2024 Fighting Irish Olympic Central

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games officially begin Friday, July 26 in Paris, France and the surrounding areas. The events will be televised across several channels, including NBC, Peacock, USA Network, E!, CNBC, Golf Channel, Spanish-language networks Telemundo and Universo, NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app in the United States.

Seventeen current or former Irish student-athletes will be competing in Paris for six countries. Four current Irish coaches will also be overseas either as coaches or commentators.

Schedule of Events

SportDateTimeEventAthlete(s) Results & Highlights
Women's Soccer7/25/20243:00pmUnited States vs ZambiaKorbin Albert flag of the United States of AmericaTeam USA earned the 3-0 victory. Albert started the second half in her Olympic debut.
Fencing7/27/20244amWomen's epee table of 64Eszter Muhari Muhari earned a bye to the table of 32.
Fencing7/27/20244:50amWomen's epee table of 32Eszter Muhari Muhari defeated China's Junyao Tang, 15-10, to advance to the table of 16.
Swimming & Diving7/27/20246:26amMen's 4x100 freestyle relay heatsChris Guiliano flag of the United States of AmericaGuiliano did not compete on the prelim's relay but will participate in the final. Team USA finished fourth in the prelim.
Fencing7/27/20248:10amWomen's epee table of 16Eszter Muhari Muhari defeated South Korea's Song Sera, 15-6, to advance to the table of 8.
Fencing7/27/20249:50amWomen's epee table of 8Eszter Muhari Muhari defeated China's Sihan Yu, 15-10, to advance to the semifinals.
Fencing7/27/20241:00pmWomen's epee semifinalsEszter Muhari Muhari fell to France's Auriane Mallo-Breton, 15-10.
Fencing7/27/20242:40pmWomen's epee bronze medal boutEszter Muhari Muhari defeated Estonia's Nelli Differt, 15-14, to earn a bronze medal.
Swimming & Diving7/27/20243:50pmMen's 4x100 freestyle relay finalChris Guiliano Guiliano swam the second leg of the event and helped Team USA to a gold medal, its first of the 2024 Olympic Games. The relay went 3:09.28, and Guiliano split 47.33.
Fencing7/28/20243:30amWomen's foil table of 64Amita Berthier
Lee Kiefer flag of the United States of America
Both women earned a bye to the table of 32.
Fencing7/28/20244:25amWomen's foil table of 32Amita Berthier
Lee Kiefer flag of the United States of America
Berthier fell 15-13 to Lauren Scruggs of Team USA.

