Sha’Carri Richardson and Mondo Dupantis headline LSU’s representation in Paris
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris are set to begin this week with the Opening Ceremony set to begin at 12:30 P.M. on Friday.
LSU will be represented as 31 current and former Tigers representing a total of 20 different countries will be going for gold in basketball, tennis, beach volleyball, gymnastics, track and field, and swimming and diving events.
The two biggest names competing in Paris from an LSU perspective will be Sha’Carri Richardson and Mondo Duplantis.
Richardson is the favorite to win the 100 meter dash and she’s also competing in the 4×100 relay for the United State. She is authoring her own comeback story after being banned from the 2021 Games due to a positive marijuana test following the United States Olympic Trials. Paris will be her first ever Olympics and the 24-year-old proclaimed “I’m not back, I’m better” after winning the 100 meter at the World Championships.
Mondo, Lafayette’s favorite American/Swede, is looking to defend his Gold Medal that he won in 2021. Duplantis has won every outdoor meet he’s competed in this year and he’s attempting to break his own current world record of 6.24 meters (about 20 feet, 5 inches) set back in April.
Other notable names you might see competing in Paris include former men’s basketball players Tremont Waters (Puerto Rico) and Duop Reath (Australia). Current LSU assistant coach David Patrick will also be on the sidelines for the Australian team. Hailey Van Lith, now at TCU, will also be competing for the United States’ 3×3 national team.
Ben and Jarrett also want me to point out that Aleah Finnegan will be competing for the Philippines in gymnastics while Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss are on the United States’ beach volleyball team.
Your Tiger Olympians are listed below:
Men’s Basketball
- Duop Reath (Australia)
- Tremont Waters (Puerto Rico)
Beach Volleyball
- Taryn Kloth (United States)
- Kristen Nuss (United States)
Gymnastics
- Aleah Finnegan (Philippines, All-Around)
Diving
- Adrian Abadia Garcia (Spain, 3M Synchronized)
- Juan Celaya-Hernandez (Mexico, 3M Synchronized)
- Helle Tuxen (Norway, 3M Springboard)
- Chiara Pellacani (Italy, 3M, 3M Synchronized)
- Lizzie Roussel (New Zealand, 3M Springboard)
Swimming
- Pavel Alovatki (Moldova, 400-Free)
- Brooks Curry (United States, 4×200 Free Relay)
- Jere Hribar (Croatia, 50-Free)
- Jovan Lekic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 400-Free)
- Sabrina Lyn (Jamaica, 50-Free)
- Maggie MacNeil (Canada, 100-Fly, 4×100 Medley Relay)
Tennis
- Neal Skupski (Great Britian, Men’s Doubles)
Track and Field
- Thelma Davies (Liberia, 100m, 200m, 4×100)
- Mondo Duplantis (Sweden, Pole Vault)
- Tima Godbless (Nigeria, 100, 4×100)
- Natoya Goule (Jamaica, 800m)
- JuVaughn Harrison (United States, High Jump)
- Aleia Hobbs (United States, 4×100)
- Shakeem McKay (Trinidad & Tobago, 4×400)
- Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Great Britain, 4×100)
- Vernon Norwood (United States, 4×400, mixed 4×400)
- Favour Ofili (Nigeria, 100, 200)
- Godson Oghenebrume (Nigeria, 100m, 4×100)
- Ella Onojuvwevwo (Nigeria, 400, mixed 4×400)
- Sha’Carri Richardson (United States, 100m, 4×100)
- Claudio Romero (Chile, Discus Throw)