These 10 Idaho athletes are going for gold in Paris

Michael Lycklama, Idaho Statesman

The opening ceremonial for nan 2024 Olympics successful Paris arrives Friday, featuring galore of nan champion athletes connected nan satellite — including much than a fewer pinch Idaho ties.

Ten Olympians were either calved successful Idaho, competed for an Idaho college, aliases lived aliases trained successful Idaho. Check retired nan guideline beneath to find each nan Gem State athletes to guidelines for and erstwhile they’re competing.

Emily Sams

Sport: Women’s soccer

Country: United States (alternate)

Outlook: The Boise autochthonal has yet to make an quality for nan elder nationalist team, but an wounded opened nan doorway for her to caput to Paris arsenic 1 of 4 alternates. The U.S. could adhd her to its 18-player progressive roster pinch different injury. The 25-year-old, whose maiden sanction is Madril, grew up successful what’s now nan Boise Timbers-Thorn shot nine and helped lead Centennial High to a authorities runner-up decorativeness arsenic a freshman successful 2013. She later moved to Florida and was nan No. 3 wide draught pick successful nan 2023 NWSL Draft. The second-year pro played for U.S. nationalist teams astatine nan U-19, U-20 and U-23 levels but didn’t person her first senior nationalist squad campy invite until past month.

Schedule: Group stage: vs. Zambia, 1 p.m. Thursday; vs. Germany, 1 p.m. Sunday; vs. Australia, 11 a.m. July 31

Chloé Dygert

Sport: Women’s cycling — individual clip trial, roadworthy race, squad pursuit

Country: United States

Outlook: The reigning clip proceedings world champ trains successful Boise pinch three-time golden medalist Kristin Armstrong and spent her last pre-Olympic days successful Idaho. The 27-year-old already won a metallic successful Brazil and a bronze successful Japan successful squad pursuit. She’ll compete successful 3 disciplines this summer, including nan individual clip trial, wherever she’s one of nan golden badge favorites. But an Achilles injury, COVID and a brace of March crashes constricted her to 3 days of racing truthful acold this year.

Schedule: Individual clip trial: 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Road race: 6 a.m. Aug. 4. Team pursuit: Qualifying, 9:30 a.m. Aug. 6; First round, 5:52 a.m. Aug. 7; Finals, 10:57 a.m. Aug. 7

Haley Batten

Sport: Women’s cycling — upland bike

Country: United States

Outlook: Like Dygert, nan 25-year-old is coached by Idaho resident Kristin Armstrong and regularly trains successful Boise. She won her first nationalist title astatine 14 successful Sun Valley and made her Olympic debut successful Tokyo 3 years ago, finishing ninth. She captured a bronze badge astatine nan 2022 world championships and sits 11th successful nan world rankings.

Schedule: 6:10 a.m. Sunday

Airi Miyabe

Sport: Women’s volleyball

Country: Japan

Outlook: The erstwhile nationalist inferior assemblage subordinate of nan twelvemonth led nan College of Southern Idaho to a nationalist title successful 2018 and a second-place decorativeness successful 2017. The 25-year-old starred arsenic an extracurricular hitter for CSI and later nan University of Minnesota but will play mediate blocker for Japan. She helped Japan clinch an Olympic berth by knocking disconnected then-No. 1-ranked Brazil successful June successful nan Volleyball Nations League semifinals.

Schedule: Group stage: vs. Poland, 5 a.m. Sunday; vs. Brazil, 5 a.m. Aug. 1; vs. Kenya, 5 a.m. Aug. 3

Alyssa Mendoza

Sport: Women’s boxing — 57 kg (125 pounds)

Country: United States

Outlook: The 20-year-old Caldwell autochthonal heads to Paris arsenic nan first Olympic boxer from Idaho and nan youngest of 8 members connected nan U.S. Olympic boxing team. Trained by her father, JR Mendoza, nan Middleton High grad didn’t make her world debut until past year. But she quickly made a sanction for herself, winning 4 consecutive bouts by unanimous determination successful May’s last-chance qualifying tourney successful Thailand to clinch an Olympic berth.