Kiefer topped Poland's Martyna Jelinska, 15-13.
Swimming & Diving7/28/20245amMen's 200 freestyle heatsChris Guiliano flag of the United States of AmericaGuiliano finished 19th with a time of 1:47.60.
Fencing7/28/20248:05amWomen's foil table of 16Lee Kiefer flag of the United States of AmericaKiefer advanced to the table of 8 after beating China's Qianqian Huang, 15-9.
Fencing7/28/20249:55amWomen's foil table of 8Lee Kiefer flag of the United States of AmericaKiefer was dominant this round, topping Italy's Flora Pasztor, 15-4.
Fencing7/28/20241:00pmWomen's foil semifinalsLee Kiefer flag of the United States of AmericaKeifer advances to the gold medal bout after topping Italy's Alice Volpi, 15-10.
Women's Soccer7/28/20243:00pmUnited States vs GermanyKorbin Albert flag of the United States of AmericaTeam USA topped Germany, 4-1.
Fencing7/28/20243:45pmWomen's foil gold medal boutLee Kiefer Now a back-to-back Olympic gold medalist, Kiefer defeated fellow American Lauren Scruggs, 15-6.
Fencing7/29/20243amWomen's sabre table of 64Magda Skarbonkiewicz flag of the United States of AmericaSkarbonkiewicz earned a bye.
Fencing7/29/20244amWomen's sabre table of 32Magda Skarbonkiewicz flag of the United States of AmericaTurkey's Nisanur Erbil topped Skarbonkiewicz, 15-11.
Fencing7/29/20243:55amMen's foil table of 64Nick Itkin flag of the United States of America
Gerek Meinhardt flag of the United States of America
Both Itkin and Meinhardt earned a bye.
Women's Basketball7/29/20245amNigeria vs AustraliaLauren Ebo Nigeria earned its first Olympic win in 20 years, beating Australia 75-62.
Rowing7/29/20246amWomen's eight heatsMolly Bruggeman flag of the United States of AmericaThe Americans finished second in Heat 2 with a time of 6:19.00, qualifying for repechage.
Fencing7/29/20246:05amMen's foil table of 32Nick Itkin flag of the United States of America
Gerek Meinhardt flag of the United States of America
Itkin topped Alex Tofalides of Cyprus, 15-10. Meinhardt beat China's Haiwei Chen, 15-7.
Fencing7/29/20248:55amMen's foil table of 16Nick Itkin flag of the United States of America
Gerek Meinhardt flag of the United States of America
Itkin advanced to the quarterfinals with a 15-8 victory over Egypt's Abdelrahman Tolba, while Meinhardt fell to Enzo Lefort of France, 15-10.
Fencing7/29/202410:20amMen's foil table of 8Nick Itkin flag of the United States of AmericaItkin earned a narrow 15-14 victory over Guillaume Bianchi of Italy.
Women's Basketball7/29/202411:15amCanada vs FranceNatalie Achonwa
Cassandre Prosper
Canada fell to France, 75-54. Achonwa had 4 points and 4 rebounds. She was a starter.
Fencing7/29/20242:20pmMen's foil semifinalsNick Itkin flag of the United States of AmericaItkin fell to Italy's Filippo Macchi, 15-11.
Women's Basketball7/29/20243pmUnited States vs JapanJewell Loyd flag of the United States of America
Jackie Young flag of the United States of America
The United States beat Japan, 102-76. Loyd had 2 points and 2 rebounds. Young had 7 points, a rebound, an assist, a steal and a block.
Fencing7/29/20243:15pmMen's foil bronze medal boutNick Itkin
Itkin earned a bronze medal by defeating Japan's Kazuki Ilmura, 15-12.
Swimming & Diving7/30/20245amMen's 200 breaststroke heatsTyler Christianson flag of the Republic of PanamaChristianson finished 22nd with a time of 2:15.61 and won his heat.
Swimming & Diving7/30/20245:15amMen's 100 freestyle heatsChris Guiliano flag of the United States of AmericaGuiliano tied for eighth with a time of 48.25 to advance to the semifinals.
Swimming & Diving7/30/20246:08amMen's 4x200 freestyle relay heatsChris Guiliano flag of the United States of AmericaTeam USA finished second with a time of 7:05.57 and will swim in the final on Tuesday afternoon. Guiliano anchored the prelims relay and split 1:46.74.
Swimming & Diving7/30/20242:30pmMen's 100 freestyle semifinalsChris Guiliano flag of the United States of AmericaGuiliano advanced to the final with a seventh place finish and time of 47.72.
Swimming & Diving7/30/20244:15pmMen's 4x200 freestyle relay finalChris Guiliano Guiliano did not swim on the final relay, but he has earned a silver medal after Team USA takes second.
Women's Soccer7/31/20241:00pmUnited States vs AustraliaKorbin Albert flag of the United States of AmericaTeam USA won 2-1, and Albert scored the second of America's two goals. Albert is the first USWNT player to score her first international goal in the Olympics.
Swimming & Diving7/31/20244:15pmMen's 100 freestyle finalChris Guiliano flag of the United States of AmericaGuiliano finished eighth with a time of 47.98.
Rowing8/1/20244:10amWomen's eight repechagesMolly Bruggeman flag of the United States of AmericaTeam USA won the repechage with a time of 6:03.93 and will advance to the final.
Swimming & Diving8/1/20245amMen's 50 freestyle heatsChris Guiliano flag of the United States of AmericaGuiliano finished 17th with a time of 21.97.
Fencing8/1/20245:50amWomen's foil team table of 8Lee Kiefer flag of the United States of AmericaThe United States defeated China, 45-37.
Women's Basketball8/1/20247:30amCanada vs AustraliaNatalie Achonwa
Cassandre Prosper
Canada fell to the Australians, 70-65. Achonwa had 4 points, 6 boards, 7 assists and 4 steals.
Women's Basketball8/1/20247:30amNigeria vs FranceLauren Ebo Nigeria fell to the home team, 75-54. Ebo had a pair of rebounds.
Fencing8/1/20248:50amWomen's foil team semifinalsLee Kiefer flag of the United States of AmericaThe United States defeated Canada, 45-31.
Fencing8/1/20242:30pmWomen's foil team gold medal matchLee Kiefer The United States topped Italy, 45-39. With the victory, Kiefer became the first US fencer to win three Olympic gold medals.
Women's Basketball8/1/20243pmUnited States vs BelgiumJewell Loyd flag of the United States of America
Jackie Young flag of the United States of America
Loyd had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists off the bench as Team USA beat Belgium, 87-74. The group advances to the knockout round with the victory.
Track & Field8/2/20245:05amMen's 1500 round 1Yared Nuguse flag of the United States of AmericaNuguse placed fifth in his heat with a time of 3:36.56 to advance to the semifinal.
Rowing8/3/20244:50amWomen's eight finalMolly Bruggeman flag of the United States of AmericaTeam USA finished fifth with a time of 6:01.73.
Fencing8/3/20247amWomen's sabre team table of 8Magda Skarbonkiewicz flag of the United States of AmericaKorea topped the United States, 45-35.
Fencing8/3/20248:30amWomen's sabre team classifications 5-8Magda Skarbonkiewicz flag of the United States of AmericaTeam USA defeated Algeria, 45-28.
Women's Soccer8/3/20249amUnited States vs Japan (Quarterfinal)Korbin Albert flag of the United States of AmericaThe United States beat Japan in extra time, 1-0.
Fencing8/4/20245:50amMen's foil team table of 8Nick Itkin flag of the United States of America
Gerek Meinhardt flag of the United States of America
Itkin and Meinhardt helped lead the United States to a 45-35 win over Egypt.
Women's Basketball8/4/20247:30amCanada vs NigeriaNatalie Achonwa
Cassandre Prosper
Lauren Ebo
Nigeria defeated Canada, 79-70 and will advance to the quarterfinals.
Fencing8/4/20248:50amMen's foil team semifinalsNick Itkin flag of the United States of America
Gerek Meinhardt flag of the United States of America
Team USA fell to Italy, 45-38.

