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The United States’ men’s basketball team faced one of the toughest crowds in any of their careers on Saturday. They played for a fifth consecutive gold medal in the 2024 Summer Olympics. Against the host team from France—in Paris. But late-game scoring from one of the all-time great shooters closed the books on a 98–87 win for the Americans.
The game featured a battle between the present star of the NBA against a player many believe is the future, France’s Victor Wembanyama. And the young forward came out hot as the excitement in the gym felt like a Game 7 in the NBA playoffs. But LeBron James wasn’t ready for the torch to be passed quite yet.
James went straight to the rack and dunked to open the scoring. He consistently called for the ball, attacked the rim, and pumped up the U.S. bench after making shots.
Team USA’s Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, and Alexis Holmes won gold in the 4x400-meter women’s relay, setting a new American record and coming close to the world record with a time of 3:15.27.
The Netherlands came in second with a time of 3:19.50, and Great Britain third at 3:19.72, both also setting national records.
Team USA’s Shelby McEwen won the silver medal in the men’s high jump after making it to a one-on-one jump-off against Hamish Kerr of New Zealand. Both jumpers had made it to 2.36 meters, and Kerr made the tie-breaking 2.34 jump after McEwen missed.
Team USA’s Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, and Rai Benjamin won the gold in the 4x400 men’s relay and set an Olympic record with a 2:54.43 time.
Benjamin in the anchor leg ran head to head with Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, whose win in the men’s 200-meter earlier in the Games made him an athlete to watch.
Team USA gymnast Jordan Chiles may lose her bronze medal after a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling.
Chiles had won the bronze medal in a surprise moment after her coach challenged the floor routine ruling, and judges found that they had not fully awarded points for one of the moves.
Faith Kipyegon of Kenya won the gold in the women’s 1,500-meter with a time of 3:15.29, breaking her own Olympic record and becoming the first athlete to win this event three times.
Jessica Hull of Australia won the silver and Georgia Bell of Great Britain won the bronze.
Team USA’s Grant Fisher won the 5,000 meter bronze medal after running a time of 13:15.13, about a tenth of a second behind Ronald Kwemoi of Kenya, who won the silver medal.
The gold went to Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway with a time of 13:13.66—redemption after he narrowly missed the podium in the 1,500-meter race earlier in the Games.
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach announced he would not be seeking another term despite calls from members to continue.
Bach has served as IOC president for 12 years and his second term ends in 2025.
Team USA’s Masai Russell outran the defending champion to win gold in the women’s 100-meter hurdles in a tight race.
Russell won with a time of 12.33, and France’s Cyrena Samba-Mayela took the silver with a time of 12.34, and Tokyo winner Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the bronze at 12.36.
Mallory Swanson celebrated her 100th cap with a goal in the 57th minute and the United States earned a record fifth gold medal in women’s soccer with a 1–0 victory over Brazil at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
The Americans were playing in their sixth Olympic final in eight appearances and 11th final in 17 world championship appearances.
The United States won its first gold since 2012 in London.
Lydia Ko of New Zealand took the gold in women’s golf, completing her full set of medals.
American golfer Nelly Korda, ranked no. 1 in the world, missed the podium.
Tokyo high jump gold medalist Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy was taken to the hospital ahead of the final round, in “excruciating” pain that felt like “stabbing” in his kidneys.
Just hours before the final, Tamberi posted an update on his social media, saying he was still in pain and may not be able to compete.
Team Spain won their first-ever medal in women’s water polo—gold, after defeating Australia 11–9.
Australia, which defeated Team USA in a surprise upset days ago to reach the gold match, won the silver.
Team USA's Nevin Harrison won the silver medal in the 200-meter women's canoe sprint, finishing only .01 seconds behind Canada's Katie Vincent, who secured the gold with a world-best time of 44.12.
Harrison, a two-time world champion, won gold in the Tokyo canoe sprint.
Defending champions Team France defeated Poland 3–0 and won the gold medal in men's volleyball, becoming the third country to secure back-to-back Olympic golds in the event.
Team USA had won in the bronze match the day before, defeating Italy after a loss to Poland.
Team USA’s Brooke Raboutou won the silver medal in the boulder/lead climbing event, making her the first American woman to win a medal in the relatively new Olympic sport, which had its debut in Tokyo.
Both of Raboutou’s parents are former world cup champion climbers, and run a climbing gym.
The USA women's water polo team fell to the Netherlands in the bronze match 11–10, making this the first time since the sport debuted in the Sydney 2000 Olympics that Team USA has not made the podium.
Australia's surprise upset of Team USA days before had put an end to the team's hope of a four-gold streak, but Saturday's defeat was even harder for them to swallow.
Four boxing gold medals are on offer on the final day of the tournament—the men's featherweight and super heavyweight categories as well as the women's featherweight and middleweight classes.
In the women's featherweight final, Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting, one of two boxers in the spotlight over their eligibility for the Paris Games, takes on Poland's Julia Szeremeta.
Ethiopian runner Tamirat Tola ended Kenya's dominance in the men's marathon by clinching victory with an Olympic record time of two hours, six minutes, and 26 seconds. Belgium's Bashir Abdi finished 21 seconds behind him, while Benson Kipruto secured the bronze for Kenya, coming in 34 seconds later.
The 32-year-old Tola glanced back as he approached the finish line, well ahead of the competition and with ample time to soak up the applause. This win marked his second Olympic medal, the first being in the 10,000 meters at the 2016 Rio Games.
The United States will face Brazil in the gold-medal match of the women's soccer tournament. The Americans are seeking a fifth Olympic gold medal.
Brazilian great Marta can end her international career with a gold medal after being suspended for the quarterfinals and semifinals. The 38-year-old Marta has said her sixth Olympics will be her last major tournament with the national team.
