Day 9 - Mid day Japan time July 31 to mid day Japan time August 1

The USA women's volleyball team lost to ROC 3-0, 20-25, 12-25, 19-25. USA volleyball star Jordan Thompson left the match in the first set with an ankle injury. The USA is 3-1 in pool play. The USA has advanced to the quarterfinals and will next play Italy. 

The USA men's water polo team lost to Hungary 10-8. Alex Bowen and Ben Hallock had 2 goals each to lead team USA. the USA is 2-2 in pool play. 

Krysta Palmer (5th- 316.65 points) and Hailey Hernandez (10th- 291.60 points), both of the USA, advance to the 3M springboard finals.

The USA men's basketball team beat the Czech Republic 119-84. The USA led 47-43 at halftime and in the second half cruised to the win. Jayson Tatum led team USA with 27 points. Kevin Durant added 23 points and Zach Lavine scored 13 points for team USA.

Americans Brian Burrows and Madelyn Bernau win bronze in mixed team trap shooting final range. Spain wins gold and San Marino wins silver.

The USA triathlon mixed relay team of Katie Zaferes, Kevin McDowell, Taylor Knibb and Morgan Pearson wins silver in 1 hour 23 minutes and 55 seconds. Great Britain wins gold in 1 hour 23 minutes and 41 seconds and France wins bronze in 1 hour 24 minutes and 4 seconds.

In track and field, Juvaughn Harrison of the USA advanced to the men's long jump finals. American Marquis Dendy did not qualify for the finals.

Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria was ruled ineligible to continue in the women's 100 semifinals. Okagbare was disqualified from further Tokyo Olympics 100M running because of a positive human growth hormone test on July 19. Okagbare will no longer be able to compete at the Tokyo games.

American Teahna Daniels advanced to the women's 100 finals. 

Fred Kerley, Ronnie Baker and Trayvon Bromell, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 100 semifinals.

Athing Mu and Raevyn Rogers, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 800 finals. American Ajee Wilson did not advance to the finals.

The USA mixed 4 by 400 relay team of Trevor Stewart, Kendall Ellis, Kaylin Whitney and Vernon Norwood win bronze in 3 minutes 10.22 seconds. Poland wins gold in 3 minutes 9.87 seconds and the Dominican Republic wins silver in 3 minutes 10.21 seconds.

Teahna Daniels of the USA finished 7th(11.02 seconds) in the women's 100M dash. Elaine Thompson Herah of Jamaica wins gold in an Olympic record 10.61 seconds. Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce of Jamaica wins silver in 10.74 seconds and Shericka Jackson of Jamaica wins bronze in 10.76 seconds.

The USA baseball team beat South Korea 4-2. Nick Martinez got the win, David Robertson got the save. 

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sarah Sponcil/Kelly Claes lost to Wilkerson/Bansley of Canada 2-1, 24-22, 18-21, 13-15 in the round of 16.. There was a controversial challenge call by the referee near the end of the second set. First the challenge was won by the USA, then it was changed to Canada winning the challenge on an in out call. First it was ruled in, then out with 2 challenges resulting in 2 different outcomes. Sponcil/Claes are eliminated. 

Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold (21.07 seconds- Olympic Record) in the 50M freestyle. Floresnt Manaudou of France wins silver in 21.55 seconds and Bruno Fratus of Brazil wins bronze in 21.57 seconds.

Robert Finke of the USA wins gold (14 minutes 39.65 seconds) in the men's 1500 freestyle. Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine wins silver in 14 minutes 40.66 seconds. Florian Wellbrock of Germany wins bronze in 14 minutes 40.91 seconds.

The USA women's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske and Abbey Wetzeil win silver (3 minutes 51.73 seconds). Australia wins gold in 3 minutes 51.60 seconds and Canada wins bronze in 3 minutes 52.60 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel and Zack Apple win gold (3 minutes 26.78 seconds - world record). Great Britain wins silver in 3 minutes 27.51 seconds and Italy wins bronze in 3 minutes 29.17 seconds.

In track and field, Emma Coburn, Courtney Frerichs and Valerie Constien, all of the USA, advance to the women's 3000M steeplechase finals.

Britney Reese and Tara Davis, both of the USA, advance to the women's long jump finals.

Brooke Andersen, Gwen Berry and Deanna Price, all of the USA, advance to the women's hammer throw finals.

Raven Saunders of the USA wins silver ( 64 Ft 9 in) in the women's shot put. Lijiao Gong of China wins gold with a throw of 67 Ft 5 in and Valerie Adams of New Zealand wins bronze with a throw of 64 Ft 4 in.

Michael Cherry and Michael Norman, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 400 semifinals.

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time July 31

USA                 19 gold, 20 silver, 13 bronze - 52 total

China               22 gold, 13 silver, 12 bronze - 47 total

ROC                11 gold, 15 silver, 11 bronze - 37 total

Great Britain     9  gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze - 31 total

Japan                17 gold,   5 silver,   8 bronze - 30 total

Australia          13 gold,   3 silver,  14 bronze - 30 total

Day 8 - Mid day Japan time July 30 to mid day Japan time July 31

The USA men's volleyball team lost to Brazil 3-1, 32-30, 23-25, 21-25, 20-25. The USA's next match is Argentina.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Tri Bourne lost to Cherif/Ahmed of Qatar 2-0, 18-21, 17-21. Gibb Bourne go 2-1 in Pool C and advance to the knockout round.

Hailey Fernandez (7th-309.55 points) and Krysta Palmer (15th-279.10 points) qualify for the 3M springboard semifinals. Top 18 divers qualify for semifinals.