Women's Basketball8/4/202411:15amUnited States vs GermanyJewell Loyd flag of the United States of America
Jackie Young flag of the United States of America
Team USA moved to 3-0 in group play with an 87-68 victory over Germany. Young led all players with 19 points and also went 5-8 from deep with 4 steals.
Fencing8/4/20241:10pmMen's foil team bronze medal matchNick Itkin flag of the United States of America
Gerek Meinhardt flag of the United States of America
France won the bronze medal by defeating the Americans, 45-32.
Track & Field8/4/20243:15pmMen's 1500 semifinalsYared Nuguse flag of the United States of AmericaNuguse advanced to the final after placing first in his heat while also having the fastest 1500m time of either semifinal with a 3:31.72.
Women's Soccer8/6/202412pmUnited States vs Germany (Semifinals)Korbin Albert flag of the United States of AmericaTeam USA advanced to the final with a 1-0 extra time win over Germany. Albert played during extra time.
Track & Field8/6/20242:50pmMen's 1500 finalYared Nuguse Nuguse captured the bronze medal with a personal-best time of 3.27.80.
Women's Basketball8/7/20243:30pmUnited States vs Nigeria (Quarterfinals) Jewell Loyd flag of the United States of America
Jackie Young flag of the United States of America
Lauren Ebo
Team USA beat Nigeria 88-74. Young made her first start of the Games and scored 15 points.
Women's Basketball8/9/202411:30amUnited States vs Australia (Semifinals) Jewell Loyd flag of the United States of America
Jackie Young flag of the United States of America
Team USA beat Australia 85-64. Young was the second leading scorer on the team, recording 14 points.
Women's Soccer8/10/202411amUnited States vs Brazil (Gold Medal Match)Korbin Albert Team USA won the gold medal with a 1-0 win over Brazil. Albert assisted on the goal.
Women's Basketball8/11/20249:30amUnited States vs France (Gold Medal Game)Jewell Loyd
Jackie Young
The United States won its eighth consecutive gold medal with a 67-66 win over France.
Track & Field9/3/20242:20pmMen's high jumpSam Grewe flag of the United States of AmericaFinished eighth in the men's high jump - T63.
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