Day 7 - August 1, 2024

The USA men's water polo team lost to Greece 13-11. Alex Bowen and  Max Irving led the USA in scoring with 2 goals each.

The USA men's four rowing team of Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady and Liam Corrigan wins gold (5:49.03). New Zealand wins silver in 5:49.88 and Great Britain wins bronze in 5:52.42. 

Regan Smith and Phoebe Bacon, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 200 backstroke semifinals.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA advanced to the men's 50 freestyle semifinals.

Carson Foster and Shaine Casas, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 200IM semifinals.

The women's USA 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Anna Peploski, Erin Gemmel, Simone Manuel, and Alex Shackell advanced to the final.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Australia 17-15. Rhyne Howard led the USA in scoring with 8 points.

The USA women's foil fencing team of Lee Keifer, Lauren Scruggs, Jacqueline Dubrovich and Maia Mei Weintraub wins gold by beating Italy 45-39. 

The USA beach volleyball team of Andy Benesh/Miles Partain beat George Souto Maior Wanderly/Andre Loyola Stein of Brazil 2-1, 21-17, 14-21, 15-8. 

Simone Biles (59.131( and Sinisa Lee (56.465), both of the USA, win gold and bronze respectfully in women's gymnastics All Around final. Rebeca Andrade of Brazil wins silver with a score of 57.932. Simone Biles scored a 15.766 on vault, 13.733 on uneven bars, 14.566 on balance beam and 15.066 on floor exercise. Sunisa Lee scored a 13.933 on vault, 14.866 on uneven bars, 14.000 on balance beam, and 13.666 on floor exercise.

The USA men's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Lithuania 20-18. Canyon Barry led team USA in scoring with 9 points.

American Regan Smith wins silver (2:03.84) in the women's 200 butterfly. Summer McIntosh of Canada wins gold in an Olympic record 2:03.03 and Yufei Zhang of China wins bronze in 2:05.09.

American Caeleb Dressel advanced to the men's 50 freestyle finals.

The USA women's basketball team beat Belgium 87-74. The USA led 46-38 at halftime. Breanna Stewart had 26 points to lead team USA. A'ja Wilson scored 23 points.

American Kate Douglass wins gold (2:19.24) in the women's 200 breaststroke. Tatjana Smith of South Africa wins silver in 2:19.60 and Tes Schouten of the Netherlands wins bronze in 2:21.05.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team beat Spain 17-11. Hailey van Lith and Rhyne Howard each scored 5 points to lead team USA.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss beat Chen Xue/Xinyi Xia pf China 2-1, 15-21, 21-16, 15-12. This match was interrupted by lightning before it was resumed.

The women's USA 4 by 200 freestyle relay team of Claire Weinstein, Paige Madden, Katie Ledecky and Erin Gemmell win silver ((7:40.86).  Australia wins gold in an Olympic record 7:38.08 and China wins bronze in 7:42.34.

The USA 3 by 3 basketball team lost to Latvia 21-19. Canyon Barry scored 10 points to lead team USA.

Medal Count as of 8 pm Eastern Time

USA                9 gold, 15 silver, 13 bronze - 37 total

France             8 gold, 11 silver,   8 bronze - 27 total

China             11 gold,  7 silver,   6 bronze - 24 total

Great Britain   6 gold,  7 silver,   7 bronze - 20 total

Australia         8 gold,  6 silver,   4 bronze - 18 total

Day 2 - July 27, 2024

Americans Kassidy Cook/Sarah Bacon win silver in women's 3M Springboard Synchro diving with 314.64 points. Yani Chang/Yiwen Chen of China wins gold with 337.68 points. Yasmin Harper/Scarlett Mew Jensen of Great Britain wins bronze with 302.28 points.

The USA men's gymnastics team qualified for the team final by finishing 5th in qualification. Fred Richard and Paul Juda will compete in the men's All Around.

USA swimmers Tori Huske and Gretchen Walsh advance to the semifinals of the women's 100 Butterfly.

Katie Ledecky and Paige Madden, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 400 Freestyle Finals.

Nic Fink and Charlie Swanson, both of the USA advanced to the semifinals of the men's 100 Breaststroke.

Aaron Schackell, of the USA, advanced to the men's 400 Freestyle finals.

The USA  4 by 100 women's Freestyle Relay team of  Abbey Weitzeil, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly and Kate Douglass advanced to the finals.

The USA 4 by 100 men's Freestyle relay team of Ryan Held, Matt King, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel advanced to the finals.

The USA Beach Volleyball team of Miles Partain/Andy Benesh lost to Noslen Diaz Amaro/Jorge Luis Alayo Moliner 0-2, 18-21, 18-21.

Chloe Dygert of the USA wins bronze in women's Road Cycling Individual Time Trial in 41:10.70. Grace Brown of Australia wins gold in 39:38.24 and Anna Henderson of Great Britain wins silver in 41:09.83.

The USA women's Water Polo Team beat Greece 15-6. Jenna Flynn had 4 goals to lead team USA while Maggie Steffens, Tara Prentice and Jovana Sekulic each scored 2 goals.

The USA men's soccer team beat New Zealand 4-1. USA goals were scored by Walker Zimmerman, Gianluca Busio, Paxten Aaronson and Djordje Mihailovic.

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

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins bronze (4:00,86) in women's 400 Freestyle. Ariarne Titmus of Australia wins gold in 3:57.49 and Summer McIntosh of Canada wins silver in 3:58.37

The USA men's volleyball team beat Argentina 3-0, 25-20, 25-19, 25-16,

The USA  4 by 100 women's Freestyle Relay team of  Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske and Simone Manuel win silver (3:30.20). Australia wins gold in 3:28.92 and China wins bronze in 3:30.30.

The USA 4 by 100 men's Freestyle Relay team of Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel win gold in 3:09.28. Australia wins silver in 3:10.35 and Italy wins bronze in 3:10.70.

The USA Beach volleyball team of Tarym Kloth/Kristen Nuss beat Heather Bansley/Sophie Bukovec of Canada 2-0, 21-17, 21-14. 

Medal Count as of 6pm Eastern time - July 27

Australia - 3 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze - 5 total

USA  -       1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze - 5 total

France -     1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze - 4 total

China -      2 gold, 0 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

Korea -      1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze - 3 total

Italy -        0 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze - 3 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