The USA women's basketball team beat Japan 86-69. Japan had a 30-28 lead after 1 quarter but the USA had the lead at halftime 49-40. A'ja Wilson had 20 points and Brittney Griner/Breanna Stewart had 15 points each to lead team USA,

The USA women's soccer team beat the Netherlands 2-2 (4-2 on penalty kicks) to advance to the semifinals against Canada. Sam Mewis scored the first goal and Lynn Williams scored the second goal for the USA. The USA led 1-0 then it was tied, then the USA took a 2-1 lead at halftime before the Netherlands tied it at 2 each. 2 scoreless periods of 15 minutes each led to the penalty kicks phase.  Goalie Alyssa Naeher saved the first Netherlands penalty kick for the USA and Rose Lavelle made the first penalty kick to put the USA up 1-0 and penalty kicks by Alex Morgan, Christen Press and Megan Rapinoe gave the USA 4 good penalty kicks while USA goalie Alyssa Naeher made another key save to give the USA the 4-2 penalty kick win.

The USA baseball team beat Israel 8-1. Joe Ryan got the win.

In track and field, Elise Cranny and Karissa Schweizer, both of the USA, advance to the women's 5000M finals.

Ketorah Orji of the USA advanced to the women's triple jump finals.

Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey, both of the USA, advanced to the women's shot put finals.

The USA 4 by 400 mixed relay team of Elija Godwin, Lynna Irby, Taylor Manson and Bryce Deadmon advance to the finals.

Grant Fisher of the USA finished 5th in the men's 10000M final.

In men's swimming, Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrews, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the 50 freestyle.

In women's swimming, Abbey Weitzeil and Simone Manuel, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the 50 freestyle.

Robert Finke of the USA advanced to the men's 1500 freestyle finals. 

The USA women's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Rhyan White, Lilly King, Claire Curzan and Erika Brown advanced to the finals.

The USA men's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Joe Armstrong, Andrew Wilson, Tom Shields and Blake Pieroni advanced to the finals.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold (49.45 seconds - world record) in the men's 100 butterfly. Kristof Milak of Hungary wins silver in 49.68 seconds and Noe Ponti of Switzerland wins bronze in 50.74 seconds.

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins gold (8 minutes 12.57 seconds) in the women's 800 freestyle. Ariane Titmus of Australia wins silver in 8 minutes 13.83 seconds and Simona Quadarella of Italy wins bronze in 8 minutes 18.35 seconds.

Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrew, both of the USA, advance to the men's 50 freestyle finals.

Abbey Weitzeil of the USA advanced to the women's 50 freestyle finals.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sarah Sponcil/Kelly Claes beat Ana Patricia/Rebecca of Brazil 2-1, 17-21, 21-19, 15-11. Sponcil/Claes advance to the knockout round after going 3-0 in pool D.

In track and field, Anna Cockrell, Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad, all of the USA, advanced to the women's 400 hurdles semifinals.

In track and field, Isiah Jewett, Clayton Murphy and Bryce Hoppel, all of the USA advanced to the men's 800 semifinals.

Gabriele Cunningham, Keni Harrison and Christina Clemons (Manning), all of the USA, advance to the women's 100 hurdles semifinals.

Valarie Allman of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's discus.

Chris Nilsen and KC Lightfoot, both of the USA, advance to the men's pole vault finals.

USA gymnast Simone Biles has withdrawn from 2 of the 4 women's gymnastics event finals on Sunday August 1. Biles withdrew from the vault and uneven bars. MyKayla Sknner will replace Biles on vault. No American gymnast will replace Biles on uneven bars. 

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Medal Count as of 11:55pm Eastern Time July 30

USA               16 gold, 17 silver, 11 bronze - 44 total

China             19 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze - 41 total

ROC              10 gold, 14 silver, 10 bronze - 34 total

Japan             17 gold,   4 silver,   7 bronze - 28 total

Australia        10 gold,  3 silver,  13 bronze - 26 total

Great Britain   8 gold,   9 silver,   9 bronze - 26 total

Day 7 - Mid day Japan Time July 29 to Mid Day Japan time July 30

The USA water polo team lost to Italy 12-11. Luca Cupido, Alex Obert and Alex Bowen had 2 goals each to lead team USA. 

Kayle Browning of the USA wins silver in the women's Trap Shooting competition. Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova of Slovakia wins gold.  Alessandra Perilli of Italy wins bronze. 

Katie Ledecky and Katie Grimes, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 800 freestyle. 

Caeleb Dressel and Tom Shields, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100 butterfly.

Rhyan White and Phoebe Bacon, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200 backstroke.

The USA 4 by 100 Mixed Medley Relay team of Regan Smith, Andrew Wilson, Tom Shields and Abbey Weitzeil advanced to the finals.

Sunisa Lee of the USA wins gold in the women's gymnastics All Around competition with a score of 57.433. Rebeca Andrade of Brazil wins silver with a score of 57.298 points and Angelina  Melnikova of ROC wins bronze with a score of 57.199 points. 

Sunisa Lee of the USA scored a 14.600 on vault, 15.300 on uneven bars, 13.833 on balance beam and 13.700 on floor exercise.

Jade Carey of the USA scored a 15.200 on vault, 13.500 on uneven bars, 11.533 on balance beam and 13.966 on floor exercise.

The USA women's volleyball team beat Turkey 3-2, 25-19, 25-20, 17-25, 20-25, 15-12.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of April Ross/Alix Klineman beat Keizer/Meppelink of the Netherlands 2-1, 20-22, 21-17, 15-5. Ross/Klineman advance to the knockout round after going undefeated in Pool B.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 100 butterfly. 

Lilly King ( 2 minutes 19.92 seconds) and Annie Lazor ( 2 minutes 20.84 seconds), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively, in the women's 200 breaststroke. Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa wins gold in 2 minutes 18.95 seconds.

Ryan Murphy of the USA wins silver ( 1 minutes 54.15 seconds) in the men's 200 backstroke. Evgeny Rylov of ROC win gold in 1 minute 53.27 seconds. Luke Greenbank of Great Britain wins bronze in 1 minute 54.72 seconds.

Rhyan White and Phoebe Bacon, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 200 backstroke.

In track and Field, Benard Keter of the USA advanced to the men's 3000 steeplechase finals. Hillary Bor of the USA did not qualify for the finals. 

In track and field, Athing Mu, Raevyn Rogers and Ajee Wilson, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 800. 

