PHOTOS: Team USA heads to Paris from Atlanta

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PHOTOS: Team USA heads to Paris from Atlanta

Members of Team USA and Delta Air Lines celebrated at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Wednesday before the athletes flew to Paris for the Summer Games.

Olympic 3x3 Team USA Men’s basketball team players Jimmer Fredette and Mitch Hahn talk to Captain Brandon Geist boarding their flight to the Paris Olympics at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Olympic 3x3 Team USA Men’s basketball team player Jimmer Fredette talks to Delta employees before boarding his flight to the Paris Olympics at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Team USA Basketball athletic trainer Courtney Watson takes a selfie before departing from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Delta Air Lines employees take photos with Team USA signs while waiting for athletes to depart from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Delta Flight 88 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

A member of Team USA 3x3 Men’s basketball team holds a sign that reads Bon Voyage Paris while taking photos at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta before departing to Paris for the Olympics on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Team USA 3x3 Men’s Basketball coach Joe Lewandowski
Prepares to board Delta Air Lines Flight 88 from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta to Paris for the Olympics on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Delta Air Lines employees Jacqueline Cross and Courtney Barrett cheer for Team USA athletes departing from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Delta Flight 88 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Zelia Skar,9, and her sister Eleah, 7, pose for. Photo with Team USA props before departing Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Delta Flight 88 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Members of Team USA 3x3 Men’s Basketball Team share a laugh before departing from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Delta Flight 88 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Members of Team USA Men’s 3x3 Basketball team pose for a photo before departing from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Delta Flight 88 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Captain Jeffrey Kumro makes an announcement to Team USA athletes and other passengers before departing Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Delta Air Lines employees prepare to pass out Olympic themed souvenirs to passengers heading to Paris on Flight 88 from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Team USA athletes and passengers wait to board the plane at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Delta Flight 88 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Views of a Team USA luggage tag on the suitcase of an athlete flying from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta to Paris for the Olympics shown on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

A passenger holds up a Team USA towel while waiting to depart from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta to Paris on Delta Flight 88 on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Team USA Weightlifting member Jourdan Delacruz holds up a good luck letter from an elementary student before departing from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Team USA Weightlifting member Jourdan Delacruz and her coach Mike Gattone chat while waiting to depart Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Team USA Weightlifting member Olivia Reeves reads a good luck letter from an elementary student before departing from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

Members of the Team USA Weightlifting team pose for a photo before departing from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta for the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

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Olympic 3x3 Team USA Men’s basketball team players Jimmer Fredette and Mitch Hahn talk to Captain Brandon Geist boarding their flight to the Paris Olympics at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Natrice Miller/ AJC)

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