10 Athlete who can be Glorious and shine and at Paris Olympic
Paris Olympics will be held from 26th July to 11th August 2024. Here are 10 Star athletes who can shine at the Paris Olympics. Here is list of those ten Star to watch at Paris Olympic
1. Simone Biles
Born in Columbus, Ohio, on March 14, 1997, Simone Biles started her gymnastics odyssey at only six years old and her journey was destined for greatness from the start.
Too young to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, Biles skyrocketed to fame in 2013. At just 16, she clinched two gold medals at the Antwerp Championship, including the coveted all-around title. Here, she introduced the world to a groundbreaking move on the floor exercise —the Biles, a double layout with a half twist, now cemented into gymnastics history.
With four World Championships golds in 2014 and another four in 2015, the young phenom was already a formidable force heading into her first Olympics at Rio 2016. Biles left no room for doubt, securing gold in the all-around, team, vault, and floor exercises while claiming bronze on the balance beam.
Simone Biles is headed to the Olympic Games Paris 2024 after handily winning the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for gymnastics, locking her spot on a third-straight American squad. She has seven previous Olympic medals from her appearances at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
She qualified again for Olympics. Inside a near capacity Target Center in Minneapolis, Biles tallied a final score of 117.225 for the top spot. Suni Lee, the reigning Olympic all-around champion, was second at 111.675 with Tokyo 2020 team silver medallist Jordan Chiles rounding out the top three (111.425).
“I wake up every day and choose to grind in the gym and come out here and perform for myself just to remind myself that I can still do it,” Biles told media afterward.
Biles is the first American woman to make three-straight Olympic teams 19since Dominique Dawes went to Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000.
She’ll lead a team of veterans to Paris that will include Tokyo 2020 teammates Lee, Chiles, and Jade Carey. Newcomer Hezly Rivera will make her Games debut in Paris.
After the U.S. took silver in Japan, Biles says the returning Olympians are looking forward to their second chance at team gold.
“This is definitely our redemption tour. I feel like we all have more to give, and our Tokyo performances weren’t the best. We weren’t under the best circumstances either,” the 27-year-old said. “But, I feel like we have a lot of weight on our shoulders to go out there and prove that we’re better athletes, we’re more mature, we’re smarter, we’re more consistent.”
Earlier in the week, six-time World Championships medallist Shilese Jones withdrew from the competition after competing only on the uneven bars. She appeared to injure her knee during the final pre-meet warm-ups on the vault and had to be assisted off the podium by medical staff. 2023 Pan American Games all-around champion Kayla DiCello also withdrew from the event.
Now, United States female team is ranked no: globally. In individual, Biles is highest ranked in All round, Vault, Balance beam, and Floor. that’s why she is considered as one of the stars to watch in Paris. She is major star who can shine at Paris Olympic.
2. Noah Lyles
American sprinting superstar Noah Lyles is among one of the 10 star who can shine at Paris Olympics . Lyles boasts an impressive string of accolades, including Olympic bronze, six world titles, and four Diamond League Final trophies.
Lyles delivered his crowning achievement at the 2023 World Championship in Budapest, where he retained his 200m crown from 2019 and 2022 to complete the three-peat. In the process, he claimed a rare sprint treble, winning gold in the 100m, 200m, and the 4x100m relay, the first man to do so since Jamaican icon Usain Bolt in 2015.
A longtime admirer of Bolt, Lyles has expressed his desire to break the Jamaican’s longstanding records in the 100m and 200m events.
“I’ve always known that I’m the fastest man in the world,” he told the media after his triumph in Hungary. “Well, in my head, I think I’m going to break it. I’m planning to break it.”
Lyles has revealed an audacious plan for Paris 2024, a bid to win four gold medals by adding the 4x400m relay to his repertoire at the global showpiece. Lyles is star yo warch at Paris Olympics.
3. Regan Smith
Smith broke a junior world record in semifinals of the 200 backstroke at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest. Smith, the youngest member of the U.S. World Championships team, put up a gutsy swim in a heat full of seasoned international veterans.
2019 World Championships
In her lone event in Gwangju, Regan Smith made the most of it. Breaking her own world junior record in prelims with a time of 2:06.43, Smith roared to a commanding lead in the semi finals, not backing down at all to smash Missy Franklin’s world record in a time of 2:03.35, solidifying her 1st seed heading into finals by over 3 seconds.