In track and Field, Kenny Selmon, David Kendziera and Rai Benjamin, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 400 hurdles.

In track and field, Sam Mattis of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's discus.

In track and field, Juvaughn Harrison and Shelby McEwen, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's high jump.

In track and field, Teahna Daniels, Javianne Oliver and Jenna Prandini, all of the USA, advance to the women's 100 semifinals.

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Medal Count as of 11:30pm Eastern time July 29

USA            14 gold, 16 silver, 11 bronze - 41 total

China          16 gold,  7 silver,  10 bronze - 33 total

ROC             9 gold,  12 silver,  9 bronze - 30 total

Japan           15 gold,  4 silver,   6 bronze - 25 total

Australia       9 gold,  2 silver,  11 bronze - 22 total

Day 6 - Mid day Japan time July 28 to mid day Japan time July 29

 

The USA men's volleyball team beat Tunisia 3-1, 25-14, 23-25, 25-14, 25-23.

Simone Biles has withdrawn from the women's All Around Competition on Thursday July 29. Biles still has not said whether she will compete in the event finals next week. Jade Carey will replace Simone Biles in the women's All Around Competition.

The USA men's basketball team defeated Iran 120-66. The USA led 60-30 at halftime. The USA shot 55% from the field. The USA was led in scoring by Damian Lillard with 21 points followed by Davin Booker with 16 points. Jayson Tatum had 14 points, Zach Levine had 10 points and Kevin Durant and Khris Middleton had 10 points each. 

The USA women's water polo team lost to Hungary 10-9. Maddie Musselman scored 3 goals to lead team USA.

Andrew Cabobianco/Michael Hixon of the USA win silver in men's 3M Springboard Synchro with 444.36 points. Zongyuan Wang/Siyi Xie of China win gold with 467.82 points. Patrick Hausding/Lars Rudiger of Germany win bronze with 404.73 points.

The women's  USA 3 on 3 basketball beat France 18-16 in the semifinals to advance to the gold medal game against ROC. Kelsey Plum and Allisha Gray had 6 points each to lead team USA. 

Abbey Weitzeil of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 freestyle.

Bryce Mefford and Ryan Murphy, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 200 backstroke.

Annie Lazor and Lilly King, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

Michael Andrew and Chase Kalisz, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200IM.

The USA women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Anabella Sims, Paige Madden, Katie McLaughlin and Brooke Forde advanced to the finals.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team defeated ROC 18-15 to win gold. ROC wins silver. Stefanie Dolson scored 7 points and Kelsey Plum scored 5 points to lead team USA. China beat France 16-14 to win bronze.

Brody Malone finished 10th (84.865 points) and Sam Mikulak finished 12th  (83.164 points), both of the USA, in the men's All Around Gymnastics competition. Daiki Hashimoto of Japan wins gold with 88.465 points. Xiao Ruoteng  of China wins silver with 88.065 points and Nikita Nagornyy of ROC wins bronze with 88.031 points.

Brody Malone scored a 14.100 on Pommel Horse, 13.833 on Rings, 14.366 on Vault, 13.466 on Parallel Bars, 14.400 on High Bar and 14.300 on Floor Exercise.

Sam Mikulak scored a 14.533 on Pommel Horse, 13.533 on Rings, 14.533 on Vault, 14.966 on Parallel Bars, 13.633 on High Bar and 12.933 on Floor Exercise.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sarah Sponcil/Kelly Claes beat Makokha/Khadambi of Kenya 2-0, 21-8, 21-6.

Bobby Finke of the USA wins gold in the men's 800 freestyle in 7 minutes 41.87 seconds. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy wins silver in 7 minutes 42.11 seconds. Mykhailo Romanchuk of Ukraine wins bronze in 7 minutes 42.33 seconds.

Abbey Weitzeil of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 100 freestyle.

Ryan Murphy and Bryce Mefford, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 200 backstroke.

Regan Smith( 2 minutes 5.30 seconds) and Hali Flickinger (2 minutes 5.65 seconds), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively in the women's 200 butterfly. Yufei Zhang of China wins gold in 2 minutes 3.86 seconds, an Olympic record.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold (47.02 seconds) in the men's 100 freestyle, an Olympic record. Kyle Chalmers of Australia wins silver in 47.08 seconds. Kliment Kolesnikov of ROC wins bronze in 47.44 seconds. 

Lilly King and Annie Lazor, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

The USA women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Allison Schmitt, Paige Madden, Katie McLaughlin and Katie Ledecky win silver in 7 minutes 40.73 seconds. China wins gold and sets a world record in 7 minutes 40.33 seconds. Australia wins bronze in 7 minutes 41.29 seconds.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena beat Capogrosso/Azaad of Argentina 2-1, 21-19, 18-21, 15-6. Dalhausser/Lucena finish pool D 2-1 and will advance to the knockout round.

USA Pole Vaulter Sam Kendricks has tested positive for COVID 19 and will not be able to compete in Tokyo. 

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Medal Count as of 11:55pm Eastern Time July 28

USA              13 gold, 13 silver, 10 bronze - 36 total

China            14 gold,  6 silver,    9 bronze - 29 total

ROC               7 gold,  11 silver,  7 bronze - 25 total

Japan             13 gold,  4 silver,   5 bronze - 22 total

Australia         7 gold,  2 silver,  10 bronze - 19 total

Day 5 - Mid day Japan time July 27 to Mid Day Japan time July 28

The USA women's basketball team beat Nigeria 81-72. The USA fell behind Nigeria 25-20 before going on a 23-0 run to go up 43-25. At half time the USA was up 44-32 at halftime. The USA was led by A'ja Wilson with 19 points, Brittney Griner with 13 points and Diana Taurasi had 10 points. 

The USA women's 10M Platform Synchro duo of Jessica Parratto/Delaney Schnell wins silver with 310.80 points. Yuxi Chen/Jiaqi Zhang  of China wins gold with 363.78 points and Gabriela Agundez Garcia/Alejandra Orozco Loza wins bronze with 299.70 points.

