Maryland is one of the best-represented states at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics with 25 athletes.

The Olympics ran from July 24 to Aug. 11, and the Paralympics are set for Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.

After 19 days of competition, Marylanders finished with a total of 14 medals and six gold medals. If the state was its own country, it would tie with Hungary for 14th place in the gold medal race and place just ahead of Sweden and Kenya in total medals.

Basketball

Kevin Durant, Suitland

Although Kevin Durant is best known as a two-time champion and 2014 NBA MVP, he’s also been a mainstay of the Olympic men’s basketball team, helping it win gold in 2012, 2016 and 2020. In London, Durant set a record for points scored in an Olympic tournament with 156. The small forward holds the record for most points scored for the Olympic team with 435 points, an average of 19.7 across three Olympic tournaments.

If Durant can lead the U.S. to another gold medal, not only will he become the most decorated men’s basketball Olympian but he’ll also become the first American man to win four gold medals in a team sport.

When to watch: Men’s group C pool play on July 28 at 11:15 a.m. on NBC vs. Serbia (replay at 5 p.m.), July 31 at 3 p.m. on USA vs. South Sudan (replay on Aug. 1 at 1 a.m.), Aug. 3 at 11:15 a.m. on NBC vs. Puerto Rico (replay at 6 p.m.). Men’s quarterfinals will take place Aug. 6. Gold medal match on Aug. 10 at 3:30 p.m. on NBC.

Results

July 28: Durant showed off with an electric performance in his first game with USA Basketball this summer, after missing the exhibition games with a calf strain. He came off the bench to score 23 points on 8-for-9 shooting and a 5-for-5 showing from 3 in just 17 minutes. USA beat Serbia 110-84.

July 31: Team USA beat South Sudan 103-86 to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals, with Durant contributing 14 points, two rebounds and three assists. Durant went 2-for-5 from the floor, making both of his 3-point attempts. He added eight points at the free-throw line.

Aug. 3: The United States beat Puerto Rico 104-83 to go undefeated in Group C play. Durant added 11 points, four rebounds and three assists.

Aug. 6: With 11 points in his team’s 122-87 quarterfinal victory over Brazil, Durant surpassed women’s basketball legend Lisa Leslie for the most Olympic points for Team USA. Durant has 489 career points with at least one more game in Paris.

Aug. 8: Durant put up nine points and three rebounds as Team USA pulled off a comeback against Serbia to win 95-91 and advance to the gold-medal game.

Aug. 9: The U.S. won the gold medal, beating France 98-87 to completed an undefeated Olympics. Durant contributed 15 points, four rebounds and four assists.

Track and field

Masai Russell, Potomac

Event: 100-meter hurdles

After a decorated college career at Kentucky, Masai Russell is bound for her first Olympics. The Potomac native wowed at the track and field trials, winning the 100-meter hurdles in just 12.25 seconds, the fastest time in the world in 2024. Her time also broke the USA Olympic trials record set in 2000.

In her five years at Kentucky, Russell collected dozens of medals and honors, including three silver medals at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships. The 24-year-old was an 11-time All-American and a 2023 Bowerman Award semifinalist.

As a student at Bullis High School, Russell was the top-ranked hurdler in the 300-meter event four straight years and was the 2018 Gatorade Athlete of the Year.

When to watch: Preliminary rounds on Aug. 7 at 4 a.m. on Peacock and 4:30 a.m. on USA, Aug. 8 at 4 a.m. on USA and Peacock (replay at 9:00 am on NBC), Aug. 9 at 4 a.m. on Peacock (replay at 10:15 am on NBC). Finals on Aug. 10 at 1:35 p.m. on Peacock.

Results: Aug. 7: Russell finished first in her heat and tied for third overall to qualify for the 100m hurdles semifinals on Aug. 9.

Aug. 9: Russell finished second in her heat and fourth overall in the semifinals to advance to the 100m hurdles final on Saturday.

Aug. 10: Russell won gold in the 100-meter hurdles, beating France’s Cyréna Samba-Mayela by one-hundredth of a second.

Isabella Whittaker, Laurel

Event: 4x400m relay

Track runs in Isabella Whittaker’s family. Her father is the coach at Mount de Sales, her older brother Alex ran at Yale and her younger sister, Juliette, is joining her in Paris on Team USA. Isabella, who goes by Bella, competed at Penn. In her senior season, she broke five Ivy League all-meet records, including the outdoor 400 meters, which was previously set in 1990.

Even after a back injury in 2021, Bella continued competing at the highest level. She’s a three-time Ivy League champion. In high school, she was ranked in the top 10 nationally in the 200, 300 and 500 meters.

