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How Arizona athletes fared in the Paris Olympics on July 28

Nine athletes from ties to Arizona competed on Day 2 of the Summer Olympics in Paris. Here's how they fared.

PARIS, France — Day Two of the Summer Olympics in Paris saw nine Arizona athletes compete in their respective sports with one of them winning a gold medal! 

Team USA also jumped up to the top of the medal count, as the first nation with more than 10 medals in the Paris Games. 

Here's a look at how Arizona's Olympians fared on Sunday. 

Jade Carey, Women's Artistic Gymnastics 

It wasn't a perfect day for Mountain Ridge High School alumnus and former Arizona Sunrays gymnast Jade Carey. 

The defending gold medalist in the floor exercise will not be able to defend her Olympic title after a fall during qualification on Sunday. 

However, it was a valiant effort as Carey overcame an illness that left her "unable to eat or anything" in the days leading up to qualification. 

But Carey had plenty of reasons to smile at the end of the day. Not only did Team USA qualify for the team final, Carey qualified for the individual event final in the vault after finishing third in qualification. 

 We'll see Carey in the team final on July 30 and the women's vault final on Aug. 3.  

Léon Marchand and Chase Kalisz, Men's 400-meter Individual Medley 

"The French Michael Phelps," aka former Arizona State Sun Devil Marchand became the first ASU athlete in 12 years to win a gold medal when he dominated the field to win the men's 400-meter individual medley in an Olympic-record time of 4:02.95 on Sunday.  

Marchand finished nearly six seconds ahead of silver medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita from Japan, who finished with a time of 4:08.62.  

Team USA's Carson Foster won bronze with a time of 4:08.66, just four-hundredths of a second behind Matsushita. 

USA swimmer Chase Kalisz, who trained in Tempe with former ASU coach Bob Bowman before Bowman left for the University of Texas, did not qualify for the final of the 400-meter individual medley after finishing fifth in his heat. 

Devin Booker and Kevin Durant, Men's Basketball   

Looks like fans didn't need to be worried about Kevin Durant's calf, after all.  

Despite missing all of Team USA's training camp and pre-Olympic tune-up games, the Slim Reaper played in Team USA's Olympic opener on Sunday against Nikola Jokic and Serbia, leading the US in scoring with 23 points off the bench in the Americans' 110-84 win. 

Durant's Phoenix Suns teammate Devin Booker got the start for Team USA on Sunday. Booker scored 12 points and dished out five assists.  

LeBron James added 21 points for the US and Jrue Holiday had 15. 

Team USA will be back on the court on July 31 when they take on South Sudan. 

Those two teams squared off on July 20 in London, with the US winning by just one point, 101-100.  

Paige Heyn, Women's Street Skateboarding 

Tempe's own Heyn finished sixth in women's street skateboarding at just 16 years old.  

By making the finals alongside Team USA teammate Poe Pinson, she helped the Americans secure their best finish yet in women's street.  

Heyn was in position to possibly make the podium after landing a switch frontside 50-50 in her second run, which gave her a score of 86.82 points and put her in third place. 

However, she was unable to land her trick in her final run, a switch frontside smith grind, which has been nicknamed "NBD" because it has never been done before.  

The future is bright for Heyn and hopefully we'll see her in Los Angeles in four years. 

Jordan Howard, Men's Basketball  

Puerto Rico opened Olympic play as well on Sunday, losing 90-79 to South Sudan. 

Perry High School alumnus Jordan Howard scored four points off the bench for Puerto Rico. He also grabbed six rebounds.  

Puerto Rico will play Serbia on July 31.  

Trinity San Antonio, Women's Basketball   

The Puerto Rico women also played on Sunday, losing a close game, 58-55, to Serbia.  

Grand Canyon University's Trinity San Antonio started for Puerto Rico and led the team in scoring with 11 points. She also grabbed four rebounds and had two assists.  

The Puerto Rico women return to play on July 31 when they play Spain.  

Gabi Rennie, Women's Soccer  

Former Sun Devil Gabi Rennie played four minutes on Sunday in New Zealand's 2-1 loss to Canada, the defending Olympic champions. 

Despite losing their first two games, New Zealand is not yet eliminated, as Canada has been deducted six points by FIFA as a result of the drone spying scandal surrounding the team. Three Canadian coaches, including head coach Bev Priestman, have been suspended for a year each and the Canadian soccer federation was fined 200,000 Swiss francs ($226,000).  

The scandal broke when two Canadian assistant coaches were caught using drones to spy on New Zealand's practices last Wednesday. 

Canada Soccer and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced that they are looking to appeal the deducted points.  

Arizona sports 

The city of Phoenix is home to four major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Cardinals have made State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers play at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale.

Phoenix also has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC, who play at Phoenix Rising FC Stadium in Phoenix.

The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events every year, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Guaranteed Rate Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the WM Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall, including Championship Weekend in November; and Cactus League Spring Training for 15 Major League Baseball franchises.

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