Day 9 - August 3, 2024

Americans Harrison Williams (14.28), Heath Baldwin ( (14.04) and Zach Ziemek (15.11) scored 939, 969 and 836 points respectively in the men's decathlon 110 hurdles. 

American Sam Kendricks advanced to the men's pole vault finals.

Americans Zach Ziemek (50.08) scored 872 points, Harrison Williams (46.91) scored  806 points and Heath Baldwin (43.66) scored 739 points in the men's decathlon discus throw.

Gretchen Walsh of the USA, advanced to the women's50 freestyle semifinals.

The USA wins bronze (5:25.28) in men's rowing eight finals. Great Britain (5:22.88) wins gold and the Netherlands (5:23.92) wins silver.

American Bobby Finke advanced to the men's 1500 freestyle final.

Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek, and Fred Kerley, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 100 semifinals.

The USA men's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Hunter Armstrong, Charlie Swanson and Jack Alexy advanced to the final.

The USA women's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Katharine Berkoff, Emma Weber, Alex Shackell and Kate Douglass advanced to the final.

Americans Harrison Williams (5.10) scored 941 points in the men's decathlon pole vault. Zach Ziemek (5.00) scored 910 points and Heath Baldwin  (4.70) scored 819 points.

The USA women's soccer team beat Japan 1-0 to advance to the semifinals. The lone goal was scored by Trinity Rodman in the 105th minute in the first period of extra time.

Vincent Hancock and Conner Lynn Prince, both of the USA, win gold and silver respectively in the men's skeet shooting final. Yuan Meng Lee of Taiwan wins bronze.

Simone Biles (15.300) and Jade Carey (14.466), both of the USA, win gold and bronze respectfully in women's gymnastics vault final. Rebeca Andrade of Brazil (14.966) wins silver.

The USA men's basketball team beat Puerto Rico 104-83.The USA led 64-45 at halftime. The USA had balanced scoring and was led in scoring by Anthony Edwards with 26 points.

USA men's gymnast Steven Nedoroscik (15.300) wins bronze on pommel horse. Rhys Mcclenaghan (15.533) of Ireland wins gold and Nariman Kurbanov (15.433) of Kazakhstan wins silver.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team beat China 14-12.Hailey van Lith scored 6 points to lead team USA.

Americans Heath Baldwin (67.59) scored  853 points in the men's decathlon javelin throw. Zach Ziemek (57.05) scored 694 points and Harrison Williams (51.17) scored 606 points.

Ryan Crouser (22.90) and Joe Kovacs (22.15) win gold and silver respectively in the men's shot put final. Rajindra Campbell (22.15) of Jamaica wins bronze.

Melissa Jefferson, Sha'carri Richardson and Twanisha Terry, all of the USA, advanced to the women'a 100 final.

American Jasmine Moore (14.67) wins bronze in the women's triple jump. Thea Lafond (15.02) of  Dominica wins gold and Shanieka Ricketts (14.87) of Jamaica wins silver. 

The USA 4 by 400 mixed relay team (3:07.74) of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Kaylyn Brown win silver. The Netherlands wins gold in 3:07.43 and Great Britain wins bronze in 3:08.01. Femke Bol runs down Kaylyn Brown to win gold for the Netherlands.

Sha'carri Richardson (10.87) and Melissa Jefferson (10.92), both of the USA win silver and bronze respectfully in the women's 100. Julien Alfred of St. Lucia wins gold in 10.72. 

Harrison Williams of the USA (4:19.58) scores 814 points in the men's decathlon 1500. Americans Heath Baldwin (4:40.67) scored 676 points and Zach Ziemek (4:53.17) scored 600 points. Harrison Williams finishes 7th with 8538 points, Heath Baldwin finished 10th with 8422 points and Zach Ziemek finished 17th with 7983 points in the men's decathlon.