The USA women's volleyball beat China 3-0, 29-27, 25-22, 25-21.

The USA Softball team wins silver after losing to Japan 2-0. Japan wins gold. Ally Carda took the loss. Cat Osterman went 2 innings and was relieved. Japan scored 1 run in the 4th and 1 run in the 5th innings as the USA was held to 3 hits. Canada beat Mexico 3-2 to win bronze.

The USA women's soccer team tied Australia 0-0 to advance to the knockout round against the Netherlands on Friday, July 30. Alex Morgan scored a goal in the 31st minute but she was called offside and the goal was nullified.

Caeleb Dressel and Zach Apple, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 100 freestyle.

Hali Flickinger and Regan Smith, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200 butterfly.

Nic Fink of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200 breaststroke.

The USA men's 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Drew Kibler, Andrew Seliskar, Patrick Callan and Blake Pieroni advanced to the finals.

Robert Finke of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 800 freestyle.

The USA men's water polo team beat South Africa 20-3. Ben Hallock led team USA with 4 goals followed by Johnny Hooper and Ben Stevenson with 3 goals each. 

The USA women's gymnastics team wins silver with a total of 166.096 points. ROC wins gold with a total of 169.528 points and Great Britain wins bronze with a total of 164.096 points. Italy was 4th with a total of 163.638 points and Japan finished 5th with a total of 163.280 points. 

Simone Biles scored a 13.766 on vault and only did 1 and a half twists instead of 2 and a half twists and landed awkwardly. Then, just before the second rotation, Biles withdrew from the event finals competition. At first it was thought Biles had a physical injury but it was determined later it was all mental. Biles said in front of the cameras. I don't believe I can trust myself and was seen walking off of the floor and away from her team mates.  Biles later rejoined her team mates and cheered them on. As of today, Biles status for all-around is unclear.

Grace McCallum scored a 14.300 on vault, scored a 13.700 on uneven bars, scored an 13.866 on balance beam and scored a 13.500 on floor exercise. Sunisa Lee scored a 15.400 on uneven bars, scored a 14.133 on balance beam, and scored a 13.666 on floor exercise.  Jordan Chiles scored a 14.666 on vault, 14.166 on uneven bars, 14.433 on balance beam and scored a 11.700 on floor exercise. 

Carissa Moore of the USA wins gold with 14.93 points in women's surfing. Bianca Buitendag of South Africa wins silver with 8.46 points. Amuro Tsuzuki of Japan wins bronze with 6.80 points over the Usa's Caroline Marks of the USA (4.26), who finished 4th. 

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Tri Bourne beat Heidrich/Gerson of Switzerland 2-0, 21-19, 23-21.

Mary Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky, both of the USA, win silver in the mixed 10M Air Rifle shhoting competition by losing to China 17-13. China wins gold. ROC wins bronze.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 100 freestyle.

Katie Ledecky of the USA finished 5th in the women's 200 freestyle finals.

Hali Flickinger and Regan Smith, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 200 butterfly.

Nic Fink of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 200 breaststroke.

Alex Walsh(2 minutes 8.65 seconds) and Kate Douglass(2 minutes 9.04 seconds), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively in the women's 200IM. Yui Ohashi of Japan wins gold in 2 minutes 8.52 seconds.

Katie Ledecky(15 minutes 37.34 seconds) and Erica Sullivan(15 minutes 41.41 seconds)both of the USA, win gold and silver respectively in the women's 1500. Sarah Kohler of Germany wins bronze in 15 minutes 42.91 seconds.

The USA men's 4 by 200M relay team of Kieran Smith, Drew Kibler, Zach Apple and Townley Haas finished 4th.

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time July 27

USA                   10 gold, 10 silver, 9 bronze - 29 total

China                 10 gold,  5 silver,  8 bronze - 23 total

Japan                  11 gold, 4 silver,   5 bronze - 20 total

ROC                    7 gold,  7 silver,  4 bronze - 18 total

Australia             6 gold,   1 silver,  7 bronze - 14 total

Great Britain       4 gold,  6 silver,  4 bronze - 14 total

Italy                     1 gold,  5 silver,  8 bronze - 14 total

Day 4 - Mid day Japan time July 26 to Mid day Japan time July 27

The USA men's volleyball team lost to ROC, 1-3, 23-25, 25-27, 25-21, 23-25.

The USA women's water polo team beat China 12-7.  Mckenzie Fischer led team USA with 3 goals. Rachel Fattal had 2 goals for Team USA.

Amber English of the USA wins gold in women's skeet shooting. Diana Bacosi of Italy wins silver and Meng Wei of China wins bronze.

Vincent Hancock of the USA wins gold in men's skeet shooting. Jesper Henson of Denmark wins silver and Abdullah Alrashidi of Kuwait wins bronze.

Katie Ledecky and Allison Schmitt, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200 freestyle.

Gunnar Bentz and Zach Hartung, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 200 butterfly.

Kae Douglass and Alex Walsh, both of the USA, advance to the women's 200 IM.

Katie Ledecky and Erica Sullivan, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 1500 freestyle. Ledecky sets an Olympic record with a time of 15 minutes 35.35 seconds.

The USA men's gymnastics team finished 5th in the team final with 254.594 points. ROC wins gold with 262.500 points. Japan wins silver with 262.397 points. China wins bronze with 261.894 points. Great Britain was 4th with 255.760 points.  Brody Malone scored 14.000 on the Pommel Horse,  scored 14.100 on Rings, scored 14.233 on Vault and scored 14.633 on High Bar. Sam Mikulak scored 13,733 on Pommel Horse, scored 14.466 on Vault, scored a 15.000 on Parallel Bars, scored 14.566 on High Bar and scored a 12.133 on Floor Exercise. Yul Moldauer scored 14.366 on Pommel Horse, scored 13.900 on Rings, scored 14.200 on Vault and scored 14.566 on Parallel Bars. Shane Wiskus scored 14.166 on Rings, scored 14.700 on Parallel Bars, scored 14.000 on High Bar and scored 13.466 on Floor Exercise, 

The USA women's volleyball team of April Ross/Alix Klineman defeated Liliana/Elsa of Spain 2-0, 21-13, 21-16.