When to watch: Preliminary heat Aug. 9 at 4 a.m. on USA and Peacock (replay at 10:15 a.m. on NBC). Finals on Aug. 10 at 12:30 p.m. on Peacock and NBC.

Results: Aug. 9: Whittaker was not selected out of the player pool to run in the 4x400m relay prelims.

Juliette Whittaker, Laurel

Event: 800 meters

Juliette Whittaker set a personal best and university record during the track and field trials with a 1:58.45 time in the 800-meter finals. She placed third, high enough to qualify for the Olympics, where she’ll room with older sister Bella. When she was a senior at Mount de Sales, Juliette was the 2021-22 Baltimore Sun High School Girls Athlete of the Year and broke the high school record for the outdoor 800 meters in 2022 to become a U20 champion.

Most recently, the Stanford sophomore won the NCAA title for the 800 meters in both the indoor and outdoor races, the first woman to do so since 2017.

When to watch: Preliminary heat Aug. 2 at 11:40 a.m. on Peacock, Aug. 3 at 4 a.m. on E! Network and Peacock, semifinals on Aug. 4 at 12:30 p.m. on Peacock and 1 p.m. on USA and Telemundo.

Results: Aug. 2: Whittaker placed third in her heat of the 800 meters, qualifying for the semifinals on Sunday.

Aug. 3: Whittaker moved on to the finals by finishing third in her semifinal with a personal-best time of 1:57.76.

Aug. 5: Whittaker finished seventh in the 800m finals, finishing the race nearly a second slower than she did in the semifinals.

Quincy Wilson, Bowie

Event: 4x400 relay

The 16-year-old runner from the Bullis School became the youngest male track athlete to reach the Olympics in history when he was named a member of the 4x400-relay pool. Quincy Wilson broke the under-18 world record for the 400 meters in the opening round of the Olympic trials and then broke his own record in the semifinals. He even got an invite from basketball legend and new Commanders owner Magic Johnson to watch a game with him.

Wilson finished sixth in the 400-meter finals at the trials and missed out on qualifying as an individual but was named to the track roster on July 9. Paris is likely just the beginning of a long and successful Olympic run for the teenager.

When to watch: Preliminary heat on Aug. 9 at 4 a.m. on Peacock and USA and 10:15 a.m. on NBC. Finals on Aug. 10 at 3 p.m. on Peacock.

Results: Aug. 9: Wilson led off for Team USA in the 4x400m relay preliminary heat, helping them finish third overall and advance to the final on Saturday.

Aug. 10: Although he didn’t run in the final, Wilson became the youngest male Olympic track and field gold medalist after the United States won the 4x400 relay due to his participation in the preliminary heat.

Thea LaFond, Silver Spring (Dominica)

Event: triple jump

Originally from the Caribbean island of Dominica, Thea LaFond and her family immigrated to the United States when she was 5 years old and settled in Maryland when she was 7. LaFond was a part of the track and field team at John F. Kennedy High School and went on to compete at the University of Maryland. After college, LaFond returned to Kennedy where she worked as a special education and math teacher.

She competed in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics but did not medal. In 2022, she stepped away from teaching to train full-time in the triple jump. She trains at the Columbia Cricket and Sports Complex. Earlier this year, she won gold in the triple jump at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, becoming the first person from her country to win a World Championships medal.

Results: Aug. 3: LaFond made history for Dominica, winning the country’s first Olympic medal with a gold medal in the triple jump. Her distance of 15.02 meters is a new national record for the country.

Nicole Yeargin, Bowie (Great Britain)

Event: women’s 4x400m relay, mixed 4x400m relay

Nicole Yeargin was born and raised in Maryland, but her mother was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, which allowed her to compete for Great Britain at the Olympics and other international competitions. Yeargin went to Bishop McNamara High School in Prince George’s County and then ran competitively in college at Kent State and USC from 2018-2021.

Results: Aug. 3: Yeargin ran in the 4x400m mixed relay heats, helping Great Britain qualify for the finals and win a bronze medal.

Aug. 10: Yeargin ran the second leg of the 4x400m women’s relay and won another bronze medal.

Swimming

Phoebe Bacon, Chevy Chase

Event: 200-meter backstroke

The 21-year-old out of Chevy Chase returns for her second Olympics. In Tokyo, Phoebe Bacon finished fifth in the 200-meter backstroke, but this time she’s coming off a strong senior season at Wisconsin. In March, Bacon won a national title for her 1:48.23 200-meter backstroke, a personal best. In 2023, she was an All-American and the Big Ten Swimmer of the Year.

Bacon also represented Team USA at the 2022 World Championships, where she won a silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke.