In the final heat, Smith was out nearly 1 second under her own world record pace at the 100, and held on to dominate the heat and touch for 1st in 2:03.69, marking her first world medal and first world title.
Because of her sensational 200 back, Smith got the nod to lead off the 400 medley rely in finals on the last day of the meet. Regan made the most of the opportunity, smashing the 100 back world record with a 57.57 lead-off en-route to the American women breaking their own WR by over 1 second.
Smith started her first Olympic Games off strong, breaking an Olympic record in prelims of the 100 back (57.96). Kaylee McKeown broke it in the next heat at 57.88, but Smith got it back in the semi-finals, registering 57.86 to take the top seed heading into the final. In the final, Smith touched 3rd at 58.05, earning a bronze as her first Olympic medal.
Smith was back in the 200 fly, moving through prelims and semis to earn a lane in the final. In the final heat, Regan swam a controlled race to earn silver behind China’s Zhang Yufei.
Smith finished her Games in 2 relays, first swimming the prelims of the mixed 400 medley relay, leading off in 57.64 to help USA advance to the final, where they would finish 5th overall. Then Regan swam in the final of the 400 medley relay, leading off in 58.05 to help USA to a silver.
in the 2022 World Championship 100 back final, dropping 57.65 in the semi-finals to go into the final as the top seed. She held the seed in the final, touching first in 58.22.
Smith placed 4th in the 200 fly final, clocking a 2:06.79, .47 behind 3rd place Zhang Yufei. SHe finished her meet by helping team USA to a win in the 400 medley relay leading off in 58.40.
2023 World Aquatics Championships (Fukuoka, Japan)
Smith opened her meet with the 100 back. She settled for silver in a 57.78 while McKeown, with a 57.53, broke Smith’s old championship record set in 2019.
Smith was 3rd as Elizabeth Dekkers passed her down the stretch. Smith was 2.52 seconds back from Summer McIntosh’s Winning time with a 2:06.58. Smith’s season best of 2:03.87 would have won.
She wrapped up her double with a strong 27.11 for 2nd, just .03 behind McKeown and just .01 off her American Record.
Smith led the 200 back prelims with a 2:07.04 and was 2nd the semis with a 2:07.52. She turned it on in the finals, out in 1:00.26 to lead at the 100, but McKeown reeled her in over the 3rd 50 and passed smith down the stretch as Smith scored silver in 2:04.94. To wrap her meet, Smith scorched 57.68 to lead the American women to gold in the 400 medley relay.
2024 US Olympic Team Trials (Indianapolis, Indiana)
While she missed out on qualifying for the Olympic team in the 100 fly, perhaps her 3rd or 4th best event, she still put up historically fast swims and splits. Coming in with a 56.26 PB, She became the 7th swimmer ever to dip under 56 seconds with a 55.92 but only placed 3rd in the semi with Gretchen Walsh blazing a WR of 55.18 and Huske popping a 55.79.
In a highly anticipated showdown, Smith sat 1.48 seconds back of Walsh and .75 second snack of Huske at the 50 mark but split a mind-boggling 28.94 coming home. That was most likely the fastest 2nd 50 of all-time but even that was not enough to get her to a top 2 finish as she touched in a 55.62 for 3rd behind Walsh (55.31) and Huske (55.52). That made her #5 in history.
In her signature 100 back. Smith could fire off a 57-second 100 back whenever she wanted. She led prelims with a 57.93. In semis, was .09 seconds under her American Record pace at the 50 with a 28.02. She surged with a 29.45 to down her mark by .04 seconds with a 57.47, just .14 seconds off the World Record. Smith had set the previous American Record just a month before with a 57.51.
All eyes were on Smith and the World Record line in the final. In the final, she was out quick, under her PB and Kaylee McKeown’s WR pace at the 50 with a 27.94. Katherine Berkoff turned just .07 seconds back. She surged home in 29.19, .01 seconds slower than McKeown closed in but her opening 50 created enough of a margin that Smith still smashed the WR by .2 seconds with a 57.13. The moment was massively emotional for Smith as she struggled for 5 years to prove she could be the fastest ever again after her ethereal 2019 Worlds performance where she last broke a world record.
