LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The United States won more medals than any other nation at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky had a lot to do with Team USA's success.
A dozen athletes with ties to the Bluegrass State helped the U.S. earn a medal in 10 events; six gold, two silver and two bronze. Team USA ended the Games with 126 medals -- 35 more than China in second place.
Here are the Kentucky athletes who left Paris with a medal around their neck:
Anthony Davis, Devin Booker and Bam Adebayo
This trio of Kentucky Wildcats helped the U.S. win a fifth consecutive gold medal in men's 5x5 basketball.
Booker averaged 11.7 points a game for the Americans and scored 15 in the gold medal game against France. Davis averaged 8.3 points and Adebayo added six.
Booker played 22 minutes a game, fourth-most on the team.
It was the second gold for all three.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Alexis Holmes
McLaughlin-Levrone, a former UK track and field member, won her third and fourth career Olympic golds in Paris.
McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own world record in the women's 400 meter hurdles with a time of 50.37 seconds. She then helped Team USA stand atop the podium in the 4x400 meter relay.
Holmes, also a former Wildcat, competed on the 4x400 relay team alongside McLaughlin-Levrone.
Yared Nuguse
Nuguse, a graduate of Louisville's Manual High School, finished third in the men's 1500 meters. Teammate Cole Hocker won gold, marking the first time in 112 years two Americans medaled in the event.
Nuguse powered his way to the front of pack in the final 100 meters. Former teachers and coaches celebrated at a watch party held at Manual.
Nuguse won a state cross country championship before competing at the University of Notre Dame, where he was a national champion.
Lee Kiefer
Kiefer, a UK med student, left Paris with two gold medals after finishing first in individual women's fencing and the team event. She also won a gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
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She is the most decorated U.S. women's fencer of all time. Kiefer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but grew up in Lexington.
Rhyne Howard and Hailey Van Lith
Howard and Van Lith played key roles on the U.S. women's 3x3 basketball squad, helping it win a bronze medal.
Van Lith, who played at the University of Louisville from 2020-2023, led the Americans with six points in the bronze medal game. Howard, who played at UK from 2018-2022, scored one point in the game.
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Masai Russell
Russell competed on the UK track team and won gold in the women's 100 meter hurdles with a time of 12.33 seconds.
Daniel Roberts
Roberts ran track at UK. He claimed a silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles.
Avery Skinner
Skinner was a member of the UK volleyball team from 2017-2020. She helped Team USA win the silver medal in Paris.
