LeBron James Debuts Olympic Rings Tattoo Following 2024 Paris Video games

LeBron James has new ink to commemorate his time on the 2024 Paris Olympics. 

The basketball star — who, on Aug. 10, captained Workforce USA Basketball to its seventeenth gold win — debuted a tattoo of the Olympic rings following his fourth time on the video games, the place he was additionally a flag bearer for the opening ceremony on Jul. 26.

James, 39, competed within the Olympics in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024. In his debut 12 months, he took residence a bronze medal and scored gold medals the next three appearances. 

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Over the weekend, tattoo artist Joaquin Ganga of celebrity-loved Ganga Tattoo Studio in L.A. shared an Instagram Reel of James getting the murals on his interior forearm. 

“Tattooing the Olympic rings for the king @kingjames Thanks for all bro,” Ganga wrote.

The put up consists of numerous clips of James trying calm, cool and picked up whereas getting his new ink, as this is not his first time in a tattoo chair. Amongst his different work is a serpent tattoo by Vanessa Aurelia that pays tribute to the late Kobe Bryant, who died on Jan. 26, 2020, in a helicopter crash.

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Whereas James has participated within the iconic sporting occasion many occasions, this 12 months’s proved to be additional particular for him within the later a part of his profession. 

“I am 39 years previous and going into my twenty second [NBA] season,” James instructed reporters, together with PEOPLE, following Workforce USA Basketball’s win towards France final month. “I do not know what number of alternatives and moments I am gonna get… simply to have the ability to compete for one thing massive and enjoying massive video games — and tonight was a giant sport.”

The upcoming NBA season, beginning on Oct. 22, will probably be James’ twenty second within the league. He will probably be enjoying alongside his 19-year-old son Bronny James for the Los Angeles Lakers, making them the primary father-son duo to take action within the NBA’s historical past.