DURHAM, N.C. – Though he has been beset by some frustrating injuries, Kyrie Irving has experienced many of his sport's greatest highs since his departure from Duke in the spring of 2011.

Irving knows what it's like to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, to be selected NBA Rookie of the Year, to be named MVP of the All-Star Game and to lead USA Basketball to a gold medal at the FIBA World Cup. This summer, he found out what it's like to win the NBA championship, as he teamed with LeBron James to help the Cleveland Cavaliers earn an epic comeback crown in the NBA Finals.

Now Irving will have another opportunity to play for Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, as he has been named to USA Basketball's 12-man squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Irving played just 11 games for Coach K at Duke in 2010-11 due to a debilitating toe ailment. But he started for Krzyzewski nine times at the 2014 World Cup — leading that team in assists while earning MVP honors — and he will likely play a key role for Coach K's final assignment as Senior National Team head coach in Rio.

Irving has averaged 20.8 points per game in his 309 career NBA contests and put up a 19.6 average this past season after recovering from the knee injury that sidelined him during the 2015 NBA Finals. The New Jersey product was at his best in the playoffs with a 25.2 average overall and a 27.1 mark in the 2016 Finals, where he enjoyed a 41-point night to help the Cavaliers stay alive after they had fallen behind Golden State three games to one. In the decisive Game 7, he had 17 of his 26 points in the second half and nailed the go-ahead three-pointer in the last minute.

Irving should be fun to watch in the Olympics — and he will be joined in Rio by a host of current and former Blue Devil athletes competing on the world's greatest athletic stage. Here is a capsule look at Duke athletes to watch for when the Games of the XXXI Olympiad take place Aug. 5-21.

Basketball: Besides Kyrie Irving, former Duke women's basketball player Lindsey Harding will be in Rio, playing for Belarus. The WNBA veteran had her jersey retired at Duke.

Diving: Duke medical student Abby Johnston will be in Rio to compete for the USA on the 3-meter springboard after taking second place at the Olympic Trials. She was a silver medalist in synchronized diving at the 2012 London Olympics during her undergraduate Duke career.

Fencing: Former three-time All-America Ibtihaj Muhammad becomes the third Duke fencer to make the Olympics, and she will make history as well — as the first U.S. athlete to compete in an Olympics while wearing a hijab.

Soccer: Before returning to Duke for the start of her senior season, Rebecca Quinn will play for her native Canada in the women's soccer tournament in Rio.

Golf: This sport returns to the Olympics for the first time since 1904 and two Blue Devils are in the women's field. Rising junior All-America Leona Maguire will represent Ireland and 2014 All-America Laetitia Beck will tee it up for Israel.

Field Hockey: After playing for the national team for four years since her 2012 Duke graduation, Stefanie Fee officially was named to the USA Olympic squad in June. She's been a starter on defense in much of their recent pre-Olympic action.

Track & Field: Former Blue Devil and NCAA champion Shannon Rowbury will run in her third straight Olympic Games, competing in the 1,500 meters. Rowbury finished seventh at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and placed sixth in London in 2012.

The Numbers Game: Olympics Edition
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Number of Japanese Olympic teams made by Hiroshi Hoketsu, who earned a master's degree from Duke in 1968. Hoketsu competed in the 1964, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in equestrian, with his top result being a ninth place finish in team dressage in '08. He also qualified in 1988 but couldn't compete because his horse was quarantined.

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Duke track Olympian Dave Sime's time, in seconds, at the 100 meters final in the 1960 Rome Olympics. Armin Hary of Germany posted the exact same hand time and was awarded the gold medal in a photo finish over Sime, who made a late charge and almost caught the world record holder Hary at the tape.

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Duke track star Randy Jones' best time in the 100 meters, in 1992, ranking him as the Blue Devils' all-time fastest sprinter behind Dave Sime. Jones, also a football running back, put his speed and strength to good use after Duke as a push specialist in bobsled, making four Olympic teams and earning a silver medal at the 2002 Salt Lake Games.

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International soccer matches played by Carla Overbeck, a Duke assistant coach since 1992, during her long career with the U.S. Women's National Team (1988-2000). She played every minute of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to help the U.S. win the gold medal. She retired after a silver medal finish at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

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Most points scored in an Olympic basketball game by a former Duke player, by Luol Deng in the 2012 London Games. Deng, who played for the Blue Devils one season (2004), represented host nation Great Britain in 2012 and twice hit the 26-point mark in five contests, against Russia and Spain. He added 9 rebounds and 7 assists in the Spain game.

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Miles walked by Duke alumnus Curt Clausen in Olympic competition, as a three-time qualifier in the race walk event. He did the 20K in Atlanta and the 50K in both Sydney and Athens, racing for a total of 9 hours, 41 minutes, 40 seconds. Clausen won seven U.S. titles at the 50K distance and four at 20K between 1996 and 2005.

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Medals won by USA Shooting at the 2008 Beijing Games, where Duke's Nick Potter served as the physiotherapist for the American team. Potter is the assistant director of athletic rehabilitation for Duke and works with the Blue Devil basketball team on a daily basis. He earned his doctorate in physical therapy from Duke in 2004.

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ACC track championships won by Duke Hall of Famer Joel Shankle in 1954 and 1955. Shankle won Duke's first NCAA track & field title in 1954 when he claimed gold in the long jump. He became Duke's first Olympic medalist in 1956 with a bronze in the high hurdles. His frequent training partner, Lee Calhoun of N.C. Central, won gold.

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Number of books on Olympic history written by noted Olympic authority Dr. Bill Mallon, a former Duke and PGA Tour golfer and long-time orthopedic surgeon. Mallon co-founded and later served as president of the International Society of Olympic Historians. In 2001 he was awarded the Olympic Order for his services to the Olympic movement.

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Nations represented by former Duke pole vaulter Jillian Schwartz in Olympic competition. The 2001 NCAA runner-up vaulted for the U.S. at the 2004 Athens Games and for Israel at 2012 London. She just missed a trip to Beijing in 2008 after placing fourth at the U.S. Trials, where the top three qualify. Schwartz gained Israeli citizenship in 2009.