Day 4 - July 29, 2024

Emma Weyant and Katie Grimes, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 400IM finals.

Katharine Berkoff and Regan Smith, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 100 backstroke finals.

American Bobby Finke advanced to the men's 800 freestyle finals.

The USA women's water polo team lost to Spain 13-11. Jordan Raney had 2 goals to lead team USA.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Miles Evans/Chase Budinger beat Youssef Krou/Arnaud Gauthier-Rat of France 2-0, 21-14, 21-11.

Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston, both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectfully in the men's skateboarding street final.

The USA women's volleyball team lost to China 3-2, 20-25, 19-25, 25-17, 25-20, 13-15.

The USA Men's Gymnastics team wins bronze with a score of  257.793. Japan wins gold with a score of 259.594 and China wins silver with a score of 259.062. Brody Malone scored 14.166 on Rings, 14.533 on Vault, 14.433 on Parallel Bars and 13.700 on Pommel Horse. Paul Juda scored a 14.666 on Vault, 13.366 on Horizontal Bar, 14.200 on Floor Exercise and 13.900 on Pommel Horse. Asher Hong scored a 14.533 on Rings, 14.833 on Vault, 14.400 on Parallel Bars and 14.133 on Floor Exercise. Frederick Richard scored a 14.033 on Rings, 14.566 on Parallel Bars and 14.466 on Floor Exercise.  Stephen Nedoroscik scored a 14.866 on Pommel Horse. Stephen Nedoroscik's great Pommel Horse performance solidified the bronze medal for the USA.

Katie Grimes (4:33.40) and Emma Weyant (4:34.93, both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectfully in the women's 400 IM. Summer McInotosh of  Canada wins gold in 4:27.71.

Luke Hobson of the USA wins bronze (1:44.79) in the men's 200 freestyle. David Popovici of Romania wins gold in 1:44.72 and Matthew Richards of Great Britain wins silver in 1:44.74.

The USA women's basketball team beat Japan 102-76. The USA led Japan 50-39 at halftime. The Leading scorer for team USA was A'ja Wilson with 24 points and Breanna Stewart added 22 points for team USA

 American Nick Itkin wins bronze (15-12) in the men's fencing Individual Foil bronze medal bout.

Ryan Murphy of the USA wins bronze (52.39) in the men's 100 backstroke. Thomas Ceccon of Italy wins gold in 52.00 and Jiayu Xu of China wins silver in 52.32.

The USA women's rugby sevens team beat Great Britain in the quarterfinals 17-7. Sammy Sullivan, Naya Tapper and Kristi Kirshe each scored 5 points for team USA. 

The USA Beach Volleyball team Of Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss beat Mariafe Artacho del Solar/Taliqua Clancy of Australia 2-0, 21-16, 21-16.

Medal Count as of 9 pm Eastern Time

USA               3 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze - 20 total

France            5 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze - 16 total

Japan              6 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze - 12 total

China              5 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze - 12 total

Great Britain   2 gold, 5 silver, 3 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