PinnedThe U.S. swim team dominated the 4x100m relay, setting a new world record and bringing home the gold.
Katie Ledecky continued her reign in the 800m freestyle, making Olympic history by winning her fourth consecutive gold medal in the event and becoming the most decorated female Olympic swimmer.
Vincent Hancock cemented his legacy in skeet shooting, becoming the sixth Olympian to win four gold medals at the same event.
The United States swam to victory in the mixed 4x100m relay, not only winning gold but also setting a new world record.
The team consisting of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh, and Torri Huske delivered a flawless performance to secure the title.
Jasmine Moore, representing the United States from Grand Prairie, Texas, won the bronze medal in the women’s triple jump at the Stade de France, despite wet conditions.
Dominica’s Thea LaFond took gold, while Jamaica’s Shanieka Ricketts took silver.
Katie Ledecky wins gold in the 800-meter freestyle. This is her fourth gold medal in a row for this event.
It also marks her ninth gold medal and 14th overall medal. She is now the most decorated female Olympic swimmer ever.
Julien Alfred has won the women’s 100-meter final. The Saint Lucian athlete crossed the finish line 0.15 seconds ahead of the competition to secure her country’s first ever Olympic gold medal.
Sha’Carrie Richardson of the United States won the silver, while fellow American Melissa Jefferson won bronze.
Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh swam her way to victory in the women’s 200-meter individual medley, setting a new Olympic record.
The race was a thrilling contest, with American Kate Douglass and Australia’s Kaylee McKeown pushing McIntosh to her limit.
Team USA narrowly missed out on gold, securing a silver medal after a heart-stopping finish.
The quartet of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon, and Kaylyn Brown gave a stellar performance, commanding a lead for much of the final lap. However, Netherlands ultimately edged them out for the top spot.
American shot-putter Ryan Crouser secured his third consecutive gold medal in the final round.
With stiff competition from fellow Americans Joe Kovacs and Payton Otterdahl as well as Jamaica’s Rajindra Campbell, the event was a nail-biter. Kovacs managed to snatch second place from Otterdahl with a strong final throw.
The U.S. women’s 3x3 basketball team has staged a comeback after a disappointing start to the Olympic tournament.
Following three consecutive losses, the team has rattled off three straight wins, securing its place in the knockout rounds.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica was unable to compete in the women’s 100-meter semifinal race. The reason for the 37-year-old sprinter’s withdrawal remains unknown.
However, American sprinter Melissa Jefferson secured her spot in the 100-meter final, with a victory in her semifinal heat.
Sha’Carri Richardson nabbed a spot in the 100-meter final after finishing second in her semifinal heat. The American sprinter seemed to conserve energy toward the end of the race, ultimately crossing the line behind Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred who won the heat in 10.84 seconds.
USA’s Twanisha Terry also qualified for the 100-meter final, edging out the competition by just one-hundredth of a second to secure her spot.
Teddy Riner delivered a dramatic victory to clinch the gold in mixed team judo for France. After falling behind 3–1, France staged a comeback.
Riner’s first ippon ignited the crowd, and teammates Joan-Benjamin Gaba and Clarisse Agbegnenou followed suit to level the score. The final match was randomly selected and landed on heavyweight.
The United States’ men’s basketball team had already clinched their berth in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament by virtue of their wins against Serbia and South Sudan during the Group Phase. They close that portion of the tournament with a 104–83 win over Puerto Rico.
Unfortunately for Puerto Rico, coming in 0–2 in the tournament meant they had no chance of advancing to the quarterfinals. They also had no chance of beating the United States, despite this being the final game of their Olympics.
The United States needed to score only 56 points to be the top-scoring team in the entire Olympic field over three games. The United States had scored 213 points and had a plus-43 differential. Puerto Rico, meanwhile, came into the game having been outscored by 52 points in their losses to Serbia and South Sudan (197–145).
USA Men’s gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik won a bronze medal on the pommel horse Saturday. He will be the only male gymnast from the United States to win an individual medal in the 2024 Paris games.
The pommel horse is Nedoroscik’s specialty, and his routine for the bronze was even more intricate than the one he used during the qualifying.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Hungary's Luca Anna Hamori 5–0 in a women's welterweight quarter-final fight on Saturday to ensure Algeria's first Olympic boxing medal since 2000.
Khelif, a silver medallist at the 2022 worlds, and Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting have been in the spotlight in recent days as part of a gender row that has dominated headlines and been the subject of much discussion on social media platforms.
With a 1–0 extra time win over Japan, the U.S. women’s team advances to the semifinals. Trinity Rodman’s goal secured the victory.
