Several Hoosiers will return from the Olympic Games in Paris with medals.

While all of them have competed for the United States so far, there are Hoosier athletes representing other countries. The 12 athletes with ties to the state of Indiana will walk away with eight medals of each color around their necks.

Most of that, so far, has been in swimming. Former Indiana University swimmer and Evansville native Lilly King played a big role in Team USA’s gold medal-winning women’s 4×100 medley relay on Sunday. Carmel High swimmer Alex Shackell also won gold for the same effort because she swam the relay in the heats.

IU swimmer Anna Peplowski and Shackell won the silver medal in the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay last Thursday.

In the men’s pool, Carmel’s Drew Kibler, Chesterton’s Blake Pieroni and Notre Dame’s Chris Giuliano helped Team USA win the silver medal in the 4×200 freestyle. Giuliano also won gold for his performance in the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay.

On the diving platform, Sarah Bacon won the silver medal in the 10-meter synchronized diving with her partner Kassidy Cook.

Coming out of the pool, former Notre Dame fencing national champion Lee Kiefer won her second gold medal in the women’s foil event early last week. Chloe Dygert came home with a bronze in the women’s time trial cycling event.

Finally, the last medal was won by Rajeev Ram, who won the silver medal in the men’s tennis doubles category along with his tennis doubles partner Austin Krajicek. The pair lost to the Australian duo in the gold medal match.

Looking ahead, we see more Hoosiers and athletes from Indiana hoping to add their names to those who have already claimed some hardware.

Most notable among them are Tyrese Haliburton (USA) and Andrew Nembhard (Canada), Indiana Pacers teammates hoping to lead their national team to the playoffs of the men’s basketball tournament.

Track and Field Cathedral graduate and Indianapolis native Cole Hocker advanced to the men’s 1500-meter final and, along with Notre Dame runner Yared Nuguse, will be part of what could be one of the most historic men’s races ever. They will face this year’s world leader, Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway, in the final on Tuesday.

USA’s Hobbs Kessler is also expected to be in the field, while Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot and Britain’s Josh Kerr are also expected to be serious threats for the podium.

Chloe Dygert is not finished in Paris yet. She finished 15th in the women’s road race in Cycling over the weekend. She will now move indoors as she attacks the Team Pursuit event in Track Cycling this week.

Finally, former Indiana State University track and field athlete Mary Theisen-Lappen will be one of three U.S. women competing in the Weightlifting competition on August 11.