When to watch: Preliminary heat on Aug. 1 at 5 a.m. on Peacock and USA and 10:15 a.m. on NBC. Semifinals at 2:30 p.m. on Peacock.

Results: Aug. 1: Bacon finished fourth overall in the 200 backstroke preliminary round, less than a second off the first-place time. In the semifinals, she finished first overall to move on to the finals on Aug. 2 at 2:36 p.m. on Peacock.

Aug. 2: Bacon finished just shy of the podium in the 200 backstroke, 0.04 seconds behind the third-place finisher.

Erin Gemmell, Potomac

Event: 4x200 freestyle relay, 200m freestyle

The daughter of Katie Ledecky’s former coach, Erin Gemmell will make her Olympic debut in Paris, swimming in the 4x100 freestyle relay. The Potomac native, who dressed up as Ledecky for Halloween as a child, is now one of her teammates. Gemmell, a freshman at Texas, is already a four-time Big 12 champion. She also won two gold medals in 2019 at the World Junior Championships.

When to watch: Preliminary heat July 27 at 5 a.m. on USA and 10 a.m. on NBC. Finals on July 27 at 2:30 p.m. on NBC and Peacock.

Results: July 28: Gemmell swam the 11th fastest time in the 200m freestyle preliminary heats to move on to the next round, but finished ninth in the semifinals, one spot shy of making the finals.

Aug. 1: In the 4x200 freestyle relay prelims, Gemmell was the fastest of the U.S. swimmers, helping them finish first in their heat and fourth overall in the first round. Gemmell anchored the race in the finals, helping USA secure the silver medal alongside her childhood hero.

Chase Kalisz, Fallston

Event: 400-meter individual medley

Chase Kalisz, a Fallston native, is back for his third Olympics. His specialty is the 400 individual medley, a race that requires swimmers to go 100 meters of each of the four strokes. He won a gold medal in the race in Tokyo and a silver medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

The fact that Kalisz will be going to his third Olympics is miraculous. A rare neurological disorder put him in a medically induced coma for a week when he was 8. More than 20 years later, Kalisz has two Olympic medals and is chasing a third in one of the most challenging swims.

When to watch: Preliminary heat on July 28 at 5 a.m. on Peacock and USA and at 7:15 and 10:15 a.m. on NBC. Finals on July 28 at 2:30 p.m. on NBC and Peacock.

Results: July 28: Kalisz finished 11th in the preliminaries with a time of 4:13 for the 400 individual medley and did not move on to the finals.

Katie Ledecky, Bethesda

Events: 1,500-meter freestyle, 800-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle, 4x200 freestyle relay

The most-decorated female swimmer of all time returns for her fourth Olympics. Katie Ledecky is famous for her long-distance swimming; she holds the top 14 times in the 1,500-meter freestyle and 29 of the top 30 times for the 800-meter freestyle. At the Olympic trials in June, Ledecky finished 20 seconds ahead of the second-place swimmer in the 1,500. She also won the 400 and 800 freestyle races.

The Bethesda native has the rare power to turn a country of ambivalent swimming viewers into rabid fans of long-distance swimming every four years. Ledecky has 10 Olympic medals — seven gold and three silver — and she’s favored to win even more in Paris.

When to watch: 400m freestyle preliminary heat July 27 at 5:00 a.m. on Peacock and 7:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. on NBC. 400m finals July 27 at 2:30 p.m. on NBC and Peacock. 1,500m freestyle preliminary heat July 30 at 5 a.m. on Peacock and 10:45 a.m. on NBC. 1,500m finals July 31 at 2:30 p.m. on Peacock. 800m freestyle preliminary heat Aug. 2 at 5 a.m. on Peacock (replay at 10 a.m. on NBC). 800m freestyle finals Aug. 3 at 2:30 p.m. on Peacock.

Results: July 27: Ledecky finished first in her heat for the 400-meter freestyle with a time of 4:02.19, the fastest time recorded in the three heats. Australia’s Ariarne Titmus was 0.27 seconds behind. In the final, Titmus turned on the jets and won the gold with a time of 3:57.49. Ledecky made the medal podium at 4:00.86, good enough to secure the bronze.

July 30: Ledecky wowed in the 1,500-meter prelims, finishing nearly three seconds ahead of the second-fastest time and a whole 17 seconds ahead of anyone else in her heat.

July 31: Ledecky set an Olympic record, beating the one she set in 2021 by more than 5 seconds in the 1,500-meter freestyle final. She won her second medal of the games and first gold. Ledecky finished 10 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Ledecky now has 12 Olympic medals and eight gold, with two races left in Paris.