In the 200 fly, Smith eased through prelims with a 2:07.24, sitting 2nd Behind Alex Shackell. In semis, she pushed hard through the 150, sitting just under her own American record pace. She faded down the stretch a little but still punched a 2:04.91 championship record. In the final, with the 200 back semi in 45 minutes, Smith did just enough to punch her ticket, winning in a 2:05.70, ahead of runner-up Alex Shackell, who led at the 150. Smith’s swim hit the first “magic number” of doubles needed to allow all 2nd place female swimmers to attend the Games.
In the 200 back prelims, she was a truly relaxed 2:09.30. In semis, just a little after that 200 fly final, Smith took the top seed with a 2:06.41. In the final, smith led wire to wire. She took things out quickly, splitting 29.16/31.16 over the first 100 to sit under WR pace. The line came back to her as she split 31.82/32.90 to conclude a very long and successful meet with another win. She won by 1.11 second over Phoebe Bacon with a 2:05.16
4.Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s exceptional talents are undoubtedly inherited from her family’s athletic background. Her father, Willie, made the 400m semi-finals at the 1984 U.S. Olympic trials. Her mother was a middle-distance brother with older brother Tyler winning 400m hurdles silver at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships. However, Sydney has surpassed them all.
World Championship and Olympic gold medalist Sydney broke world record five times, latest 50.65sec in US Olympic trail last month.
From the start, it was clear that McLaughlin was on a journey to make history. At 16 and while still at high school, she finished third in the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in a new world junior 400m hurdles record of 54.15. That saw her become the youngest American track and field athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games since the boycotted Moscow 1980 Games. McLaughlin made the semi-finals at Rio 2016, but her potential was obvious.
After one year at the University of Kentucky, McLaughlin turned professional in June 2018. Just over a year later, she took silver behind Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad at the Doha World Championships.
5. Oliver Zeidler
Oliver Zeidler is a prominent German rower known for his achievements in the men’s single scull. Born on July 24, 1996, Zeidler initially pursued swimming, excelling in the sport and winning medals at national championships in Germany. He transitioned to rowing in 2016, inspired by his family’s strong rowing background—his grandfather, Hans-Johann Färber, won Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976, and his father, Heino Zeidler, was a former junior world champion.
Zeidler’s breakthrough in rowing came quickly. By 2018, he was already competing internationally, securing medals in World Rowing Cup events. His significant success came in 2019 when he won the gold medal at the European Championships and the World Rowing Championships in the men’s single scull. He won Gold medal in 2022 and 2023. German have more hope to him for winning Gold medal at upcoming Paris Olympics.
6.Alexander Amos Yee
Alexander Amos Yee, born 18 February 1998 is a British professional triathlete and distance runner. He won the silver medal in the Men’s Triathlon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the gold medal in the Triathlon Mixed Relay at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday 31 July 2021. He is also the 2022 Commonwealth Games triathlon champion in both the men’s and mixed team events. He is a double World Championship medalist over the World Triathlon Championship Series, with silver in 2022, and bronze in 2021
In 2022, Yee won his first individual World Championship, the 2022 World Triathlon Sprint Championships in Montreal in Canada. Yee has also been part of the gold medal-winning relay team in the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in Nottingham in 2019. He won silver in the same event in Montreal, securing Great Britain its first quota places in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
In non-traditional formats, Yee was the winner of the 2021 Super League Triathlon Championship Series.[3] In 2022, he became the inaugural Esport Triathlon World Champion, after finishing second at both the London and the Singapore Arena Games Triathlon event.[4]
As a distance runner, Yee was the 2018 British 10,000m champion, and led Great Britain to the team silver medal in the European 10,000m Cup as both races were combined as part of the Night of 10,000m PBs festival event at Parliament Hill. He represented Great Britain in the subsequent European Athletics Championships.
7. Teddy Riner
Teddy Riner is considered by many to be the greatest judoka in history. The French legend boasts an unprecedented 11 world titles – the most by any judoka in history – and three Olympic gold medals.
Teddy Riner: The heir to the judo throne
Born on April 7, 1989, in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, Riner began his athletic journey at a multisport club in Aquaboulevard, Paris, when he was five. During his early years, he tried out different sports, such as climbing, golf, tennis, and swimming, but eventually found his passion in judo.