In, women's Triathlon, Katie Zaferes of the USA wins bronze. Flora Duffy of Bermuda wins gold and Georgia Taylor Benson of Great Britain wins silver.

Katie Ledecky of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 200 freestyle.

Regan Smith of the USA wins bronze in the women's 100 backstroke in a time of 58.05 seconds. Kaylee McKeown of Australia wins gold in an Olympic record 57.47 seconds. Kylie Masse of Canada wins silver in 57.72 seconds. 

Ryan Murphy of the USA wins bronze in the men's 100 backstroke in a time of 52.19 seconds. Evgeny Rylov of ROC wins gold in 51.98 seconds. Kliment Kolesnikov of ROC wins silver in 52.00 seconds.

Lydia Jacoby(1 minute 4.95 seconds) and Lilly King(1 minute 5.54 seconds), both of the USA, win gold and bronze respectively, in the women's 100 breaststroke. Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa wins silver in 1 minute 5.22 seconds.

Gunnar Bentz of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 200 butterfly.

Alex Walsh and Kate Douglass, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 200IM.

The USA Beach volleyball team of Nick Lucena/Phil Dalhausser beat Alison/Alvaro of Brazil 2-1, 24-22, 19-21, 15-13.

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time July 26

USA                8 gold, 3 silver, 8 bronze - 19 total

China              7 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze - 19 total

ROC               5 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze - 15 total

Japan              8 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze - 13 total

Great Britain  4 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze - 10 total

Day 3 - July 25 Mid-day Japan time to Mid-day Japan time July 26

The USA women's volleyball team defeated Argentina 3-0, 25-20, 25-19, 25-20. 

Regan Smith and Rhyan White, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 backstroke.

Townley Haas and Kieran Smith, both of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 200 freestyle.

Lydia Jacoby and Lilly King, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 breaststroke.

Joe Armstrong and Ryan Murphy, both of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100 backstroke.

Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 400 freestyle.

The USA 4 by 100 freestyle relay team of Brooks Curry, Blake Pieroni, Bowen Becker and Zach Apple advanced to the finals.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Tri Bourne defeated Carambula/Rossi of Italy 2-0, 21-18 and 21-19.

France beat the USA in men's basketball 83-76. The USA led 45-37 at halftime. The USA was led by Jrue Holiday with 18 points followed by Bam Adebayo with 12 points and Damian Lilliard had 11 points. 

Jagger Eaton wins bronze in men's skateboarding street final. Yuto Horigome of Japan wins gold and Kelvin Hoefler of Brazil wins silver.

William Shaner of the USA wins gold in the men's 10m air rifle competition. Lihao Sheng of China wins silver and Haoran Yang of China wins bronze.

Lee Kiefer of the USA wins gold in the women's Fencing Individual Foil, beating Inna Deriglazova of ROC 15-13.

Anastasija Zolotic wins gold in Taekwondo defeating Tatiana Minina of ROC.

USA women's 3M Synchro divers Alison Gibson/Krysta Palmer finished 8th.

The USA women's gymnastics team finished 2nd with 170.629 points and will qualify for the women's team final. ROC was 1st with 171.629 points. China was 3rd with 166.863 points and France was 4th with 164.561 points. Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee both qualify for women's All Around competition.  Simone Biles qualifies in all 4 apparatus finals while Sunisa Lee qualified for the finals on the Balance Beam and Uneven bars. Jade Carey qualified for finals on Floor Exercise and Vault. 

The USA women's Beach Volleyball team of Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil beat Tina Graudina/ Anastasija Kravcenoka of Latvia 2-1, 21-13, 16-21, 15-11.

The USA women's softball team beat Japan 2-1.  Monica Abbott got the win. USA  came from behind as they were losing 1-0 to Japan and scored a run in each in the 6th and 7th innings. Kelsey Stewart hit a walk off home run for the win.

Kieran Smith of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 200 freestyle.

Lydia Jacoby and Lilly King, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100 breaststroke.

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins silver in the women's 400 freestyle in 3 minutes 57.36 seconds. Ariarne Titmus of Australia wins gold in 3 minutes 56.69 seconds and Bingjie Li of China wins bronze in 4 minutes 1.08 seconds.

Ryan Murphy of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 100 backstroke.

Rhyan White and Regan Smith, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 100 backstroke.

The USA men's 4 by 100 relay team of Caeleb Dressel, Blake Pieroni, Bowen Becker and Zach Apple wins gold in 3 minutes 8.97 seconds. Italy wins silver in 3 minutes 10.11 seconds and Australia wins bronze in 3 minutes 10.22 seconds.

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time - July 25

China       6 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze - 13 total

USA         5 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze - 12 total

ROC        1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze - 7 total

Italy         1 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze - 7 total

Japan       5 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze - 6 total 

Day 2 - July 23- late, July 24 & part of July 25

The USA women's water polo team defeated Japan 25-4. Maggie Steffens and Stephanie Haralabidis led USA with 5 goals each and Maddie Musselman and Aria Fischer each had 4 goals.

The USA women's softball team beat Mexico 2-0. Cat Osterman picked up her 2nd win. Monica Abbott picked up the save.

The USA women's soccer team defeated New Zealand 6-1 in Group G.  The USA had 4 offsides calls in the first half. Goals were scored by Rose Lavelle, Lindsey Horan, Christen Press, Alex Morgan and 2 goals were scored by New Zealand (own goal)  by Abby Erceg and CJ Bott. The USA next match is against Australia on July 27.

The USA men's volleyball team beat France in the preliminary round(Pool B) 3-0, 25-18, 25-18, 25-22. 

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Nick Lucena/Phil Dalhausser lost to Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands 0-2, 17-21. 18-21.