Despite dominating possession, the United States struggled to break down a resolute Japanese defense.
Simone Biles wins her seventh gold medal in the women’s artistic gymnastics vault final on Saturday in Paris, excelling at the most difficult vaults in the sport.
Biles did her signature Yurchenko double pike for the first vault and the Cheng vault for the second. Her score was a combined average of 15.3.
Carlos Yulo of the Philippines wins the gold medal for men’s gymnastics floor on Saturday, making him the first man from the Philippines to ever win a gold medal in the Olympics and only the second athlete to do so.
The Philippines did not qualify as a team for men’s gymnastics, so Yulo is competing as an individual.
Team USA’s Vincent Hancock wins the gold medal in skeet shooting in a close competition with his own student, Connor Prince, who takes the silver in the event.
It is Hancock’s fourth Olympic gold in the same event, which only five other Olympians have accomplished. He also won gold for skeet shooting in Beijing, London, and Tokyo. Katie Ledecky also has a chance to join this elite group if she wins gold in the women’s 800m freestyle tonight.
The United States wins the men’s tennis doubles bronze medal on Saturday with the team of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul beating the Czech team of Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek 6–3 and 6–4.
The United States men’s team also won a silver medal in an earlier match against Australia with a different duo, Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek. The medals are the first two for Team USA in tennis.
Adam Peaty of Great Britain returned to the pool on Saturday to help his team qualify for the 4x100 meter medley relay after having to miss a week of competition because of COVID-19.
The English team qualified fifth in the race with Peaty’s help, but he described his week as “rough” dealing with the illness. He still has an ear infection.
Team USA’s Vincent Hancock will compete Saturday in the skeet shooting final, and if he wins he will make history as only the sixth Olympian to win four gold medals in the same event.
He won gold medals for skeet shooting in Beijing, London, and Tokyo.
On Sunday night, French Swimmer Leon Marchand will compete for his fifth gold medal in the 2024 Olympics as part of the men’s 4x100 medley relay team.
The French team had the fastest time in the qualifying heat on Saturday, scoring 3:31.36. China had the second-fastest time and the United States was third.
Team USA wins a silver medal on Saturday in Men’s Tennis Doubles in a closely fought match with Australia, which will take home the gold.
Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram took the first set and broke the Australian pair’s serve in the second set. From there, Australians Matthew Ebden and John Peers broke back and maintained the momentum through three tiebreaks, finally winning 10–8 on the fourth match point.
Italy's Marta Maggetti grabbed Olympic gold in the women's windsurfing final, staging a comeback in the final stages of the race with a smart strategic split.
Maggetti pumped her fist as she crossed the line and leaped off her board into the Mediterranean in celebration.
World champion Sha'Carri Richardson's long-awaited Olympic debut got off to a sizzling start on Friday, cruising through her heat with a winning time of 10.94 seconds.
Richardson's Olympic dreams came crashing down around her three years ago when she tested positive for cannabis and had to miss the Tokyo Games.
Simone Biles will be chasing her third gold medal of the Paris Games on Saturday as she faces off in the vault final with Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, the only gymnast to ever "stress out" the American superstar.
Look out for Andrade’s unprecedented triple-twisting Yurchenko vault, which she has yet to debut at the Games. This vault would bring Andrade’s scoring potential significantly closer to that of Biles.
The Team USA boat won the Olympic bronze medal in the men's eights at the Vaires-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Saturday, marking the United States's first podium finish of the day.
Team Great Britain took gold, while the Netherlands secured the silver medal.
Katie Ledecky warmed up the Paris crowd for the Leon Marchand show later on Friday by moving into pole position for a record-extending fourth 800 meters freestyle gold medal at the Olympic pool.
Ledecky has already shredded the record books in Paris, becoming the most decorated female swimmer at Olympics with a 13th medal on Thursday when she helped the United States to silver behind Australia in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay.
France's Leon Marchand brought the host nation to a standstill once again on Friday with his fourth gold of the Paris Olympics, while Australian Kaylee McKeown wrote history of her own as the first woman to retain both backstroke titles.
The United States broke their own world record in the 4x400 mixed relay in the opening heats at the Olympics, crossing the line at 3:07.41 amid a party atmosphere at the purple Paris track.
The U.S. women’s soccer team is having an impressive performance at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
The Americans finished in first place in Group B with a 2–1 victory over Australia in Marseille. Trinity Rodman and Korbin Albert scored goals for the United States which advanced to the quarterfinal match against Japan on Saturday.
Rodman and Smith have both either scored or assisted in all of the USA’s group stage games at this summer’s Olympics, the first time a pair of American teammates have done so since Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach at London 2012.