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The athletes who could break records in the 2024 Paris Olympics

The athletes who could break records in the 2024 Paris Olympics
AT SOME POINT. WE ALL HAVE SAID THAT I’M NOT ON MY GAME TODAY. WELL, FOR OLYMPIANS, THE HOPE IS THAT THOSE DAYS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. ONE SPORTS MEDICINE DOCTOR TELLS US PART OF THE REMEDY GETTING TO THE HOST CITY EARLY, RESETTING THEIR BODY CLOCKS AND FINDING THEIR COMFORT ZONE. IT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAY AND NIGHT, AND OUR BODY HAS ITS OWN SLEEP CYCLE AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. SO IT’S KIND OF RETRAINING AND FOCUSING ON ALL THAT. SO YOU CAN BE A MAXIMUM PEAK PERFORMANCE FOR THE OLYMPICS, SHE SAYS. WITHOUT THAT RHYTHM, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RESILIENCE CAN BE PUT TO THE TEST. A LOT OF AVENUES AND TWO BIG DIRECTIONS TO FOCUS ON THINGS THAT YOU WOULDN’T NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, FEELING TOO TIRED BEFORE A COMPETITION OVER TRAINING, TOO CLOSE TO THE COMPETITION THAT CAN AFFECT YOUR RESULTS. YOU KNOW, GETTING A COMMON COLD RIGHT BEFORE YOU’RE ABOUT TO COMPETE. ALL OF THESE THINGS ATHLETES REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT OTHER THAN JUST PREVENTING INJURIES, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE OLYMPIC COMPETITION BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND PLACE, IT’S MICRO FRACTIONS OF A SECOND. ANOTHER THING ATHLETES WILL HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, SHE SAYS, IS THE CLIMATE. NOT ALL SUMMERS ARE CREATED EQUALLY AROUND THE WORLD, AND AIR CONDITIONING ISN’T ALWAYS THE NORM. JUST ANOTHER REASON, SHE SAYS THE ATHLETES WILL HAVE TO ARRIVE, SETTLE AND FEEL THE GLOW OF BEING ON THE WORLD STAGE, MAYBE A LITT
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The athletes who could break records in the 2024 Paris Olympics
When you tune into the 2024 Paris Olympics, there's a chance you could see history happen. Several individual athletes are on the precipice of breaking all-time records. Here's a look at the members of Team USA who could achieve more than just a medal at the Games.Kevin DurantIf the U.S. men's basketball team wins its fifth consecutive gold medal, the NBA superstar could become the first male athlete to win four gold medals in any team sport.Jimmer FredetteThis will be the first time the U.S. men compete in the Olympic 3x3. Fredette will be the first NBA player to compete in the 3x3 basketball tournament and could bring home the first U.S. medal for the event.Kelsey Plum and Jackie YoungPlum and Young could become the first U.S. players to win a gold medal as members of the U.S. women's basketball team and teammates in the 3x3 women's basketball tournament. Team USA's 3x3 women's basketball team won gold at the Tokyo Games.Katie LedeckyThe seven-time gold medalist swimmer could win the most Olympic gold medals in any sport if she wins three of her four events. Diana TaurasiDiana Taurasi, guard for the Phoenix Mercury, has been to five Olympics and won gold every time. The 42-year-old of Chino, California, could bring home a sixth gold medal from Paris, which would break a tie with Sue Bird for the most Olympic basketball golds ever. A sixth medal would also make Taurasi the most decorated team sport athlete in Olympic history. Simone BilesAll eyes will be on Simone Biles in Paris, where she could become the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history with one more medal.Biles has the potential to bring her Olympic medal count to 12 at this year's event.Vincent HancockThe most decorated Olympic skeet shooter of all time, Hancock has three gold medals in an event no one else has won more than once. Hancock, who aims to retire at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, could make Olympic history for the U.S. in Paris, where he could become one of six American shooters with at least four gold medals in the sport. Ryan CrouserRyan Crouser will attempt to become the first three-time Olympic champion in shot put history.Crouser won gold for the U.S. in Rio and Tokyo and has won three world titles.Sha’Carri RichardsonSha'Carri Richardson will head to Paris in hopes of redeeming what she could have accomplished in Tokyo after a positive marijuana test cost her the chance to compete.If her success continues in 2024, Richardson could become the first American woman to win a gold medal in the women's 100m since the 1996 games in Athens.

When you tune into the 2024 Paris Olympics, there's a chance you could see history happen.

Several individual athletes are on the precipice of breaking all-time records. Here's a look at the members of Team USA who could achieve more than just a medal at the Games.

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Kevin Durant

If the U.S. men's basketball team wins its fifth consecutive gold medal, the NBA superstar could become the first male athlete to win four gold medals in any team sport.

Jimmer Fredette

This will be the first time the U.S. men compete in the Olympic 3x3. Fredette will be the first NBA player to compete in the 3x3 basketball tournament and could bring home the first U.S. medal for the event.

Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young

Plum and Young could become the first U.S. players to win a gold medal as members of the U.S. women's basketball team and teammates in the 3x3 women's basketball tournament.

Team USA's 3x3 women's basketball team won gold at the Tokyo Games.

Katie Ledecky

The seven-time gold medalist swimmer could win the most Olympic gold medals in any sport if she wins three of her four events.

Diana Taurasi

Diana Taurasi, guard for the Phoenix Mercury, has been to five Olympics and won gold every time. The 42-year-old of Chino, California, could bring home a sixth gold medal from Paris, which would break a tie with Sue Bird for the most Olympic basketball golds ever. A sixth medal would also make Taurasi the most decorated team sport athlete in Olympic history.

Simone Biles

All eyes will be on Simone Biles in Paris, where she could become the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history with one more medal.

Biles has the potential to bring her Olympic medal count to 12 at this year's event.

Vincent Hancock

The most decorated Olympic skeet shooter of all time, Hancock has three gold medals in an event no one else has won more than once. Hancock, who aims to retire at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, could make Olympic history for the U.S. in Paris, where he could become one of six American shooters with at least four gold medals in the sport.

Ryan Crouser

Ryan Crouser will attempt to become the first three-time Olympic champion in shot put history.

Crouser won gold for the U.S. in Rio and Tokyo and has won three world titles.

Sha’Carri Richardson

Sha'Carri Richardson will head to Paris in hopes of redeeming what she could have accomplished in Tokyo after a positive marijuana test cost her the chance to compete.

If her success continues in 2024, Richardson could become the first American woman to win a gold medal in the women's 100m since the 1996 games in Athens.