In men's gymnastics, the USA finished 4th and did qualify for the team event finals with 256.761 points. Japan was first with 262.251 points. China finished second with 262.061 points and ROC finished 3rd with 261.945 points. Yul Moldauer qualified for the event finals on the Floor Exercise. Brody Malone qualified for the event finals on the Horizontal Bar, Sam Mikulak qualified for the event finals on the Parallel Bars, Alec Yoder qualified for the event finals on the Pommel Horse,  Brody Malone and Sam Mikulak both qualified for the All Around competition.

In women's swimming, Americans Emma Weyant and Haili Flickinger both qualify for the 400IM finals. Also the USA has qualified for the finals of the 4 by 100 Freestyle Relay.  Americans Torri Huske and Claire Curzan both qualified for the semifinals of the 100 Butterfly. 

In men's swimming, Americans Michael Andrew and Andrew Wilson both qualified for the semifinals of the men's 100 breaststroke. Kieran Smith and Jake Mitchell, both of the USA, qualified for the 400 freestyle finals.

The USA beach volleyball team of April Ross/Alix Klineman beat Xue/Wang of China 2-0, 21-17, 21-19.

Chase Kalisz(4 minutes 9.42 seconds) and Jay Litherland (4 minutes 10. 28 seconds), both of the USA, win gold and silver respectively in the men's 400IM. Brendon Smith of Australia wins bronze with a time of 4 minutes 10.38 seconds.

Torri Huske of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 100 butterfly.

Kieran Smith of the USA wins bronze in the men's 400 freestyle in a time of 3 minutes 43.94 seconds. Ahmed Hafnaoui of Tunisia wins gold in a time of 3 minutes 43.36 seconds. Jack McLoughin of Australia wins silver with a time of 3 minutes 43.52 seconds.

Emma Weyant (4 minutes 32.76 seconds) and Haili Flickinger (4 minutes 34.90 seconds) win silver and bronze respectively. Ohashi Yui of Japan wins gold in 4 minutes 32.08 seconds.

Michael Andrew and Andrew Wilson, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 100 breaststroke.

The USA 4 by 100 freestyle relay team of Erika Brown, Abbey Weitzeil, Natalie Hinds and Simone Manuel win bronze in a time of 3 minutes 32.81 seconds. Australia wins gold and Canada wins silver.

The USA softball team beat Australia 2-1. Monica Abbott got the win. The USA will face Japan next on  Monday, July 26. 

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Medal Count as of July 24 at 11:30 pm eastern time(Includes some events on July 23, 24 and 25)

USA           1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze - 6 total

China         3 gold, 0 silver, 2 bronze - 5 total

Japan          2 gold, 1 silver, 0 bronze - 3 total

Australia    1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

ROC          1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

Korea         1 gold, 0 silver, 2 bronze - 3 total

Tokyo 2021 Opening Ceremony - Day 1

 

The opening ceremony was televised on NBC and started at 6:55am.. The first segment is athletes preparing for the Tokyo 2021 games and then shows what the athletes did to train during the pandemic. Starting to train.. stopping training and or training alone and then starting training again because of the pandemic.

The next segment was connecting the dots.. connecting the human body and heart. Followed by the Japanese Flag entering the stadium, then a first, there was a moment of silence in honor of the 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich games.

A sampling of Japanese culture was next. There was a segment of Japanese carpentry signaling- building an Olympics- 1964 to 2021.  The wooden Olympic rings were then formed as the performers were dancing

The parade of nations was next. The countries walked in the order of the Japanese alphabet. Greece was first, IOC Refugee Team was second. The USA was third to last followed by France, who was second to last and Japan was the final country to enter the stadium. 

Italy has 386 athletes with 62 million population. Great Britain has 391 athletes with a population of 67 million. Australia has 494 athletes with a population of 25 million. Canada has 386 athletes with a population of 37 million. ROC has 344 athletes with 142 million population. Spain has 338 athletes with a population of 47 million. China has 429 athletes with 1.4 billion population. Germany has 428 athletes with a population of 80 million. The USA has 613 athletes with 335 million population. France has 404 athletes with a population of 68 million and Japan has 631 athletes with a population of 124 million.

NBC interviewed Megan Rapinoe and Lilly King during segments of the parade of nations. Also NBC live interviewed USA flagbearers Sue Bird and Eddy Alvarez as they were walking in the stadium. 

A new Olympic motto was revealed. Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together..

Then there was a segment involving boxes that when rearranged spell out Tokyo 2020. 

Then, a first for any Olympics Opening Ceremony, 1800 drones formed the planet earth above the Olympic stadium while the song "Imagine" was sung by singers on 5 continents including Keith Urban of New Zealand and USA singer John Legend.

Then Tokyo 2020 Olympic Committee President Seiko Hashimoto spoke on the challenges of holding the games during Covid 19. Hashimoto spoke only in Japanese and NBC had to translate it to English. Then IOC President Thomas Bach spoke, followed by Japan's Emperor Naruhito declared the games open and the Olympic flag soon entered the stadium and was raised. Next high tech doves were flying around the Olympic Stadium. 

After each segment fireworks were shown going off at the top of the Olympic stadium.

The next segment involved Japanese artists portraying pictograms of all past Olympics and of all 41 Olympic Sports, totaling 50 pictograms. This was followed by an introduction to Tokyo. 

The next segment was a funny video skit by Japanese comedian Hitori Gedikan on the lighting of all of the venues in Tokyo and in the Olympic stadium as he was turning on switches to lights as like an experiment. 

Japanese Jazz artist Hiromi Uehara performed next followed by a video of the 2020 Tokyo Torch Relay, then it goes live as the flame enters the stadium. The flame was carried by Japanese wrestler Saori Yoshida and Japanese Judo athlete Tadahiro Nomura who handed it off to Japanese baseball stars Sahaharu Oh, Shigeo Nagashima and Hideki Matsui who handed it off to a Japanese nurse Junko Kitagowa and Japanese doctor Hiroki Ohashi who then both handed the torch off to Japanese wheelchair racer  Wakako Tsuchida who passed the torch to 6 Fukushima students affected by the 2011 earthquake who then passed the torch to Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka who climbed the stage of Mount Fuji to light the cauldron. 

