Tuvalu at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Tuvalu competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024.The Tuvalu athlete delegation consisted of two competitors, sprinters Karalo Maibuca and Temalini Manatoa.[4] For the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuvalu sent a delegation of two athletes, Temalini Manatoa and Karalo Maibuca, and they were, respectively, the female and male flag bearers during the opening and closing ceremonies.[7][8] Prior to the Olympics, Maibuca trained with Fijian sprinters at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, where he is based.[11] Maibuca competed in the men's 100m and he set a national record of 11.30, placing seventh in his heat, but did not advance past the preliminaries.