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2024 Olympics: The Biggest Stars Competing successful the Games
Trinity Rodman is precise acquainted with the spotlight.
In summation to playing for the USWNT, the shot star—who is competing successful the Paris Olympics arsenic a portion of Team USA—comes from sports royalty.
That's right, Trinity is the girl of NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman, who played alongside hoops legends specified arsenic Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen during the Chicago Bulls' title reign successful the '90s.
“With my dad, I’m truthful thankful," Trinity told the O.C. Register successful 2021. "He was an astonishing jock and I got those genes from him."
However, the 22-year-old is "excited to beryllium known arsenic Trinity Rodman and not conscionable Dennis Rodman’s daughter." That's wherefore she resonated with soccer.
“When you’re young, you effort a batch of sports," Trinity explained. "Soccer to me, it felt similar home, I felt truthful comfy playing and I deliberation I noticed astatine truly young age."
She continued, "Soccer has ever been embedded successful my encephalon and I can’t halt reasoning astir it. I conscionable benignant of fell successful emotion with the game."
And arsenic Trinity continues to forge her ain way astatine the 2024 Summer Games, astir precocious helping the U.S. women's shot squad nab a 3-0 victory implicit Zambia, present is everything to cognize astir athlete.
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Who is Olympian Trinity Rodman?
Trinity is simply a subordinate for the United States women's nationalist shot team. In addition, she besides plays guardant for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
She made her Olympics debut astatine the 2024 Paris Summer Games.
Who are shot prima Trinity Rodman's parents?
She is the girl of retired hoops subordinate Dennis Rodman and his ex-wife Michelle Moyer. Dennis and Michelle—who stock Trinity and assemblage hoops prima Dennis "DJ" Rodman Jr., 23—were joined from 2003 to 2012.
Is Trinity Rodman adjacent with her dada Dennis Rodman?
According to Trinity, she and Dennis "don’t person the champion relationship," though she is trying to enactment connected it.
"My dada doesn’t play a large relation successful my beingness astatine each and astir radical don’t cognize that," she wrote successful a November 2021 Instagram post, aft Dennis made a astonishment quality astatine what she called "a large crippled successful my career."
"We don’t spot oculus to oculus connected galore things," Trinity continued. "I spell months if not years without his beingness oregon communication."
Though being successful the spotlight "has been hard for us," the shot subordinate said that "at the extremity of the day, he’s human, I’m human."
"He’s my dad, and I’m his small girl," she added. "That volition ne'er change."
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What has Dennis Rodman said astir his narration with girl Trinity Rodman?
The Detroit Pistons alum agrees with Trinity that they don't person a adjacent relationship.
"I haven’t been a large father," helium admitted during his 2019 induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. “I privation I was a amended father."
Acknowledging that his ex Michelle "put up with a batch of crap" implicit the years, Dennis added, "She’s been a parent and a begetter and I’ve been precise overmuch appreciative of what she’s done."
Who are Trinity Rodman's siblings?
In summation to member DJ, Trinity is half-sister to Alexis Rodman—Dennis' girl with his archetypal woman Annie Bakes—and Teyana Lima, Michelle's girl from a narration anterior to her matrimony to the NBA star.
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Is Trinity Rodman adjacent with her ma Michelle Moyer?
Having been chiefly raised by Michelle, the Olympian considers her ma to beryllium a "role model."
"My mom’s been my enactment strategy successful everything successful beingness and she’s my champion person and my rock," Trinity told The Guardian successful 2021. "I don’t deliberation radical cognize however adjacent we are and, adjacent though she wasn’t successful the NBA, she has an highly competitory and driven mindset and she’s an highly beardown woman."
Who is Trinity Rodman's boyfriend?
Trinity is dating Detroit Lions alum Trinity Benson—and yes, she is good alert that they stock the aforesaid name. When she and the 27-year-old went Instagram official successful May, she captioned photos of the 2 cuddling connected a bench, "Trinity squared."
Prior to that relationship, the Olympian dated assemblage basketballer Chris Kuzemka.
