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

Day 5 - July 30, 2024

Jack Alexy and Chris Guiliano, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 100 freestyle semifinals.

American Katie Ledecky advanced to the women's 1500 freestyle finals.

Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 freestyle.

The USA men's volleyball team beat Germany 3-2, 25-21, 25-17, 17-25, 20-25, 15-11.

Matt Fallon and Josh Matheny, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 200 breaststroke semifinals.

The USA 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Drew Kibler, Brooks Curry, Blake Pieroni and Chris Guiliano advanced to the finals.

The men's beach volleyball team of Miles Partain/Andy Benesh beat Mohammed Abicha/Zouheir Elgraoui of Morocco 2-0, 21-12, 28-26.

The USA women's rugby seven team lost to New Zealand 24-12 in the semifinals. Kristi Kirshe and Alev Kelter had 5 poinch each to lead team USA.

The USA men's water polo team beat Romania 14-8. Hannes Daube and Alex Bowen had 3 goals each to lead team USA,

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Germany 17-13. Hailey van Lith had 6 points to lead team USA.

The USA women's gymnastics team wins gold with a score of 171.296 in the women's team final. Italy wins silver with a score of 165.494 and Brazil wins bronze with a score of 164.497. Simone Biles scored a 14.900 on vault, 14.400 on uneven bars, 14.366 on balance beam and 14.666 on floor exercise. Jordan Chiles scored a 14.400 on vault, 14.366 on uneven bars, 12.733 on balance beam and 13.966 on floor exercise. Suni Lee scored a 14.566 on uneven bars, 14.600 on balance beam and 13.533 on floor exercise. Jade Carey scored a 14.800 on vault.

The USA men's soccer team beat Guinea 3-0. Goals were scored by Kevin Paredes (2)  and Djorde Mihailovic.

The USA women's rugby sevens team wins bronze by beating Australia 14-12. New Zealand wins gold and Canada wins silver. Alev Kelter and Alex Sedrick scored 7 points each to lead team USA.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Miles Evans/Chase Budinger lost to Stefan Boermans/Yorick de Groot of the Netherlands 2-0, 13-21, 15-21. 

Regan Smith (57.66) and Katharine Berkoff (57.98), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively in the women's 100 backstroke. Kaylee McKeown of Australia wins gold in an Olympic record 57.33.

American Bobby Finke wins silver (7:38.75) in the men's 800 freestyle. Daniel Wiffen of Ireland wins gold in an Olympic record 7:38.19 and Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy wins bronze in 7:39.38.

Torri Huske and Gretchen Walsh, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 100 freestyle finals.

American Josh Matheny advanced to the men's 200 breaststroke finals.

The USA men's 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Luke Hobson, Carson Foster, Drew Kibler and Kieran Smith win silver in 7:00.78. Great Britain wins gold in 6:59.43 and Australia wins bronze in 7:01.98.

The USA men's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Serbia 22-14. Kareem Maddox led team USA with 6 points.

Medal Count as of 8:30pm Eastern time

USA                4 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze - 26 total

France             5 gold   9 silver,   4 bronze - 18 total

China              6 gold,  6 silver,   2 bronze - 14 total

Japan              7 gold,  2 silver,   4 bronze - 13 total

Great Britain  4 gold,  5 silver,   3 bronze - 12 total

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 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