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🏆 Gold is coming home to Raleigh

Dreaming of gold: Olympians with ties to Raleigh who medaled at the Paris 2024 Olympics
The Eiffel Tower in Paris with Olympic rings
These Olympians might be saying au revoir to Paris, but they’re taking home some hardware. | Photo by CLTtoday
At the 2024 summer Olympic Games, approximately 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees competed across 32 sports — including some new ones. Since we’re all about keeping it local, meet the Olympians who took home medals — and Paralympians set to take the stage soon.

Katharine Berkoff, Swimming, 100m backstroke
Berkoff tears up the pool as a member of the Wolfpack and won big this year. Berkoff brought home a gold medal for the 4x100m medley relay and a bronze for the 100m backstroke. Berkoff is the daughter of three-time Olympian David Berkoff and is a five-time NCAA champ with the Pack.

Veronica Fraley, Track and field: Women’s discus
Hailing from Raleigh + a Wakefield High alum, Fraley was the 2024 NCAA discus champion with the all-time school record at Vanderbilt. Fraley unfortunately fell short of qualification, but didn’t leave Paris without a social media notice from rapper + women’s sports advocate Flavor Flav.

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Cheer on the NC Courage as players take Paris.

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McKenzie Long, Track and field, 200m
Long ran with the Pack for four years and clinched a seventh-place spot in the 200m finals with a time of 22.42 seconds — USA teammates Gabby Thomas won gold and Brittany Brown took bronze in the same race.

Casey Murphy and Kerolin Nicoli, Soccer
NC Courage teammates Murphy and Nicoli faced off in the final as representatives for Team USA and Brazil, respectively, and USA women’s soccer won gold for the first time in 12 years.

Diana Shnaider, Tennis, doubles
Although Shnaider was only a member of the Pack for one year before going pro, the Russian athlete scored silver in women’s doubles as part of Individual Neutral Athletes.
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Events
Monday, Aug. 12
Tuesday, Aug. 13
  • Beer and Banjos | Tuesday, Aug. 13 | 6:30-9 p.m. | Transfer Co. Food Hall | Free | Head to the back patio for a live outdoor banjo show.
  • Summer in Tuscany | Tuesday, Aug. 13 | 6-8 p.m. | Home for Entertaining, Cary | $99 | Cook a fresh summer menu complete with aromatic herbs, fennel sausage, and pesto potatoes.
Wednesday, Aug. 14
  • The Concert: A Tribute to Abba | Wednesday, Aug. 14 | 7:30 p.m. | Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts | $40-$70 | Bring your best “Dancing Queen” moves to this tribute experience.
Friday, Sept. 20
  • Symphonie Fantastique | Friday, Sept. 20-Saturday, Sept. 21 | 8 p.m. | Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts | Celebrate the opening of Raleigh’s performing arts season with internationally renowned violinist James Ehnes + the North Carolina Symphony.*
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News Notes
Pets
  • Wake County Animal Center is at capacity and has waived adoption fees through Sept. 9. If pets aren’t adopted, reclaimed by owners, or fostered, the center will be forced to create space by euthanasia. Meet the cats + dogs in need of a loving home.
Outdoors
  • The future of Smoky Hollow Park is looking bright. The anticipated greenspace received an $8.6 million grant from the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program which helps disadvantaged urban communities without outdoor recreation — the park is still looking at a 2027 or 2028 opening.
Raleighite
  • A Raleigh native is a featured realtor on Netflix reality show “Owning Manhattan.” Savannah Gowarty grew up in the 919 and now works at a top real estate firm — spoiler alert, she spills some serious tea about the show’s drama + real estate in her interview with The News & Observer.
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  • UNC announced Lee Roberts as its 13th chancellor — Roberts has served as interim chancellor since December 2023 when Kevin Guskiewicz stepped down. Roberts’ background is in finance and real estate and was chair of the university’s budget committee.
Try This
  • The USA TODAY Wine & Food Experience is returning to Dorothea Dix on Oct. 26. This show-stopping culinary experience features up-and-coming local chefs + culinary leaders serving their best bites and tickets start at $60.
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If you’re like me, you’re already missing the Olympics and need to see more high-flying feats. Team USA gymnastics members including Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles, and pommel horse guy himself Stephen Nedoroscik are coming to Greensboro + Charlotte as part of the Gold Over America Tour — I wouldn’t want to miss them.
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