American Kate Douglass (2:06.92) wins silver in the women's 200 IM. Summer McIntosh wins gold in an Olympic record 2:06.56 and Kaylee McKeown of Australia wins bronze in 2:08/08. American Alex Walsh originally won bronze in 2:07.45 but was disqualified when she did not make a proper turn. 

Katie Ledecky (8:11.04) and Paige Madden (8:13.00), both of the USA, win gold and bronze respectively in the women's 800 freestyle. Ariarne Titmus (8:12.29) of Australia wins silver.

The USA medley relay team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske win gold in  world record time of 3:37.43 in the mixed 4 by 100 medley relay. China wins silver in 3:37.55 and Australia wins bronze in 3:38.76. 

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team beat China 21-13. Dearica Hamby led team USA with 9 points.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Miles Evans/Chase Budinger beat Zach Schubert/Thomas Hodges of Australia 2-0, 21-19, 21-17 to move on to the round of 16. 

Medal Count as of 9:30pm Eastern time

USA                   14 gold, 24 silver, 23 bronze - 61 total

France                12 gold, 14 silver, 15 bronze - 41 total

China                 16 gold, 12 silver    9 bronze - 37 total

Great Britain      10 gold, 10 silver, 13 bronze - 33 total

Australia            12 gold,   8 silver,   7 bronze - 27 total

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 6 - July 31, 2024

Kate Douglass and Lilly King, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 200 breaststroke semifinals.

Ryan Murphy and Keaton Jones, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 200 backstroke semifinals.

Regan Smith and Alex Shackell, both of the USA, advanced to women's 200 butterfly semifinals.

American Perris Benegas wins silver (score of 90.70) in the women's cycling BMX freestyle park final. Yawen Deng of China wins gold with a 92.60 score and Natalya Diehm of Australia wins bronze with a 88.80 score.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes beat Clemence Viera/Aline Chamereau of France 2-0, 21-16, 23-21.

The USA women's volleyball team defeated Serbia 3-2, 25-17, 25-20, 20-25, 14-25, 17-15. 

American Evy Leibfarth wins bronze (109.95) in the women's canoe slalom single final. Jessica Fox of Australia wins gold in 101.06 and Elena Lilik of Germany wins silver in 103.54.

Americans Paul Juda and Frederick Richard finished 14th and 15th in the men's gymnastics All Around Final. Paul Juda scored a 13.533 on Floor Exercise, 13.866 on Pommel Horse, 13.433 on Rings, 13.733 on vault, 13.866 on parallel bars and 13.866 on high bar. Frederick Richard scored a 13.200 on Floor Exercise, 12.733 on Pommel Horse, 13.600 on Rings, 14.100 on Vault, 14.133 on on Parallel Bars and 14.400 on High Bar.

The USA women's water polo team beat Italy 10-3. Maddie Musselman scored 3 goals to lead team USA.

The USA women's soccer team defeated Australia 2-1. Goals were scored by Trinity Rodman and Korbin Albert. The USA moves on to the quarterfinals.

American Torri Huske wins silver (52.29) in the women's 100 freestyle. Sarah Sjoestroem of Sweden wins gold in 52.16 and Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong wins bronze in 52.33. 

Regan Smith and Alex Shackell, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 200 butterfly final.

The USA men's basketball team beat South Sudan 103-86. The USA led 55-36 at halftime. The USA was led in scoring by Bam Adebayo with 18 points, Kevin Durant had 14 points and Anthony Edwards had 13 points for Team USA.

American Katie Ledecky wins gold in the women's 1500 freestyle. Ledecky set an Olympic record of 15:30.02. Anastasiia Kirpichnikova of France wins silver in 15:40.35 and Isabel Gose of Germany wins bronze in 15:41.16.

The USA women's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Azerbaijan 20-17. Dearica Hamby scored 7 points to lead team USA.

Keaton Jones of the USA advanced to the men's 200 backstroke final.

Kate Douglass and Lilly King, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 200 breaststroke final.

The USA men's 3 on 3 basketball team lost to Poland 19-17. The USA was led in scoring by Dylan Travis and Canyon Barry with 6 points each.