Aug. 1: Ledecky swam the third leg of the 4x200 relay, doing everything in her power to help the U.S. catch Australia, decreasing the deficit by about a second. Ultimately, the Americans finished second and Ledecky earned her 13th Olympic medal, the most by any American woman.

Aug. 2: Ledecky finished first in the 800m freestyle prelims, a whole 1.86 seconds ahead of the next fastest swimmer, American Paige Madden, and more than three seconds ahead of Australian rival Ariarne Titmus. Ledecky will swim in her final race in Paris at 3:28 p.m. tomorrow.

Aug. 3: Ledecky won the gold medal in the 800 freestyle, becoming the second swimmer to win gold in the same event in four consecutive games. The other is, of course, fellow Maryland native Michael Phelps. Ledecky finished her Olympic run with four medals, two golds, a silver and a bronze.

Fencing

Tatiana Nazlymov, Bethesda

Event: sabre

Fencing runs in the Nazlymov family and, at just 19 years old, Tatiana Nazlymov is continuing the family legacy. Her grandfather, Vladimir Nazlymov, was a 10-time world champion and three-time Olympic gold medal winner for the USSR. Her parents founded Nazlymov Fencing in Bethesda to teach the sport to others.

Now, Nazlymov will compete in the Paris Olympics in the sabre event. The Princeton freshman has competed with Team USA since 2022, most recently helping the sabre team place seventh in the world championship.

When to watch: Elimination round on July 29 at 3 a.m. on Peacock and 12:15 p.m. on E! Network. Sabre finals on July 29 at 1 p.m. on Peacock (replay on E! Network at 5 p.m.).

Results: July 29: Nazlymov fell 15-14 in the elimination round to Sebin Choi of South Korea.

Boxing

Jahmal Harvey, Oxon Hill

Event: 57kg

Jahmal Harvey began boxing after his former football coach introduced him to the sport. Despite being just 21, Harvey has been competing with Team USA for eight years at the junior and youth levels. The Oxon Hill native qualified for his first Olympics by placing first in his event in the 2023 Pan American Games.

In 2021, Harvey was a gold medalist at the 2021 Elite World Championships at just 18, the first American male to win an elite title since 2007.

When to watch: First round on July 28 at 5 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Peacock (replay at 4:45 p.m. on CNBC). Quarterfinals on July 31 at 5 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Peacock.

Results: As the No. 3 overall seed, Harvey received a bye for the round of 32.

July 31: Harvey beat Brazilian Luiz Gabriel Oliveira in the round of 16 to move on to the quarterfinals on Aug. 3.

Aug. 3: Harvey lost on points to Seittbek Uulu of Kyrgystan in the quarterfinals, eliminating him from medal contention.

Wrestling

Aaron Brooks, Hagerstown

Event: 86 kg

A four-time national champion, Aaron Brooks qualified for his first Olympics by beating the reigning gold medalist in his weight category. Brooks was a dominant wrestler for Penn State. On top of his championships, he won the Hodge Award for the best collegiate wrestler in 2024.

Before college, Brooks amassed a 163-2 record at North Hagerstown High School and won a U17 wrestling title.

When to watch: Elimination round Aug. 8 at 5 a.m. on Peacock. Semifinals at 12:15 p.m. on Peacock. Bronze medal match is Aug. 9 at 12:15 p.m. on Peacock.

Results: Aug. 8: Brooks beat Azamat Dauletbekov of Kazakhstan and Japan’s Hayato Ishiguro in the first two rounds before falling in the semifinals to Bulgaria’s Magomed Ramazanov. Brooks competes for the bronze medal on Aug. 9 at 12:15 p.m. on Peacock.

Aug. 9: Brooks defeated Javrail Shapiev of Uzbekistan 5-0 to win bronze, his first Olympic medal.

Helen Maroulis, Rockville

Event: 57kg

Helen Maroulis will become the first American woman to wrestle at three Olympic Games. This isn’t the first time Maroulis made history. In 2016, she became the first American female wrestler to win a gold medal in the Olympics.

Despite suffering a series of concussions and being diagnosed with PTSD after the Rio Olympics, she returned for the Tokyo Olympics and won a bronze medal.

When to watch: Elimination round Aug. 8 at 5 a.m. on Peacock (replay at 11 a.m. on USA). Finals on Aug. 9 at 12:15 p.m. on Peacock (replay at 5 p.m. on USA).

Results: Aug. 8: Maroulis defeated India’s Anshu Malik and Ukraine’s Alina Akobiia this morning to advance to the semifinals, where she lost to Tsugumi Sakurai. She’ll wrestle for the bronze medal on Aug. 9 at 12:15 p.m. on Peacock.

