With 2024 coming to a close, Sports Spectrum is highlighting our most-viewed stories of the year.
It’s always fun to learn about new athletes — and sometimes even new sports — every four years when the Summer Olympics come around. There are many athletes who enter the Games already well known, but many more who do not. This past summer in Paris was no different.
For followers of Christ, it’s also exciting to learn about new athletes who share the same faith. For every Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 golfer in the world who’s shared about his faith in Jesus on numerous occasions, there’s an Aaron Brooks, a four-time NCAA-champion wrestler making his Olympic debut while praising the Lord the whole way. For every Sydney McLaughlin, the world-record-breaking gold medalist who boldly expresses her faith often, there’s a Maggie Malone Hardin, a javelin thrower who’s kept her identity in Christ and not in her Olympic results.
Prior to the 2024 Olympics, Sports Spectrum took the time to compile a list of Christ-following U.S. Olympians — some well known, some not, but all professing faith in Christ. Nearly 600 U.S. athletes competed in Paris, so there was no way we could know the faith of all of them, nor list all who claim to be Christians, but we listed 20 to watch for in Paris.
It would appear that many folks watching the Olympics were curious about Christians competing in the Games, as our list received a steady flow of traffic through the duration of the Olympics. It ends the year ranked No. 4 among our most-viewed stories in 2024:
>> 20 CHRIST-FOLLOWING U.S. OLYMPIANS TO WATCH AT THE 2024 PARIS GAMES <<
Check back soon for No. 3!
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