Olympians from across Georgia are lacing up their cleats and taking their marks at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games .
Why it matters: France is a long way from home. These homegrown heroes need to hear our cheers across the Atlantic Ocean.
Catch up quick: We've told you about soccer stars Caleb Wiley and Emily Sonnett and tennis ace Coco Gauff , who's carrying the U.S. flag at Friday's opening ceremony.
Here are other Olympians from Georgia to watch:
🏃🏾♀ Track and field: Jasmine Jones, a Greater Atlanta Christian School alum and NCAA national champion, placed third in the women's 400 meter hurdles at the Olympic Trials in June.
🎯 Shooting: Katelyn Abeln of Douglasville battled a nasty cold to earn a spot on the U.S. air pistol team, according to Team USA . She started practicing shooting at the age of 12 in her basement.
- William Hinton of Dacula is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army and an instructor in the Marksmanship Unit shotgun team . He's stationed at Fort Moore near Columbus.
🧗♀️ Climbing: Kennesaw State University student Emma Hunt is the first U.S. woman to qualify for the Olympics' speed climbing category, which was added to the games in 2020.
- The Woodstock native started scaling walls at the age of 5, 11 Alive reports , and broke the U.S. record for women's speed climbing in April.
🤸♀️ Gymnastics: Gymnast Brody Malone, a two-time national championship gold medal winner, bounced back from a 2023 knee injury to score a spot on Team USA.
- Malone was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, but considers Rockmart, Georgia, home, according to NBC .
- When not spinning, twisting and tumbling, the Stanford University graduate hunts, fishes and enjoys rodeo.
🏀 Basketball: Marietta's Dearica Hamby takes a break from playing forward for the Los Angeles Sparks to represent Team USA in the 3x3 division.
What's next: The 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony will be live on NBC and Peacock at 1:30pm ET.
- Prime-time coverage will begin at 7:30pm ET.
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