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What does Trinity Rodman deliberation of her dada Dennis Rodman's colorful hairsbreadth and style?
While Trinity whitethorn not person the closest narration with Dennis, she does judge helium "changed the game" erstwhile it came to fashion.
"I deliberation helium started that brainsick out-there manner successful the NBA," she told Vogue successful July. "He benignant of besides showed the satellite not to beryllium acrophobic to explicit yourself successful immoderate benignant of way, if that’s masculine, if that’s feminine."
Citing his 1997 smiley look hairdo arsenic 1 of her favourite looks, she noted, "Back then, you would ne'er deliberation that a feline would ever enactment connected a cropped, sparkly, girly vessel top."
Trinity added that Dennis' 1996 wedding formal infinitesimal "was a freaking statement."
Who other is simply a portion of Team USA? Keep speechmaking to get to cognize much of the breakout stars...
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Simone Biles
Simone Biles is the astir decorated gymnast successful history, afloat stop. But the 2016 all-around Olympic golden medalist has unfinished business to be to successful Paris aft a lawsuit of the twisties prompted her to propulsion retired of astir events successful Tokyo successful 2021.
Representing Team USA alongside Biles are Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera.
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Alyssa Naeher
Longtime women's nationalist shot squad goalie Alyssa Naeher has 2 World Cup titles, a slew of awesome stats and a large spread successful her resume she'd emotion to capable with Paris golden aft the squad's bronze showing successful Tokyo.
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Sha'Carri Richardson
Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson was supposed to marque her Olympics debut successful Tokyo but was sidelined aft a affirmative marijuana test. Now the reigning satellite champion successful the 100 meters, she's a favourite to torch the contention successful Paris successful her signature event.
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Katie Ledecky
Swimmer Katie Ledecky has 10 Olympic medals, 7 of them gold, and she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom successful May. Competing successful her 4th Games, the Stanford grad has a accidental to go the archetypal pistillate swimmer to triumph golden 4 consecutive times if she dominates erstwhile again successful the 800 meters.
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Walker Zimmerman
Olympic shot requires the men's teams to beryllium each 23-and-younger with 3 spots allowed for "overage" players—which is wherefore seasoned defender Walker Zimmerman thought his imagination of playing connected this signifier ended erstwhile the U.S. men failed to suffice successful 2016.
"Then arsenic things materialized this year," the 31-year-old told the LA Times, "just getting the accidental is amazing."
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Nikki Hiltz
"If you had asked maine astatine the Trials successful 2021 if I regretted coming out, I would person said yes," runner Nikki Hiltz told NBC Sports of coming retired arsenic trans and nonbinary not agelong earlier they failed to suffice for Tokyo.
But Hiltz didn't springiness up—on their information oregon their sport—winning U.S. indoor and outdoor titles successful the 1500m successful 2023, repeating the indoor feat successful 2024 and moving a field-leading 3:55.33 to instrumentality the women's 1500m astatine Trials connected June 30.
"It's the past time of Pride Month," Hiltz told NBC Sports astatine the decorativeness line, "and I wanted to tally this 1 for my community."
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Coco Gauff
Tennis champ Coco Gauff, victor of the 2023 U.S. Open, is ranked 2nd successful the satellite heading into Paris. The 20-year-old is making her Olympics debut aft a positive COVID test dashed her plans for Tokyo.
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Victor Montalvo
Top-ranked successful the U.S. and No. 2 successful the world, B-boy Victor Montalvo is acceptable to crook the Olympics connected its caput arsenic breaking makes its long-awaited debut astatine the Paris Games.
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LeBron James
There's ne'er only one superstar connected the U.S. men's hoops team, but four-time NBA champion LeBron James is appearing successful what volition astir surely beryllium his past Olympics and he'll beryllium 1 of Team USA's 2 designated flagbearers astatine the July 26 Opening Ceremony.
James told reporters helium was "super-appreciative and-super humbled" by the honor.
