Sunday, August 4, 2024

Day 10 - August 4, 2024










USA golfer Scottie Scheffler (265) wins gold in men's golf individual stroke play. Tommy Fleetwood  (266) of great Britain wins silver and Hideki Matsuyama (267) of Japan wins bronze.

Courtney Wayment and Valerie Constien, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 3000 steeplechase final.

Deanna Price and Nneka Annette  Echikunwoke, both of the USA, advanced to the women's hammer throw final.

Gabby Thomas, McKenzie Long and Brittany Brown, all of the USA, advanced to the women's 200 semifinals.

Grant Holloway and Daniel Roberts, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 110 hurdles semifinals. American Freddie Crittenden advanced to the men's 110 hurdles repechage round.

Jasmine Jones, Anna Cockrell and Sydney McLaughlin Levrone, all of the USA, advanced to the women's 400 hurdles semifinals.

The USA women's volleyball team beat France 3-0, 29-27, 29-27, 25-20 to advance to the quarterfinals.

American Kristen Faulkner wins gold (3:59.23) in the women's cycling road race. Marianne Vos (4:00.21) of the Netherlands wins silver and Lotte Kopecky (4:00.21) of Belgium wins bronze.

American Brady Ellison wins silver by losing to Kim Woojin of Korea 6-5 in men's archery Individual gold medal match.  Woojin wins gold.  Lee Wooseok of Korea wins bronze by beating Florian Unruh of Germany 6-0.

Austen Jewell Smith of the USA wins bronze in the women's skeet shooting final. Francisca Crovetto Chadid of Chile wins gold and Amber Jo Rutter of Great Britain wins silver.

Sunisa Lee (14.800) of the USA wins bronze on women's gymnastics uneven bars. Kaylia Nemour of Algeria wins gold with a score of 15.700 and Qiyuan Qiu of China wins silver with a score of 15.500.

The USA women's basketball team beat Germany 87-68. The USA led at halftime 41-29. The USA was led in scoring by Jackie Young with 19 points. A'ja Wilson scored 14 points and Breanna Stewart scored 13 points for team USA.

American Bobby Finke wins gold (world record 14:30.67) in men's 1500 freestyle. Gregorio Paltrinieri (14:34.55) of Italy wins silver and Daniel Wiffen (14:39.63) of Ireland wins bronze.

The USA men's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to the Netherlands 21-6. Dylan Travis, Kareem Maddox and Canyon Barry each scored 2 points to lead team USA.

Chris Bailey, Michael Norman and Quincy Hall, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 400 semifinals.

The USA men's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Caeleb Dressel and Hunter Armstrong wins silver in 3:28.01. China wins gold in 3:27.46 and France wins bronze in 3:28.38.

The USA women's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Husk win gold in a world record time of 3:49.63. Australia wins silver in 3:53.11 and China wins bronze in 3:53.23.

Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek and Fred Kerley, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 100 final.

Juliette Whittaker of the USA advanced to the women's 800 final.

Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse and Hobbs Kessler, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 1500 final.

Noah Lyles (9.79) and Fred Kerley (9.81), both of the USA, win gold and bronze in the men's 100. Kishane Thompson of Jamaica wins silver in 9. 79. The difference between Lyles and Thompson was decided by .005 of a second and in a photo finish, Lyles out leans Thompson for gold. Kenny Bednarek of the USA finished 7th  in 9.88. 

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sara Hughes/Kelly Cheng beat Valentina Gottardi/Marta Menegatti of Italy 2-1, 21=18, 17-21, 15-12. Hughes/Cheng advance to the quarterfinals.


Medal count as of 6pm Eastern time

USA                     19 gold, 26 silver, 26 bronze - 71 total
China                   19 gold, 15 silver,  11 bronze - 45 total
France                  12 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze - 44 total
Great Britain        10 gold, 12 silver, 15 bronze - 37 total
Australia              12 gold, 11 silver,   8 bronze - 31 total



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