Sarah Bacon

Minnesota connection: Gophers

Sport: Diving (women's 3-meter springboard, 3-meter synchronized)

Olympic experience: First

Bio: The most decorated female athlete in Gophers history, Bacon, 27, won five NCAA diving titles in five seasons at the U, tied for the most national titles of any Gopher. At the 2020 U.S. Olympic trials in her hometown of Indianapolis, Bacon was one spot off from qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. She returned to the diving trials in Tennessee last month to qualify in both the individual 3-meter springboard and 3-meter synchronized with diving partner and 2016 Olympian Kassidy Cook. The pair finished fourth at last year's world championships and trains with Gophers diving coach Wenbo Chen.

Results: July 27, won silver medal in 3-meter synchronized with Cook. Aug. 7, finished 19th in the individual 3-meter springboard and didn't advance to the semifinals.

Napheesa Collier

Minnesota connection: Lynx

Sport: Women's basketball

Olympic experience: 2021

Bio: The youngest player on the U.S. roster in Tokyo, Collier played limited minutes as Team USA won its seventh gold medal in a row in women's basketball. This time around, the 27-year-old forward was coming into the Olympics in the top five in the WNBA in points (20.0 per game), rebounds (10.2 and steals (2.2). But a recurrence of plantar fasciitis kept her out of the Lynx lineup after July 4 and raised questions over how much she would play in Paris. In February, at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, Collier led the United States in scoring (19.0) and was selected one of the five top players at the tournament.

Results: Won gold medal. July 29, scored 4 points in 15 minutes in a 102-76 win over Japan; Aug. 1, scored 7 points in 24 minutes in 87-74 win over Belgium; Aug. 4, had 8 points and 7 rebounds in 26 minutes in 87-68 win over Germany; Aug. 7, had six points and six rebounds in 24 minutes in 88-74 win over Nigeria in the quarterfinals; Aug. 9, scored 8 points and grabbed five rebounds as a starter in 85-64 win over Australia in the semifinals; Aug. 11, had 7 points and 11 rebounds in a 67-66 win over France in the gold medal game.

Lara Dallman-Weiss

Minnesota connection: Shoreview

Sport: Sailing (mixed 470)

Olympic experience: 2021

Bio: After finishing 12th in the two-person women's 470 dinghy race at the Tokyo Games, Dallman-Weiss competed at the Paris Games in a sailing event making its Olympic debut: the mixed-gender 470. Teaming up with five-time Olympian Stu McNay, Dallman-Weiss qualified with a 26th-place finish at the world championships in March in Spain. The Mounds View High School alum, now 35, began sailing on White Bear Lake at age 6 and captained the Eckerd College sailing team. The U.S. sailing team was shut out at the Tokyo Olympics.

Results: Finished 13th in qualifying, falling short of the top-10 placement needed to advance to the final.

Anthony Edwards

Minnesota connection: Timberwolves

Sport: Men's basketball

Olympic experience: First

Bio: Edwards, an Atlanta native, just completed his fourth season with the Timberwolves after the franchise selected him No. 1 overall in 2020. He led the team to its first Western Conference finals appearance since 2004, earned All-NBA honors for the first time and is a two-time All-Star. He led the team in scoring last season with a career-best 25.9 points per game. Edwards, who turns 23 on Aug. 5, was playing for Team USA for the second consecutive summer after he was a part of the World Cup team that placed fourth in 2023, leading the Americans in scoring with 18.9 points per game.

Results: Won gold medal. July 28, scored 11 points in 110-84 win over Serbia; July 31, scored 13 points in 17 minutes off the bench in 103-86 win over South Sudan; Aug. 3, scored 26 points on 11-of-15 shooting in a 104-83 win over Puerto Rico; Aug. 6, scored 17 points and had five rebounds in a 122-87 quarterfinal win over Brazil; Aug. 8, scored 2 points in 13 minutes in a 95-91 semifinal win over Serbia; Aug. 10, scored 8 points in 10 minutes in 98-87 win over France in the gold medal game.

Suni Lee

Minnesota connection: St. Paul

Sport: Women's gymnastics

Olympic experience: 2021

Bio: Lee, the first Hmong American to make the Olympic team, won the gold medal in the women's all-around and the bronze in the uneven bars at age 18 in Tokyo three years ago. She also helped the United States to silver in the team final after the withdrawal of Simone Biles and finished fifth in the balance beam. Now 21, Lee is back at another Olympics after dealing with serious kidney ailments that left her wondering whether she would ever compete again. With Biles in her third Olympics, this was the oldest and most decorated American women's gymnastics team going to a Summer Games, with the last two all-around champions and four Tokyo Olympians on the squad. Lee stated her goals this time were to make all-around final again, win the beam gold and finish top three in bars.

Results: July 30, won gold medal in team final; Aug. 1, won bronze in the all-around; Aug. 4, won bronze in the uneven bars final; Aug. 5, finished sixth in the balance beam.

Dakotah Lindwurm

Minnesota connection: St. Francis

Sport: Track and field (women's marathon)

Olympic experience: First

Bio: Lindwurm, a former goalie on the high school hockey team-turned Division II All-America track athlete from Northern State University, secured her spot on Team USA with a third-place finish (2:25:31) in the marathon trials in February in Orlando. She has had success in recent years at Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, winning twice (2021, 2022) and finishing second in 2023. Lindwurm ran part of the same course during the Garry Bjorklund Half-Marathon in June, one last race before the Paris Games. She finished second, and both she and her Minnesota Distance Elite teammate Annie Frisbie, who took the Garry Bjorklund title, beat the previous course record.