Aug. 9: Maroulis beat Canada’s Hannah Taylor to take home bronze in the women’s 57kg category. This is her third straight Olympics with a medal.

Kyle Snyder, Silver Spring

Event: 97kg

Kyle Snyder is well known in the wrestling world for his legendary run in the 2015-16 competition season. He won the NCAA title, the world championships and an Olympic gold medal in the same year, at just 20 years old. Now Snyder is a seasoned pro with three world championships and two Olympic medals.

Snyder wrestled for Ohio State and won three straight national titles from 2016 to 2018. He lost just five bouts in his college career, with only one loss after his freshman year.

At Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Snyder had a 179-0 record over three years. The Silver Spring local opted out of his senior year to compete internationally.

When to watch: Elimination round on Aug. 10 at 5 a.m. on Peacock (replay at 8:30 a.m. on USA). Finals on Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. on USA.

Results: Aug. 10: Snyder beat China’s Habila Awusayiman and Cuba’s Arturo Sibot Torres to advance to the semifinals on Sunday.

Aug. 11: Snyder fell in the semifinals to Bahrain’s Akhmed Tazhudinov and then lost to Amirali Azarpira of Iran in the bronze medal bout.

Gymnastics

Jessica Stevens, Ellicott City

Event: trampoline

Jessica Stevens has been competing with USA Gymnastics in trampoline and tumbling since 2017, but the Paris Olympics will be her first time competing on the biggest stage. She helped the U.S. team win the all-around title at the 2023 world championships and won an individual bronze medal for trampoline. Stevens became the first American to win a medal in the trampoline event in 49 years. She also won the trampoline and synchro title at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Stevens is a student at the University of Maryland.

When to watch: Aug. 2 at 6 a.m. on Peacock (replay at 10:15 a.m. on E! Network).

Results: Aug. 2: Stevens placed 13th in the qualifying round of the trampoline competition and did not move on to the finals.

Skateboarding

Ruby Lilley, Ocean City

Event: women’s park

At 17, Ruby Lilley is one of the youngest members of Team USA. She started skateboarding with her older brothers when she was 10 but knew only one other girl in Ocean City who skateboarded. Now she’s competed all around the world and will make her Olympic debut before she’s old enough to vote.

In 2023, Lilley placed second in the Japan X Games Finals and the Red Bull Bowl Rippers France. She placed eighth overall in the women’s park event in the 2024 Olympic qualifiers in Budapest to make it to Paris this summer. While Lilley now lives and trains in California, she grew up on a farm on Maryland’s Eastern Shore with rabbits, sheep and other animals.

When to watch: Preliminary round Aug. 6 at 6:30 a.m. on Peacock. Finals at 11:30 a.m. on Peacock and E! Network.

Results: Aug. 6: Lilley placed 13th in the preliminary round with a score of 75.07, not enough to move on to the finals.

Volleyball

Aaron Russell, Ellicott City

Position: outside hitter

Aaron Russell returns for his second Olympics after helping the USA win a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics. A 2015 graduate of Penn State, Russell has come a long way since high school, when he trained with the Centennial girls’ volleyball team because the school did not offer a boys’ team.

Russell has played professional volleyball in Italy and Japan and was named the best server in the Japan League in 2023.

When to watch: Men’s pool C play July 27 at 3 p.m. on USA and NBC Universo vs. Argentina. July 30 at 7 a.m. on USA and 11 a.m. on NBC Universo vs. Germany (replay at 3 p.m. on USA). Aug. 2 at 3 p.m. on USA vs. Japan (replay at 5 p.m. on NBC and at midnight on USA). Aug. 5 at 11 a.m., Men’s quarterfinal on NBC and NBC Universo.

Results: July 27: The United States beat Argentina 3-0 its first pool C match. Russell was the team’s leading scorer with 16 points.

July 30: Team USA went to five games against Germany but pulled out a victory, thanks to another 16-point performance from Russell.

Aug. 2: Russell put up 12 points for the United States as the team beat Japan in four games to go undefeated in the preliminary round.

Aug. 5: Russell played in three of the four sets and contributed 11 points as Team U.S.A beat Brazil 3-1 to move on to the semifinals, where the team will play Poland.

Aug. 7: Team USA fell to Poland 3-2 in the semifinals. Russell and his squad will play the loser of Italy/France for bronze on Aug. 9.

Aug. 9: Men’s volleyball won the bronze medal against Italy. Russell put up a team-high 15 points.

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A photo caption has been updated to correctly identify wrestler Aaron Brooks. The overall medal count has been corrected and updated to include Nicole Yeargin, who was born in Bowie and competed for Great Britain.