Check back here each day till Aug. 11 to find out how the athletes with Minnesota ties did at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Sunday, July 28
Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves, men’s basketball: The Wolves star scored 11 points in his Olympic debut, a 110-84 win over Serbia.
Suni Lee, St. Paul, women’s gymnastics: Lee, the defending Olympic all-around champion, qualified for the all-around final again as well as the event finals in the balance beam and uneven bars. She also helped the U.S. advance to the team final with the highest combined score.
Airi Miyabe, Gophers, women’s volleyball: Miyabe’s Japanese team opened its Olympic tournament with a 3-1 loss to Poland.
Nuni Omot, Mahtomedi, men’s basketball: The 29-year-old Omot, who played at Concordia (St. Paul), had 12 points and six rebounds in South Sudan’s 90-79 comeback win over Puerto Rico in his country’s Olympic basketball debut.
Ava Stewart, Gophers, women’s gymnastics: An incoming freshman for the Gophers, Stewart competed in all four apparatuses to help Canada advance to the team final with a sixth-place finish in qualifying. She also claimed the 22nd of 24 berths in the all-around final.
Saturday, July 27
Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Timberwolves, men’s basketball: Canada opened its first Olympic tournament since 2000 with an 86-79 win over Giannis Antetokounmpo and Greece. Alexander was 0-for-5 from the field in 12:33.
Sarah Bacon, Gophers, diving: A five-time national diving champion at the U, Bacon won the first medal for Team USA in Paris, taking silver in the women’s synchronized 3-meter springboard event with Kassidy Cook.
Michael Boxall, Loons, men’s soccer: The 35-year-old defender is in his third Olympics for New Zealand, which lost to the United States 4-1 in a group play match. New Zealand and the U.S. are tied with three points in Group A with one game to play.
Peter Durben, St. Paul, shooting: A St. Paul native and a 1992 Olympian in the 50-meter rifle event, Durben is the rifle coach of the U.S. shooting team, which finished 13th.
Rudy Gobert, Timberwolves, men’s basketball: He had seven points and three rebounds in 18 minutes for France in the host country’s 78-66 victory over Brazil.
Joe Ingles, Timberwolves, men’s basketball: The 36-year-old Ingles, who signed with the Wolves this month, played about two minutes and scored no points in Australia’s 92-80 win over Spain.
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