Bringing home Parisian bling

Several Olympians from the State of Connecticut brought home some new hardware from Paris this summer.

Alexis Holmes of Hamden won gold as the anchor of the women’s 4x400-meter relay on Saturday, Aug. 10. Team USA dominated the competition with a national record time of 3:15.27, four seconds ahead of silver medalist Netherlands.

Liam Corrigan of Old Lyme took gold in men’s four rowing finals, marking the United States’ first gold in the event since 1960. Team USA beat out New Zealand and reigning world champ Great Britain for the win on Aug. 1.

Kieran Smith of Ridgefield earned silver with the men’s 4x200-meter freestyle swim relay. Great Britain won gold in the event Aug. 1 and Australia took bronze.

Yale University saw two alumni medal in the games with Sholto Carnegie winning gold in men’s eight rowing and Ian Barrows taking bronze in men’s skiff sailing. Quinnipiac University alum Ilona Maher rose to fame after women’s rugby earned bronze in Paris.

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