Medal Count at of 7:30pm Eastern time

USA                5 gold, 13 silver, 12 bronze - 30 total

France             8 gold, 10 silver,   8 bronze - 26 total

China              9 gold,   7 silver,   3 bronze - 19 total

Great Britain   6 gold,   6 silver,   5 bronze - 17 total

Australia         7 gold,   6 silver,   3 bronze - 16 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 8 - Mid day Japan time July 30 to mid day Japan time July 31

The USA men's volleyball team lost to Brazil 3-1, 32-30, 23-25, 21-25, 20-25. The USA's next match is Argentina.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Tri Bourne lost to Cherif/Ahmed of Qatar 2-0, 18-21, 17-21. Gibb Bourne go 2-1 in Pool C and advance to the knockout round.

Hailey Fernandez (7th-309.55 points) and Krysta Palmer (15th-279.10 points) qualify for the 3M springboard semifinals. Top 18 divers qualify for semifinals.

The USA women's basketball team beat Japan 86-69. Japan had a 30-28 lead after 1 quarter but the USA had the lead at halftime 49-40. A'ja Wilson had 20 points and Brittney Griner/Breanna Stewart had 15 points each to lead team USA,

The USA women's soccer team beat the Netherlands 2-2 (4-2 on penalty kicks) to advance to the semifinals against Canada. Sam Mewis scored the first goal and Lynn Williams scored the second goal for the USA. The USA led 1-0 then it was tied, then the USA took a 2-1 lead at halftime before the Netherlands tied it at 2 each. 2 scoreless periods of 15 minutes each led to the penalty kicks phase.  Goalie Alyssa Naeher saved the first Netherlands penalty kick for the USA and Rose Lavelle made the first penalty kick to put the USA up 1-0 and penalty kicks by Alex Morgan, Christen Press and Megan Rapinoe gave the USA 4 good penalty kicks while USA goalie Alyssa Naeher made another key save to give the USA the 4-2 penalty kick win.

The USA baseball team beat Israel 8-1. Joe Ryan got the win.

In track and field, Elise Cranny and Karissa Schweizer, both of the USA, advance to the women's 5000M finals.

Ketorah Orji of the USA advanced to the women's triple jump finals.

Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey, both of the USA, advanced to the women's shot put finals.

The USA 4 by 400 mixed relay team of Elija Godwin, Lynna Irby, Taylor Manson and Bryce Deadmon advance to the finals.

Grant Fisher of the USA finished 5th in the men's 10000M final.

In men's swimming, Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrews, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the 50 freestyle.

In women's swimming, Abbey Weitzeil and Simone Manuel, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the 50 freestyle.

Robert Finke of the USA advanced to the men's 1500 freestyle finals. 

The USA women's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Rhyan White, Lilly King, Claire Curzan and Erika Brown advanced to the finals.

The USA men's 4 by 100 medley relay team of Joe Armstrong, Andrew Wilson, Tom Shields and Blake Pieroni advanced to the finals.

Caeleb Dressel of the USA wins gold (49.45 seconds - world record) in the men's 100 butterfly. Kristof Milak of Hungary wins silver in 49.68 seconds and Noe Ponti of Switzerland wins bronze in 50.74 seconds.

Katie Ledecky of the USA wins gold (8 minutes 12.57 seconds) in the women's 800 freestyle. Ariane Titmus of Australia wins silver in 8 minutes 13.83 seconds and Simona Quadarella of Italy wins bronze in 8 minutes 18.35 seconds.

Caeleb Dressel and Michael Andrew, both of the USA, advance to the men's 50 freestyle finals.

Abbey Weitzeil of the USA advanced to the women's 50 freestyle finals.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Sarah Sponcil/Kelly Claes beat Ana Patricia/Rebecca of Brazil 2-1, 17-21, 21-19, 15-11. Sponcil/Claes advance to the knockout round after going 3-0 in pool D.

