men’s 200m
Wisconsin sprinter Kenny Bednarek won his second silver medal at the Summer Olympic Games on Thursday.
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Wisconsin Badger, 2-time Olympian Phoebe Bacon says happy swimmers are fast swimmers
Phoebe Bacon has been swimming since she was 2 years old. Now, the 21-year-old is heading to her second Olympics to compete in the women’s 200m backstroke.
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Rice Lake sprinter Kenny Bednarek confident going into his second Olympic Games
Sprinter Kenny Bednarek can outrun the fastest athletes in the world. But, before the track and field star won a silver medal in the men’s 200 meter event in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, he was a kid racing his brother in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Now, he’s heading to his second Olympic Games…
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Wisconsin family sends fourth rower to the Olympics
Cindy and Nick Rusher of West Bend talk about their family’s rowing legacy and the team aspect of crew with “Wisconsin Today” ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Wisconsin athletes to watch in 2024 Olympics in Paris
A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter takes us through the top names with Wisconsin connections in this year’s summer Olympics
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Oshkosh native Tyrese Haliburton, former Buck Jrue Holiday aim for Olympic gold on Team USA
“All Things Considered” host Brady Carlson spoke with JR Radcliffe, trending sports reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, about the Wisconsin-connected players in the Summer Games.
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Wisconsin athletes, fans gear up for 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
They come from every corner of the state — from the Northwoods, to the state’s largest city, to a small village next to Lake Michigan. And now, they’re set to compete in a wide array of events, from basketball, to judo, to rowing, to weightlifting.
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Wisconsin fencer takes a stab at winning Olympic gold
She describes herself as a well-rounded fencer, playing both strong offense and defense, whatever the moment calls for. Vincenti competes with an epee, the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The entire body is a valid target area.