As the 2024 Olympic Games kick off July 26, more than 30 athletes with ties to North Carolina will be there to compete. 

Six swimmers from N.C. State University in Raleigh will be there, but not all will be on Team USA. The Wolfpack swimmers will also be representing Poland, Sweden, Denmark and Greece.

Eleven athletes with ties to Charlotte will be in Paris, including four current players with the Hornets.

Fayetteville native Naya Tapper will be on the U.S. Rugby Team. Madison Wiltrout, at UNC Chapel Hill, with compete in the most traditional of Olympic sports: the javelin. 

Jesse Ssengonzi, of Cary, will swim for the Ugandan team. 

This map shows each Olympic athlete competing in Paris with ties to North Carolina.