Thursday, August 8, 2024

Day 14 - August 8, 2024








American Taliyah Brooks (13.00) scored 1124 points in the women's heptathlon 100 hurdles,  Americans Chari Hawkins (13.16) scored 1100 points and Anna Hall ((13.36) scored 1071 points.

Jaida Ross and Raven Saunders, both of the USA, advanced to the women's shot put final.

American Anna Hall (1.89) scored 1093 points in the women's heptathlon high jump. American Taliyah Brooks (1.77) scored 941 points and Chari Hawkins had no mark and scored 0 points.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team of Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Gabby Thomas and Sha'carri Richardson advanced to the final.

The USA 4 by 100 men's relay team of Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Kyree King and Courtney Lindsey advanced to the final.

American Brandon Miller advanced to the men's 800 semifinal from the repechage round.

American Sam Watson wins bronze in the sport climbing speed final. Leonardo Veddriq of Indonesia wins gold and Peng Wu of China wins silver.

The USA women's volleyball team beat Brazil 3-2, 25-23, 18-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-11. The USA advances to the gold medal match. 

Elle St. Pierre and Nikki Hiltz, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 1500 final.

American Anna Hall (14.11) scored 801 points in the women's heptathlon shot put. Americans Chari Hawkins (13.64) scored 770 points and Taliyah Brooks (13.58) scored 766 points.

The USA women's water polo team lost to Australia 14-13 in the semifinals. Jenna Flynn and Maddie Musselman scored 2 goals each to lead team USA.

Americans Tara Davis Woodhall (7.10) and Jasmine Moore (6.96) wins gold and bronze respectively in the women's long jump. Malaika Mihambo (6.98) of Germany wins silver. 

Kenny Bednarek (19.62) and Noah Lyles (19.70), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively in the men's 200. Letsile Tebogo (19.46) of Botswana wins gold.

The USA men's basketball team beat Serbia 95-91 to advance to the finals. The USA was trailing Serbia 54-43 at halftime and was trailing by as much as 17 points in the 3rd quarter but came back in the 4th quarter, outscoring Serbia 32-15 to seal the win. Stephen Curry scored 36 points to lead Team USA. Joel Embiid scored 19 points and Lebron James scored 16 points for team USA.

American Sydney McLaughlin Levrone set a new world record (50.37) in winning gold in the women's 400 hurdles. Anna Cockrell (51.87) of the USA wins silver and Femke Bol (52.15) of the Netherlands wins bronze.

Grant Holloway(12.99) and Daniel Roberts (13.09), both of the USA, win gold and silver respectfully in the men's 110 hurdles. Rasheed Broadbell (13.09) of Jamaica wins bronze.


Medal Count as of 9pm Eastern time

USA                     30 gold, 38 silver, 35 bronze - 103 total
China                   29 gold, 25 silver, 19 bronze - 73 total
France                  14 gold, 19 silver, 21 bronze - 54 total
Great Britain        13 gold, 17 silver, 21 bronze - 51 total
Australia               18 gold, 14 silver, 13 bronze - 45 total

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