That concluded NBC's coverage of the Opening Ceremony which ended at 11 am eastern time.

NBC's coverage of the live version was better than the taped version of Rio 2016 opening ceremony. Commercials were about every 11-12 minutes. Several commercial breaks showed live coverage while the commercials were airing. Mike Tirico and Savannah Guthrie hosted the opening ceremony and did a good job. The biggest thing I noticed was there was probably 30 percent of the athletes that are normally there. Lots of spacing. Looked like just a few thousand athletes that took part in the ceremony, instead of the 11,000 athletes that normally take part. Very high tech opening ceremony highlighted by the 1800 drones which formed planet earth high above the stadium.

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25 years since Atlanta 1996

I cannot believe its been 25 years since I volunteered at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA. The 1996 games started July 19 and ended August 4. The games itself was great as well! I remember going through training in May and June 1996 while I was sick from a liver imbalance. I remember my uniform, which consisted of Hanes Khaki pants, 3 rings shirts, a belt, Olympic shoes, a hat and fanny pack. I heard of lots of money was being given for the uniforms so I sold my hat for 40 dollars and 2 shirts at 25 dollars apiece, far cry from the thousands I heard that volunteers were selling their uniforms for.

I remember parking my car in a lot and taking a MARTA train downtown to the games. When I heard Omni, Dome, Georgia World Congress Center I knew it was time to get off. I got off at this stop almost all the days I volunteered but later found out that the stop before was the stop I was supposed to get off and walk to the security area where we would show our accreditation badges and pass through security. on the way home after a shift volunteering, the trains were packed. 

I got to go to the Opening Ceremony dress rehearsal and it was amazing. I volunteered for 12 days and was off 2 days to go to Olympic events in women's volleyball and track and field. I have seen 1996 Olympics women's softball and women's soccer clips from Peacock TV streaming, the 1996 effect.  I did not watch most of the games because I was volunteering. So these clips were entertaining. I remember visiting Centennial Olympic Park opening on July 13, 1996. I took lots of photos. Also for the first 5 days of the games I did not bring a camera into the venues and missed taking photos of the gold medal winning USA women's gymnastics team in press conference. They let me sit in on it.  I regret not taking photos of press conference to this day. The press conference was in a 30,000 square foot Media Sub Center which covered the sports in the Georgia Dome and Georgia World Congress Center. I did attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the 1996 Olympics in July 2016. I was able to take photos of 5 of the 7 members of the gold medal women's gymnastics team and would have met some of them as I was standing in line to meet them when the thunderstorms moved in and they cleared the park for more than an hour. When they let us back in, that event was cancelled. 

I remember taking a camera in through what was supposed to be secure area to get photos of the Olympic stadium the day before the games started. I have photos of a gate, which I passed through to take the photos. I was stopped by the police on I-75 south of Atlanta while taking photos of the Olympic stadium on I-75. They told me I couldn't take photos from the road so I left the area after getting the photos. 

I remember ACOG closed Centennial Olympic Park for 3 days(from July 27-29) after the bombing of Centennial Olympic Park. I was at home and was awoken by ( at the time ,my girlfriend's family). I stayed up all night to watch the coverage. Later that day it took several more hours to pass through security to see track and field at the Olympic Stadium, 

On July 22, 1996 I saw the USA women's volleyball team beat the Netherlands 3-1 at the Omni. Because the venue did not allow photos during the match, I took a few warmup photos before the match. 

On July 27, 1996 I got to see the men's and women's 100 meter dash. The women's race was a photo finish and I have a decent photo of the finish line. The race was won by Gail Devers of the USA.  In the men's 100M dash, it took 15 minutes to start the race as there were 2 false starts and Linford Christie was disqualified. I witnessed a world record by Donovan Bailey of Canada winning gold in 9.84 seconds. A truly memorable night of track and field. 

To redeem myself after not taking photos of the USA women's gymnastics gold medal winning press conference, I decided to walk into the men's basketball gold medal winning Dream Team press conference on the second to last day of the games to attend and get photos, which I did!

I remember that IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch was at a Judo event I was working at. I see Mr. Samaranch and decided to take his photo sitting in the stands. I was scared they were going to take my badge from me for taking his photo, but it never happened. I took several photos of him taking part in the Judo medal ceremony.

I remember that I won a nice USA short sleeve shirt in a raffle. I still have it.  I remember going into venues and taking photos of events I was working. I worked as a Mixed Zone Marshall for wrestling and also witnessed several men's weightlifting world records while working that event as well. I remember exchanging my meal tickets for lunch every day I worked. 

I remember attending a volunteer party on August 10, 1996 in Centennial Olympic Park where I got ACOG CEO Billy Payne's autograph. I remember pushing my hand through several people and Billy pushed it back. I had to wait a few more minutes to get his autograph!

I remember collecting pins, Sports Illustrated daily's, and newspapers from the Atlanta Journal Constitution from every day of the games, i still have a lot of them from the 1996 Olympics. 

This was one of the happiest times in my life! Too bad there isn't a Atlanta 1996 25th anniversary celebration that I could attend. Oh, the memories, now 25 years old!

July 21- Tokyo 2021 Results

The USA women's soccer team lost to Sweden 3-0.  USA women's soccer plays New Zealand at 7:30am Eastern time on July 24.

The USA women's softball team beat Italy 2-0 . Cat Osterman got the win.

The USA women's softball team beat Canada 1-0. Monica Abbot got the win.

4 Days until Tokyo 2021- some thoughts and games predictions

 With just 4 days to go until the opening ceremony, I thought I might share some of my thoughts of the games.

First of all, I believe the Tokyo Olympic Committee made the right decision to not have any spectators attend the games. There has been another state of emergency in Tokyo and 2 other Japanese cities that wont expire until after the games end due to the Delta variant of COVID 19. It would have been great to have only vaccinated spectators from Japan and the world attend the games but overseas spectators were ruled out a few months ago and , in my opinion, only Japanese spectators at the games would be an unfair advantage for Japan. The latest plan by the Japanese Olympic Committee to have only Japanese spectators at the games with venue attendance capped at 50 percent or a cap of 10,000 spectators was canceled in favor of no spectators.

