The city that links its identity with the Olympic movement collected a dozen medals in Paris over the weekend to bolster that reputation.

“All 12 medals earned by Team USA this past weekend were won by athletes who have lived or trained in Olympic City USA!” trumpeted a tweet from the City of Colorado Springs-run Olympic City USA account.

According to research from the city prior to the games, at least 227 athletes for Team USA have spent some time training in Colorado Springs. That represents roughly 40 percent of the U.S. contingent in Paris.

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“We’re so proud that Colorado Springs is a part of their story,” said Vanessa Zink, chief communications officer with the city and co-chair of the Olympic City USA taskforce.

Among the first 12 American medalists in Paris was Chloe Dygert, a bronze medalist in cycling who resides in the city and trains extensively at the velodrome in Memorial Park.

Most of the others utilize the facilities available in Colorado Springs on occasion, either for individual work or national team training camps.

Swimmer Nic Fink, who captured silver on Sunday in the 100-meter breaststroke, recalled a high-altitude training camp in Colorado Springs with famed coach Bob Bowman, who formerly trained Michael Phelps from the age of 11.

Bowman put Fink through a training ladder that saw the distance increase by 100-meter increments from 100 up to 800 in freestyle and individual medley and then back down to 100.

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“I went in with total confidence but started dying halfway through. All the girls were lapping me,” Fink told USA Swimming News. “The crazy training is what builds the confidence.”

Katie Ledecky, who won her 11th Olympic medal with a bronze in the 400-meter freestyle on Saturday, has visited Colorado Springs numerous times over the years for training and physical testing.

Haley Batten, a silver medalist Sunday in mountain biking, noted that an invitation to a development camp at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs was one of the milestone events in her rise in the sport.

Colorado Springs jumped to prominence in the sports landscape when it made a successful bid for the United States Olympic Committee headquarters in Feb. 1976. The offices relocated from New York in Aug. 1978.

The Olympic Training Center followed, with much of the construction completed in 1983 in advance of the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

National governing bodies flocked to town as a result. The 12 medals earned by Americans this past weekend came in sports – cycling, fencing and swimming – with national governing bodies located in Colorado Springs.

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Starting with a dozen

The first 12 medals won by Americans in the Paris Games were from athletes who have either lived or trained in Colorado Springs, according to research from the city.

Gold

Swimming: Men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay (Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Matt King)

Swimming; Women’s 100-meter butterfly (Torri Huske)

Fencing: Women’s individual foil (Lee Kiefer)

Silver

Synchronized diving: Women’s springboard 3-meter (Sarah Bacon, Kassidy Cook)

Swimming: Women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay (Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly, Abbey Weitzel)

Cycling: Women’s cross country (Haley Batten)

Swimming: Women’s 100-meter butterfly (Gretchen Walsh)

Fencing: Women’s individual foil (Lauren Scruggs)

Swimming: Men’s 100-meter breaststroke (Nic Fink)

Bronze

Cycling: Women’s individual time trial (Chloe Dygert)

Swimming: Women’s 400-meter freestyle (Katie Ledecky)

Swimming: Men’s 400-meter individual medley (Carson Foster)