If you are wondering how to listen to the Olympics, iHeartRadio has you covered. iHeartRadio is the exclusive audio home of NBC's coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics, so it is the only place to listen to the Olympics stream. The free iHeart app is where to go to listen to exclusive play-by-play action of Team USA. To celebrate, we are spotlighting some of the country's athletes that are vying for gold.
Rachel Sung, a 20-year-old table tennis player from San Jose, California, is set to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Sung, who began her career as a freshman at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has already amassed a long list of achievements, including a Pan American Games gold and multiple national championships.
Sung first made her mark in 2012 when she won the girls U-9 singles at the US Open and secured a silver in the U-11 category. Her breakout onto the international scene came in 2015 when she won a singles bronze medal at the Butterfly Canadian Junior and Cadet Open and a silver medal at the China Junior & Cadet Open.
In 2017, Sung won the Italian Junior & Cadet Open and had a standout performance at the ITTF Pan American Junior Championships, winning a mixed doubles bronze and team gold. The following year, she defended her team gold and won the women's doubles at the ITTF Pan American Junior Championships.
Sung made her senior debut in 2022 at the US National Table Tennis Championships Hsing Family, where she won bronze in the women's singles and later won the women's doubles event at the 2022 U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships. In 2023, she clinched gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, alongside her UCLA roommate, Amy Wang.
At the 2024 US Olympic Team Trials for table tennis, Sung secured her place on the American team for Paris after finishing second in the women's singles event. She will be joined by her doubles partner, Amy Wang, and compatriot Lily Zhang.
From exclusive NBC play-by-play action of Team USA to live hourly updates from the Games to original Summer Games podcasts, you can listen to the Olympics stream only on iHeartRadio. Find out more about how to listen.