In track and field, Anna Cockrell, Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad, all of the USA, advanced to the women's 400 hurdles semifinals.

In track and field, Isiah Jewett, Clayton Murphy and Bryce Hoppel, all of the USA advanced to the men's 800 semifinals.

Gabriele Cunningham, Keni Harrison and Christina Clemons (Manning), all of the USA, advance to the women's 100 hurdles semifinals.

Valarie Allman of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's discus.

Chris Nilsen and KC Lightfoot, both of the USA, advance to the men's pole vault finals.

USA gymnast Simone Biles has withdrawn from 2 of the 4 women's gymnastics event finals on Sunday August 1. Biles withdrew from the vault and uneven bars. MyKayla Sknner will replace Biles on vault. No American gymnast will replace Biles on uneven bars. 

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Medal Count as of 11:55pm Eastern Time July 30

USA               16 gold, 17 silver, 11 bronze - 44 total

China             19 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze - 41 total

ROC              10 gold, 14 silver, 10 bronze - 34 total

Japan             17 gold,   4 silver,   7 bronze - 28 total

Australia        10 gold,  3 silver,  13 bronze - 26 total

Great Britain   8 gold,   9 silver,   9 bronze - 26 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

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

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 

Day 8

In men's Track and Field, Mason Finley and Andrew Evans, both of the USA, qualified for the finals of the men's discus.

Michelle Carter and Raven Saunders, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's shot put.

Boris Berian and Clayton Murphy, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 800.

In Track and Field, in the women's 10000m final, American's Molly Huddle and Emily Infeld finished 6th and 11th respectively with times of 30 minutes 13.17 seconds for Huddle and 31 minutes 26.94 seconds. Almaz Ayana of Eithiopia set a new world record and winning gold in 29 minutes 17.45 seconds. Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya wins silver in 29 minutes 32.53 seconds. Tirunesh Dibaba of Eithiopia wins bronze in 29 minutes 42.56 seconds.

Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil, both of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 50 freestyle.

Connor Jaeger and Jordan Wilimovsky, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 1500.

The USA advance to the finals of the women's swimming 4 by 100 medley relay.

The USA advance to the finals of the men's swimming 4 by 100 medley relay.

The USA women's soccer team lost to Sweden on penalty kicks 4-3. Sweden took a 1-0 then Alex Morgan tied it. The teams played 30 minutes of extra time but was forced to go to penalty kicks. Christen Press missed a key kick over the goal and then Sweden won it. The USA women's soccer team is now eliminated from the tournament. This loss is the first for USA women's soccer since 2000.

The USA women's volleyball team beat Italy 3-1, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 25-20.

The USA men's Water Polo team lost to Montenegro 8-5.

The USA women's basketball team defeated Canada 81-51. The USA led at halftime 36-22. The USA was led in scoring by Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore who each had 12 points to lead team USA.

The USA men's basketball team beat Serbia 94-91. The USA was leading 50-41 at halftime. Leading scorers for the USA were Kyrie Irving with 15 points, Deandre Jordan had 13 points, Kevin Durant and Paul George each had 12 points.

Kim Rhode of the USA wins bronze in women's skeet shooting. Diana Bacosi of Italy wins gold. Chiara Cainero, also of Italy, wins silver.

Gil Roberts, Lashawn Merritt and David Verburg, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 400.

Shnannon Rowbury, Jenny Simpson and Brenda Martinez, all of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 1500.

Tori Bowie, Tianna Bartoletta and English Gardiner, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100.

Maya DiRado of the USA wins gold in the women's 200 backstroke in 2 minutes 5.99 seconds. Katinka Hosszu of Hungary wins silver in 2 minutes 6.05 seconds. Hilary Caldwell of Canada wins bronze in 2 minutes 7.54 seconds.

Michael Phelps, of the USA wins silver in the men's 100 butterfly in 51.14 seconds. Phelps shared the silver with Chad Leclos of South Africa and Lazlo Cseh of Hungary, Joseph Schooling of the Philippines wins gold in 50.39 seconds.