This will mostly affect the Opening Ceremony, which is made for spectators. Imagine 11,000 athletes walking around the stadium with no fans cheering them on. Its going to be weird watching the opening ceremony. To some extent, some athletes performances might be better or worse without fans. Without their families cheering them on from the stands it might be hard for an athlete to get motivated or if a performance goes wrong, the athlete wont have anyone to pick them up mentally. 

The TV schedule, which in past games was taped, will now be shown live. On some days some events start at 2 am or 4 am eastern time and continue throughout the day and evening.  Women's soccer matches start at 4:30 am, track and field events will be shown on Peacock tv streaming at 6am to 9 am and swimming events will be shown at 9:30pm eastern time, later into the games, track and field will be shown in the evening. I'm not sure how I will be able to watch the 8 sports I usually follow. Some indoor volleyball matches start at 10pm eastern and that conflicts with swimming events. On Thursday August 5 the gold medal matches of women's beach volleyball and women's soccer will be shown on two different networks at almost the same time.  The women's soccer gold medal match is at 10pm on USA network and the women's gold medal beach volleyball match will begin at 10:30pm on NBC. I usually watch both, especially if the USA is in either. Gymnastics events for both men and women will be shown on Peacock TV at 4 am and 6 am. If I want to watch these events live. I may be sleep deprived. The first 2 tests will be this week.  The first USA women's soccer match will be shown live Wednesday July 21 at 4:30 am eastern time and The Opening Ceremony will be televised at 6:55 am on Friday July 23. 

Blogging the games should be easier as Tokyo as Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of eastern time in the USA. The Rio games were blogged live.  What wont be easier is getting the photos of the medal winners. New rules were put in place by the Tokyo Olympic committee that there won't be any medal winner pictures taken of the athletes on the medal stand during the medal ceremonies. Expect fewer pictures on this blog(or no pictures) on each day I blog the results. 

Predictions may be more difficult these games. Teams could be disqualified or individual athletes disqualified from participating from testing positive for Coronavirus. 

Country medal count predictions:

USA - 43 gold, 31 silver, 37 bronze - 111 total

China - 38 gold, 34 silver 20 bronze - 92 total

Japan - 35 gold,  16 silver, 15 bronze - 66 total

ROC - 25 gold, 11 silver, 18 bronze - 54 total

Great Britain - 22 gold, 12 silver, 11 bronze - 45 total

Australia - 15 gold, 13 silver, 14 bronze - 42 total

Netherlands - 15 gold, 9 silver, 17 bronze - 41 total

Germany  - 12 gold, 11 silver, 13 bronze - 36 total

France - 10 gold, 11 silver, 12 bronze - 33 total

USA Medal predictions:

Team Gold Medals:

USA Women's Basketball

USA Women's Soccer

USA Women's Beach Volleyball - Klineman/Ross

USA Women's Water Polo

USA Women's Indoor Volleyball

USA Women's Gymnastics

USA Women's Softball

Team Silver medal:

USA Men's Basketball

Team Bronze Medal:

USA Men's Gymnastics

The USA will win 33 or more medals each in each sport - Track & Field and Swimming

USA Individual medal predictions:

Simone Biles - Gold on Vault, Gold on Floor Exercise, Gold on Uneven Bars, Bronze on Balance Beam

All Around Gold Medalist

Suni Lee - Silver on Vault, Bronze on Floor Exercise, Silver on Uneven Bars, Silver medal in All Around

Brody Malone - Bronze in Men's All Around

Ryan Crouser - Gold in men's Shot Put

Joe Kovacs - Silver in men's Shot Put

Allyson Felix - Bronze in women's 400 (Shaunae Miller-Uibo wins Gold)

Emma Coburn - Bronze in women's 3000M steeplechase

Trayvon Bromell - Gold in men's 100

Ronnie Baker - Silver in men's 100

Athing Mu - Bronze in women's 800

Gabby Thomas - Gold in women's 200

Noah Lyles - Silver in men's 200

Erriyon Knighton - Gold in men's 200

Keni Harrison - Gold in women's 100 hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin - Gold in women's 400 hurdles

Dalilah Muhammad - Silver in women's 400 hurdles

Grant Holloway - Gold in men's 110 hurdles

Rai Benjamin - Silver in men's 400 hurdles (Karsten Warholm wins gold)

Matthew Centrowicz - Bronze in men's 1500

Sam Kendricks - Silver in men's pole vault (Armand Duplantis wins gold)

Michael Norman - Silver in men's 400

Krysta Palmer/Alison Gibson - Bronze in women's 3M Springboard Synchro

Andrew Cobobianco/Michael Hixon - Bronze in men's 3M Springboard Synchro

Krysta Palmer - Bronze in women's 3M Springboard

Tyler Downs - Silver in men's 3M Springboard

Delaney Schnell - Bronze in women's 10M Platform

Caeleb Dressel - Gold in men's 100 freestyle, men's 50 freestyle and men's 100 butterfly- 3 Individual event golds plus relays

Katie Ledecky - Gold in women's 800 freestyle, women's 1500 freestyle, women's 400 freestyle and women's 200 freestyle - 4 individual event golds plus relays

Lily King - Gold in women's 200 breaststroke

Other USA swimming medalists:

Ryan Murphy

Michael Andrew

Hali Flickinger

Torri Huske

Allison Schmitt

Chase Kalisz

Olivia Smoiga

Townley Haas

Abbey Weitzeil

Annie Lazor

Regan Smith

Simone Manuel

Kieran Smith

Other USA Medalists:

USA men's wrestling - Kyle Snyder

USA women's wrestling - Helen Maroulis and Adeline Gray

These predictions are based on the fact they will compete and not be disqualified by Covid 19.

4 days until the opening ceremony!