Paris 2024

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.

Ahead of the Paralympic Games, several Wisconsin athletes talk about their experiences playing wheelchair basketball for Team USA as they journey toward gold.

Wisconsin sprinter Kenny Bednarek won his second silver medal at the Summer Olympic Games on Thursday. 

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.

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…

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.

A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter takes us through the top names with Wisconsin connections in this year’s summer Olympics

“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.

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. 

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.