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Chuck Aoki
There's thing not badass astir wheelchair rugby and Chuck Aoki has been a prima of the U.S. Paralympic squad since London successful 2012. With a bronze and 2 silvers nether his belt, winning golden successful Paris would truly complement his collection.
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Hunter Woodhall
While Hunter Woodhall is not least known for being long-jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall's supportive different half, the University of Arkansas grad is besides a sprinting machine. The two-time Paralympian—and first-ever double-amputee jock to gain an NCAA Division I scholarship—heads to Paris having dominated successful the men's T62 400m and T62 100m astatine Trials.
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Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth
Two athletes, but a packaged set arsenic acold arsenic formation volleyball is concerned. Louisiana State alums and champion friends Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss hadn't adjacent turned pro yet when, successful April 2021, Nuss talented Kloth an ankle bracelet for her day inscribed with "August 11, 2024."
If you're guessing that's the day of the women's finals astatine the Paris Olympics, you are correct.
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Oksana Masters
Six-time Paralympian Oksana Masters was calved successful Ukraine successful 1989 with radiation-related commencement defects—including webbed fingers and tibial malformation—connected to the Chernobyl disaster. Growing up successful Louisville, Ky., with adoptive ma Gay Masters, she underwent a fig of surgeries, including respective limb amputations astatine 9 and 14—after which she took up rowing.
But sun, snow... It's each the aforesaid for the seven-time golden medalist, who has 3 Winter Paralympics arsenic a para-cross-country skier and para-biathlete and 3 Summer Paralympics arsenic a para-cyclist and para-rower nether her loop heading into Paris, wherever she'll vie successful cycling events.
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Caroline Marks
After finishing conscionable shy of the podium successful Tokyo, surfer Caroline Marks is acceptable to thrust her 2023 satellite rubric to Olympic triumph in... Well, not Paris. All of the surfing volition beryllium taking spot astatine Teahupo'o connected Tahiti, astir 10,000 miles distant from the remainder of the festivities.
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Jessica Long
Swimmer Jessica Long, whose Instagram bio reads "Born without legs + surviving my champion life," is headed to her sixth Paralympics. The 29-time medalist, 16 of them gold, is beauteous overmuch conscionable racing for bragging rights astatine this point.
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A'ja Wilson
Las Vegas Aces, um, ace and two-time WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson will beryllium starring the U.S. women's hoops squad successful their quest for their eighth consecutive golden medal. (The men are looking for lone their 5th straight, having been vanquished successful 2004.)
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Caeleb Dressel
Butterfly and freestylin' fool Caeleb Dressel won 5 golden medals successful Tokyo, nary large deal, to bring his vocation Olympic golden tally to seven. Paris volition beryllium the swimmer's 3rd Games and archetypal arsenic a dad, having welcomed lad August Wilder Dressel with woman Meghan Dressel successful February.
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Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell
After Jessica Parratto earned a metallic medal successful Tokyo for women's synchronized 10m level with spouse Delaney Schnell—Team USA's first-ever medal successful that event—the 5-foot-2 jock retired to, arsenic she told NBC Sports, "finally beryllium a mean person."
She did that for, like, a twelvemonth until Schnell wooed her backmost into the pool. But to beryllium clear, Parratto said of her instrumentality earlier they qualified for Paris, "I didn’t bash it due to the fact that she wanted maine to. I truly did it due to the fact that I wanted to."
But she doesn't caput the camaraderie, either. When Schnell banged her feet astatine the Montreal Diving World Cup successful May, Parratto's archetypal planetary lawsuit backmost from retirement, "it was a truly bully bonding infinitesimal for us," she said, "and conscionable being like, okay, we got this."
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Fred Richard
The U.S. men bash gymnastics, too, and Fred Richard was the apical scorer connected some nights of the 2024 Olympic Trials. Obviously fans volition flip if the 2023 NCAA all-around (and horizontal bars, and parallel bars) champion from University of Michigan helps the nationalist squad marque an Olympic podium for the archetypal clip since 2008.
Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics starting Friday, July 26, with the Opening Ceremony astatine 7:30 p.m. ET/PT connected NBC and Peacock.
