The Olympics are underway in Paris, and Team USA is primed to add to its world-best total of 2,629 medals in the Summer Games. Among those athletes set to compete for the United States are a pair of Fayetteville natives.
Gray’s Creek graduate Quanera Hayes and Jack Britt alum Capt. Samantha Sullivan will contend in Paris as members of the United States track and field and rugby sevens teams, respectively.
This is the second straight Summer Games appearance for Hayes, who finished seventh in the women’s 400m in Tokyo in 2021 when the games were postponed by COVID-19. Sullivan, who won the Prusmack Award as the top college women’s rugby sevens player as an attacker for Army West Point in 2019, is making her first Olympics appearance.
Another Fayetteville native, Terry Sanford alum Demetria Washington Davis, is also in Paris as a member of Team USA Track and Field’s support staff. She’s familiar with 2024 Olympics host city: It was the site of her World Championship gold medal with the United States’ 4x400m relay team in 2003.
Here’s how to watch Fayetteville’s Olympians in Paris.
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Women’s rugby sevens
Jack Britt alum and Army West Point graduate Capt. Samantha Sullivan will compete as a member of the USA National Women’s Rugby Sevens team at Stade de France in Paris. All matches will be live on Peacock TV with select games on NBC networks. Below is the pool schedule, with the pool winner advancing to quarterfinals, which begin July 29.
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Sunday, July 28 — USA vs. Japan, 10:30 a.m. ET
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Sunday, July 28 — USA vs. Brazil, 3 p.m. ET
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Monday, July 29 — USA vs. France, 9:30 a.m. ET
“I not only play rugby, but I serve my country” – Sammy Sullivan
For those of you who don’t know, Sammy of the @steeltoespr7s doesn’t just represent her country with @usarugby but she is also a Captain in the United States Army 🇺🇸
We look forward to cheering on Sammy in Paris… pic.twitter.com/IRrzlsIAtP
— Premier Rugby Sevens (@prsevens) July 3, 2024
Women’s 4×400 relay
In her second Olympic Games, Gray’s Creek alum Quanera Hayes will once again wear the red, white and blue for the Team USA women’s track and field team after qualifying for the 400m. She’s also available as a member of the relay pool for the 4x400m relay team.
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Monday, Aug. 4 — Women’s 400m, 9 a.m. (NBC)
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Friday, Aug. 9 — Women’s 4×400 relay heats, 4 a.m. ET (USA Network)
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Friday, Aug. 9 — Women’s 4×400 relay heats, 10:15 a.m. ET (NBC)
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Saturday, Aug. 10 — Women’s 4×400 relay finals, 1:00 p.m. (NBC)
How to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics
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TV channels: NBC, USA Network, CNBC, E!
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Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC.com, NBC app, NBC Olympics app
This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: How to watch Fayetteville athletes in Paris Olympics
