Day 11 - August 5, 2024

USA Triathlon team of Seth Rider, Taylor Spivey, Morgan Pearson and Taylor Knibb wins silver in  the Mixed Relay. 1:25.40. Germany wins gold in 1:25.39 and Great Britain wins bronze in 1:25.40.

Delaney Schnell of the USA advanced to the women's 10M Platform diving semifinal and failed to advanced to the final.

Rai Benjamin, and CJ Allen, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 400 hurdles semifinals. American Trevor Bassitt advanced to the repechage round.

American Katie Moon advanced to the women's pole vault final.

Aaliyah Butler and Alexis Holmes, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 400 semifinals. American Kendall Ellis advanced to the repechage round.

The men's beach volleyball team of Miles Evans/Chase Budinger lost to Anders Berntsen Mol/Christian Sandlie Soerum of Norway 2-0, 16-21, 14-21. Evans/Budinger are eliminated.

Simone Biles (14.133) and Jordan Chiles (13.766), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively in women's gymnastics floor exercise. Rebeca Andrade of Brazil wins gold with a score of 14.166.

The USA mixed skeet shooting team of Austen Jewell Smith/Vincent Hancock wins silver by losing to Italy 45-44.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Miles Partain/Andy Benesh/ beat Samuele Cottafava/Paolo Nicolai of Italy 2-0, 21-17, 21-18. Partain/Benesh advanced to the quarterfinals.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Spain 18-16 in the semifinals. Hailey van Lith led team USA with 8 points.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss lost to Melissa Humana Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson of Canada, 2-0, 19-21, 18-21. Kloth/Nuss are eliminated.

The USA men's water polo team beat Croatia 14-11. Max Irving and Hannes Daube scored 3 goals each to lead team USA. 

American Sam Kendricks wins silver (5.95) in the men's pole vault. Armand Duplantis of Sweden set a new world record of 6.25 (20 ft, 6 in) while winning gold and Karalis Emmanouil (5.90) of Greece wins bronze.

American Kenneth Rooks advanced to the men's 3000 steeplechase final.

American Valarie Allman (69.50) wins gold in the women's discus throw. Bin Feng (67.51) wins silver and Sandra Elkasevic (67.51) wins bronze.

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

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team wins bronze by beating Canada 16-13. Hailey van Lith led team USA with 6 points. Germany wins gold by beating Spain who wins silver.

The USA men's volleyball team advanced to the semifinals by beating Brazil 3-1, 26-24, 28-30, 19-25, 25-19.

American Caroline Marks (10.50 total score) wins gold in women's surfing gold medal match. Tatiana Weston-Webb (10.33 total score) of Brazil wins silver. Johanne Defay wins bronze by beating Brisa Hennessy of Costa Rica 12.66 to 4,93 in the bronze medal match.

Medal Count as of 7:00pm Eastern time

USA                  21 gold, 30 silver, 28 bronze - 79 total

China                21 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze - 53 total

France              12 gold, 16 silver, 18 bronze - 46 total 

Great Britain    12 gold, 13 silver, 17 bronze - 42 total

Australia          13 gold, 11 silver,   8 bronze - 32 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