Schedule: First round: Tuesday. Second round: Aug. 2. Quarterfinals: Aug. 4. Semifinals: Aug. 7. Finals: Aug. 10 (All times TBD)

Adrienne Lyle

Sport: Equestrian — dressage

Country: United States

Outlook: The erstwhile Ketchum resident returns to nan Olympics for a 3rd time aft starring nan U.S. to a silver badge successful squad dressage successful Tokyo, nan Americans’ champion decorativeness since 1948. Lyle antecedently trained successful nan Sun Valley area pinch Debbie McDonald, different erstwhile Olympian and nan erstwhile nationalist squad coach. The Washington autochthonal debuted a caller horse, Helix, this twelvemonth aft retiring her metallic medal-winning horse, Salvino, successful April.

Schedule: Team and individual expansive prix: 3 a.m. Tuesday. Team and individual expansive prix: 2 a.m. July 31. Team expansive prix typical results: 2 a.m. Aug. 3. Individual expansive prix freestyle: 2 a.m. Aug. 4

Matteo Jorgenson

Sport: Men’s cycling — roadworthy race

Country: United States

Outlook: The Boise High grad honed his skills pinch BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Development Squad) earlier blossoming into 1 of nan apical American riders. The 25-year-old is successful nan mediate of a breakout season, finishing eighth astatine nan Tour de France, nan champion American decorativeness successful 10 years. He besides recorded wins astatine nan Paris-Nice and Dwars doorway Vlaanderen earlier this year.

Schedule: 3 a.m. Aug. 3

Marisa Howard

Sport: Women’s way and section — 3,000-meter steeplechase

Country: United States

Outlook: After falling 2 spots awkward of qualifying for nan Tokyo Olympics successful 2021, nan 31-year-old Boise State alum didn’t fto a 2nd chance gaffe done her fingers. She ran a personal-best clip of 9 minutes, 7.14 2nd to decorativeness 3rd astatine nan U.S. trials, claiming nan past disposable spot and becoming nan first Boise State female to make a U.S. Olympic way team. The Rocky Mountain High adjunct coach won 3 Mountain West titles pinch nan Broncos and was an NCAA runner-up successful nan steeplechase successful 2014.

Schedule: Prelims: 2:05 a.m. Aug. 4. Finals: 1:10 p.m. Aug. 6

Sam Atkin

Sport: Men’s way and section — 5,000 meters

Country: Great Britain

Outlook: The Lewis-Clark State College hallway of famer and adjunct coach is nan first jock successful schoolhouse history to make aggregate Olympics. Atkin competed successful nan 10,000 meters successful Tokyo but did not decorativeness nan title owed to injury. A bout of nutrient poisoning past period sent him to nan infirmary and forced him to miss his autochthonal country’s Olympic qualifying. But Great Britain selected him pinch a discretionary prime aft he ran nan second-fastest 5,000 meters successful nan country’s history (12:54.66) astatine nan Los Angeles Grand Prix successful May. Lewis-Clark State coach Mike Collins still trains him and will recreation to Paris arsenic his coach.

Schedule: Prelims, 3:10 a.m. Aug. 7. Finals, 12 p.m. Aug. 10

Chari Hawkins

Sport: Women’s way and section — heptathlon

Country: United States

Outlook: The Rexburg autochthonal only gets amended pinch age, qualifying for her first Olympics astatine 33 years old. The Utah State alum took 15th astatine nan U.S. Olympic tests successful 2016 and past sixth successful 2021, starring her to mobility her Olympic dream and openly see retirement. But she’s continued to hone her trade and now sits 10th successful nan world rankings. She took eighth astatine nan World Championships past summer, and she group 3 individual bests to finish 2nd astatine past month’s U.S. trials.

Schedule: Day 1: 2:05 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 8. Day 2: 2:05 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Aug. 9

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