Results: Was the top American finisher, coming in 12th in 2 hours 26 minutes 44 seconds.

Payton Otterdahl

Minnesota connection: Rosemount

Sport: Track and field (men's shot put)

Olympic experience: 2021

Bio: When he's not coaching or taking care of his pet snakes, Otterdahl, 28, was preparing for his second Olympics, having finished 10th in men's shot put in Tokyo. After recovering from hip labrum surgery in late 2022, Otterdahl finished fifth at the 2023 World Athletics Championships and third at the U.S. Olympic trials in June behind Tokyo gold medalist Ryan Crouser and silver medalist Joe Kovacs. The Rosemount High alum wrestled, played football and won Class 2A state championships in both shot put and discus before heading to North Dakota State. With the Bison, he set the NCAA indoor shot put record en route to two NCAA titles.

Results: Finished fourth after being in medal position until the final throw.

Cheryl Reeve

Minnesota connection: Lynx

Sport: Women's basketball

Olympic experience: 2016, 2021

Bio: An assistant coach for the gold medal winning teams in Rio and Tokyo, Reeve became head coach of the U.S. women's national team in 2021. The team was 13-0 in international play entering the Olympics, including a gold medal run at the 2022 FIBA World Cup. The Lynx head coach since 2010 and general manager since 2017, Reeve has led them to four WNBA championships and is a three-time WNBA Coach of the Year, most recently in 2020. Among her assistants in Paris is St. Paul native Mike Thibault, whose daughter Carly was on Lindsay Whalen's staff with the Gophers.

Results: Won gold medal. July 29, defeated Japan 102-76; Aug. 1, beat Belgium 87-74; Aug. 4, beat Germany 87-68;Aug. 7, defeated Nigeria 88-74 in quarterfinals; Aug. 9, beat Australia 85-64 in the semifinals; Aug. 11, edged France 67-66 in the gold medal game.

Regan Smith

Minnesota connection: Lakeville

Sport: Swimming (women's 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 butterfly, medley relay)

Olympic experience: 2021

Bio: Smith, 22, has compiled one of the most impressive résumés of any American swimmer in recent years. At the Tokyo Olympics, she won silver in the 200 fly and the 400 medley relay and bronze in the 100 back. In the past three world championships, she brought home nine medals, including five golds. A brief, disappointing stint at Stanford eventually led Smith to move to Arizona in 2022 to work with Bob Bowman, who coached Michael Phelps to 28 Olympic medals. She entered the Olympics ranked No. 1 in the world in the 100-meter backstroke, after setting a world record at the U.S. trials in June, and No. 2 in the 200 back and 200 fly.

Results: July 30, won silver medal in 100 backstroke; Aug. 1, won silver medal in 200 butterfly; Aug. 2, won silver medal in 200 backstroke; Aug. 3, won gold medal as member of the mixed medley relay; Aug. 4, won gold medal as member of women's medley relay.

Jordan Thompson

Minnesota connection: Edina

Sport: Women's volleyball

Olympic experience: 2021

Bio: In Tokyo, an ankle injury kept Thompson, 27, out of the United States' first-ever gold medal victory. The 6-4 opposite hitter helped the U.S. top pool play with a game-high 18 points in a win over Turkey. Since her Olympic debut, Thompson has played professionally in Italy and Turkey and will join the Houston team for League One Volleyball's inaugural season in January. After graduating from Edina High, Thompson set numerous NCAA Division I records playing at the University of Cincinnati, including most kills in a match (50) and highest single-season kills per set average (6.27). The U.S. women's volleyball team entered the Paris Olympics ranked fifth in the world.

Results: Won silver medal. July 29, lost to China 3-2; July 31, beat Serbia 3-2; Aug. 4, beat France 3-0.; Aug. 6 defeated Poland 3-0 in the quarterfinals; Aug. 8, beat Brazil 3-2 in semifinals; Aug. 11, lost to Italy 3-0 in gold medal game.

Matthew Wilkinson

Minnesota connection: Minnetonka, Carleton, Gophers

Sport: Track and field (men's 3,000-meter steeplechase)

Olympic experience: First

Bio: Wilkinson, 25, never qualified for the Minnesota state track meet as a distance runner, though he earned a spot in the state cross-country meet multiple times. He drew little attention from Division I programs and enrolled at Carleton College, where he found his true love for running and became a two-time Division III national champion and both the indoor and outdoor national track athlete of the year. That success allowed him to continue his postgraduate career with the Gophers. He won multiple Big Ten titles and was chosen the 2023 Big Ten Athlete of the Championships.

Results: Finished sixth in his heat with a time of 8:16.82, missing out on qualifying for the final.

Alise Willoughby

Minnesota connection: St. Cloud

Sport: BMX racing

Olympic experience: 2012, 2016, 2021

Bio: Nicknamed "The Beast," Willoughby, 33, was Minnesota's only four-time Olympian in Paris. The 2016 Olympic silver medalist began racing at Pineview Park, her family's track in St. Cloud, and turned pro at age 15. After two crashes in the semifinals ended Willoughby's 2021 medal hopes, she won her record-tying third world title at the world championships in May in South Carolina. She also won world titles in 2017 and 2019 and was a state champion gymnast for St. Cloud Tech. In 2019, she married fellow BMX Olympian Sam Willoughby, who is now coaching her.

Results: Finished sixth in the BMX racing final.

Note: Former Gophers gymnast Shane Wiskus of Spring Park is going to Paris as an alternate on the U.S. men's team but will not compete unless a teammate is injured.