At 15, he joined the French national team at INSEP and began his professional career two years later. Riner reigned supreme on the tatami, winning national, European, and world titles at junior level, establishing himself as the heir to the French judo legend David Douillet.
A decade-long winning streak
In 2007, Riner became the youngest judo world champion at 18, winning the gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro World Championship a year after securing the junior title.
He has since won 10 additional senior world titles, four Olympic medals, and five European championships, underlining his dominance in the sport.
Throughout his illustrious senior career, Riner has suffered five defeats, the only blemishes in his otherwise impeccable record. He dominated the judo arena throughout an awe-inspiring decade from 2010 to 2020, asserting his authority.
He won a jaw-dropping 154 consecutive matches during his exceptional 10-year undefeated streak. Kageura Kokoro of Japan finally halted his winning streak in the third round of the 2020 Paris Grand Slam.
With no plans to bring the curtain down on a dazzling career following his home Olympics in Paris, Riner expressed his intention to continue competing beyond 2024.
“I can’t say for sure that I will stop in 2024. As long as everything goes well, I may continue my journey beyond that. I find it effortless to manage travelling and training, and I’m in excellent physical shape with a strong enthusiasm for my work. Fatigue is not a concern for me now, so why would I stop if I’m passionate about what I do? While my focus is on 2024, I’m also considering the possibility of aiming for 2028,” he revealed to l’Equipe.
8. ORLA KHARLAN (Ukraine, fencing)
Should Kharlan finally secure the individual sabre gold that has eluded her in her stellar career it could bring down the roof on the Grand Palais in response to the suffering her family and compatriots have experienced since the Russian invasion of her country in February 2022.
The 33-year-old, who already has two individual Olympic bronzes and a team gold and team silver, has been guaranteed a place in Paris thanks to an intervention by IOC President Thomas Bach when she was disqualified at the world championships for refusing to shake hands with her Russian opponent.
Kharlan is one of a growing number of Ukrainian athletes who would prefer not to boycott of the Games — they would rather beat their Russian opponents. Kharlan said the war has put her Olympic ambitions in perspective.
9.FAITH KIPYEGON
No track athlete had a more remarkable 2023 than Kipyegon, who set world records at three distances and took two golds at the world championships.
Having won one gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics and five years later in Tokyo, the Kenyan, voted Woman Athlete of the Year in 2023, could bag several titles in Paris.
Her country Kenya, whose status as an athletics superpower has been tarnished by a string of doping scandals, badly needs her to succeed.
10. Sky Brown
Sky Brown is a British-Japanese professional skateboarder and surfer who has garnered significant attention for her remarkable skills and youthful exuberance. Born on July 12, 2008, in Miyazaki, Japan, to a British father and a Japanese mother, Brown holds dual nationality. She represents Great Britain in international competitions.
Early Life and Skateboarding Career
Sky Brown began skateboarding at a very young age, influenced by her parents and her own passion for the sport. Her talent quickly became evident as she started competing and showcasing her skills on social media platforms. By the age of eight, she was already making waves in the skateboarding community.
Major Achievements
- X Games: Sky has competed in the X Games, one of the most prestigious events in action sports, where she has performed impressively against older and more experienced competitors.
- Dew Tour: She has also participated in the Dew Tour, earning accolades and demonstrating her potential as one of the top skateboarders in the world.
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Sky Brown made history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where skateboarding made its debut as an Olympic sport. Despite her young age, she won a bronze medal in the women’s park event, becoming Britain’s youngest ever Olympic medalist.
Other Ventures
- Dancing with the Stars: Juniors: In addition to her skateboarding career, Sky won the inaugural season of “Dancing with the Stars: Juniors” in 2018, showcasing her versatility and talent in another realm.
- Philanthropy and Advocacy: Sky is known for her positive outlook and commitment to inspiring young people around the world. She uses her platform to encourage others to follow their passions and live active, healthy lives.
Style and Influence
Sky Brown is celebrated not only for her technical skills on the skateboard but also for her style and creativity. She is known for her fearless approach to skateboarding, often attempting and landing tricks that are considered highly challenging even for seasoned professionals.