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American swimmer Bobby Finke was slightly outpaced by Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen coming in at 7:38.19. 24-year-old Finke finished with a time of 7:38.75 for the silver while Italy’s Gregorio Paltinieri claimed the bronze.
Finke, a two time Olympian, will return to the pool for the men’s 1,500 with an aim to defend his Olympic title. The distance swimmer will compete in the heats on Aug. 3, with the finals scheduled for Aug. 4.
Team USA nabbed a 3-0 win over Guinea in men’s soccer securing their spot in the quarterfinals.
In the 14th minute, midfielder Djordje Mihailovic opened the scoring, before Kevin Paredes, a 21-year-old Virginia native added two goals.
Australia’s Kaylee McKeown took first place in the women’s 100-meter backstroke, shattering the Olympic record with a time of 57.33 seconds.
McKeown engaged in a fierce battle with American rivals Regan Smith and Katharine Berkoff, the trio virtually inseparable as they turned for the final lap.
Team USA’s Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano advanced to the men’s 100 meter free final.
The duo, fresh off their gold medal win in the 4x100 freestyle relay will face competition from world-record holder Zhanle Pan of China, former record holder David Popovici of Romania, and reigning world champion Kyle Chalmers of Australia on July 31.
Team USA captured the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics team final competition on Tuesday.
Despite a minor setback with a fall on the balance beam, the team still won with a five-point lead over second place, Italy.
Miles Partain and Andy Benesh, the youngest U.S. Olympic volleyball team bounced back from an opening loss to Cuba with a hard-fought victory over Morocco on Tuesday.The Americans dominated the first set, but faced a stiff challenge in the second.
Morocco rallied to tie the score at 21 after a controversial net touch call against Banesh extended the set.
The U.S. women’s rugby team secured a bronze medal in rugby sevens. They defeated Australia with a 14-12 victory.
This is the first ever Olympic rugby medal for the United States.
Featherweight Alyssa Mendoza, 20, won her opening match against Mijgona Samadova of Tajikistan in a close 3-2 match.
After a tense moment, results were announced, shocking both athletes.
Fencer Filippo Macchi of Italy has asked fans to respect the referees after a controversial loss that resulted in Italy's National Olympic Committee filing a formal complaint.
Macchi lost to Cheung Ka-Long of Hong Kong in a close 15-14 match that required three replays on the last point before referees awarded it to Cheung in the final bout. Cheung took the gold, and Macchi was awarded the silver.
Germany won against Team USA with an impressive end to the 3x3 basketball game, 17-13.
The event is still in the pool stage, and Team USA will play Azerbaijan on July 31.
Team USA defeated Romania for its first water polo win on Tuesday. The teams were tied until the second quarter, when USA held Romania off from scoring for much of the remainder of the match, winning 14-8.
The team will play Greece on Aug. 1, and Romania will play Croatia.
Team USA's Hannah Roberts, 22, took the highest qualifying score and will advance to the BMX freestyle finals with teammate Perris Benegas for a shot at a medal.
Roberts is the favorite to win gold in the event. She won silver in the Tokyo 2020 with a torn ligament.
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia defeated Jasmine Paolini of Italy in an intense match in the last of the women's tennis singles.
Paolini was runner-up at both the Wimbledon and 2024 French Open.
USA beach volleyball team Miles Partain and Andy Benesh, the youngest duo in the event in Olympics history at age 22 and 29, respectively, won their match against Morroco 21-12 and 28-26 amid a Paris heatwave.
They will play Brazil on Aug. 1.
Team USA's Danielle Collins will advance to the women's singles quarterfinals after beating Camila Osorio of Colombia.
This will be Collins's first and last Olympics, as she is set to retire at the end of the year.
Heat alerts have gone out in Paris as temperatures are expected to climb to 95 degrees.
Thunderstorms may also occur in the evening, which may delay some outdoor events.
Team USA lost to New Zealand, reigning champions defending their gold, and will proceed to the bronze match against either Canada or Australia.
New Zealand advances to the gold round after their 24-12 win.
Team USA beat Germany 3–2 in men's team volleyball, remaining first in the pool. The team's next game is against Japan on Aug. 2.
After winning gold in the 2008 Beijing Games and bronze in the 2016 Rio Games, Team USA suffered a disappointing defeat during the pool stage in the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Taylor Fritz beat Jack Draper of Great Britain in singles and is advancing to the third round.
Later today, Fritz will also play in mixed doubles with Coco Gauff, who ranks No. 2 in the world in singles and No. 1 in doubles.
American Coco Gauff's hopes of singles gold at the Olympics evaporated in the third round as she fell to a 7–6(7) 6–2 to Croatia's Donna Vekic in furnace-like conditions at Roland Garros on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old United States' second seed marched into a 5-2 lead in the opening set but Vekic responded in inspired fashion to turn the match on its head with some stunning ground strokes.
Australia's Lani Pallister, a medal hope in the women's 1,500 meters freestyle, has withdrawn from the event after testing positive for COVID-19 at the Paris Olympics, the team said on Tuesday.
A team spokeswoman said the decision had been made to save Pallister's energy for the 4x200m freestyle relay which starts on Thursday.
The men’s triathlon event at the Paris 2024 Olympics Games has been postponed because of concerns over poor water quality in the Seine River, the sport’s governing body announced on July 30.
World Triathlon issued a statement saying that officials from the sport, the International Olympic Committee, and the City of Paris met at 3:30 a.m. local time after water quality tests were carried out and decided to postpone the event.
“Paris 2024 and World Triathlon reiterate that their priority is the health of the athletes. The tests carried out in the Seine today revealed water quality levels that did not provide sufficient guarantees to allow the event to be held,” World Triathlon said in a statement.
For just the third time in a century, golf will be contested at a Summer Olympics. The men’s golf tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics begins on Thursday, wrapping up on Sunday, marking the third straight Olympic Games featuring the sport. It originally debuted at the 1900 Games and stuck around for the 1904 Summer Olympics before a 112-year gap. The sport returned in 2016.
Le Golf National, a par-72, 7,331-yard course in a southwest suburb of Paris, will host golf at the 2024 Olympics after hosting the Ryder Cup in 2018. Qualification for the tournament is a bit unique in that, while it does rely on Official World Golf Ranking, nations are limited to four golfers each. Only the top 15 ranked players automatically qualified – provided they were among the top four for their country. After that, the remainder of the field was filled out according to ranking, with a maximum of two players per nation and each continent having at least one representative.
As a result of this qualification system, Patrick Cantlay, who is No. 8 in the world but the fifth-ranked American, did not qualify, but Finland’s Tapio Pulkkanen, ranked No. 378, did qualify. Even with that, the tournament has a stacked field, with each of the top seven-ranked golfers and eight of the top 10 players in the world. The U.S. contingent features Scottie Scheffler, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark and Collin Morikawa, who are all among the top six in the world.