USA swimmer Katie Ledecky sets a new world record of 8 minutes 4.79 seconds in the women's 800 freestyle. Jazmine Carlin of Great Britain wins silver in 8 minutes 16.17 seconds. Boglarka Kapas of Hungary wins bronze in 8 minutes 16.37 seconds. Katie Ledecky finishes Rio with 4 gold and 1 silver medal.

USA swimmers Anthony Ervin(21.40 seconds) and Nathan Adrian(21.49 seconds) win gold and bronze respectively in the men's 50 freestyle. Florent Manaudou of France wins bronze in 21.41 seconds.

Simone Manuel of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 50 freestyle. Abbey Weitzeil of the USA did not advance to the finals.

Michelle Carter of the USA wins gold in the women's shot put(67ft 8 1/4 in.) Valerie Adams of New Zealand wins silver. Anita Marton of Hungary wins bronze.

Jeff Henderson and Jarrion Lawson, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's long jump.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross beat Menegatti/Giombini of Italy, 21-10, 21-16.

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Medal Count after Day 8

USA 20 gold, 13 silver, 17 bronze - 50 total
China 13 gold, 10 silver, 14 bronze - 37 total
Japan 7 gold, 3 silver, 14 bronze - 24 total
Great Britain 7 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze - 22 total
Russia 5 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze - 22 total

Day 6

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson lost to Herrera/Gavira of Spain, 19-21, 21-16, 7-15. Gibb/Paterson are eliminated after going 1-2 in Pool F.

Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 100 freestyle

Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 200 backstroke.

Lilly King and Molly Hannis, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 200IM.

The USA advanced to the finals of the women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay.

The USA women's volleyball team defeated Serbia, 3-1, 25-17, 21-25,25-18, 25-19.

The USA women's basketball team beat Serbia 110-84. Diana Taurasi led team USA with 25 points. Breanna Stewart added 17 points and Tina Charles scored 15 points.

USA 3M Springboard Synchro divers Sam Dorman/Michael Hixon win silver with a total of 450.21 points. Jack Laugher/Chris Mears of Great Britain win gold with a total of 454.32 points. Yaun Cao/Qin Kai of China win bronze with a total of 443.70 points.

Sam Mikulak of the USA finished 7th with 89.631 points, and Chris Brooks, also of the USA finished 14th with 87.632 points in the men's gymnastics all around competition. Kohei Uchimora of Japan wins gold with a total of 92.365 points. Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine wins silver with 92.266 points. Max Whitlock of Great Britain wins bronze with 90.641 points.

The USA men's basketball team beat Australia 98-88. Australia was leading the USA at halftime 54-49. Carmelo Anthony led team USA with 31 points. Kyrie Erving added 19 and Kevin Durant scored 14 for team USA.

Kristin Armstrong of the USA wins gold in the women's cycling road time trial. Olga Zabellinskaya of Russia wins silver. Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands wins bronze.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross beat Forrer/Verge-Depre of Switzerland 21-13, 22-24, 15-12. This match was only the seconf time Walsh Jennings lost a set in Olympic play. She is 47-2 in Olympic sets.

Josh Prenot of the USA wins silver in the men's 200 breaststroke in 2 minutes 7.53 seconds. Dmitriy Balandin of Kazakhstan wins gold in 2 minutes 7.46 seconds. Anton Chupkov wins bronze in 2 minutes 7.70 seconds.

Simone Manuel and Abbey Weitzeil, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the women's 100 freestyle.

Ryan Murphy and Jacob Pebley, both of the USA, advanced to the finals of the men's 200 backstroke.

Cammile Adams of the USA finished 4th and USA swimmer Haili Flickinger finished 7th in the women's 200 butterfly final.

Nathan Adrian of the USA wins bronze in the men's 100 freestyle in 47.85 seconds. Kyle Chalmers of Australia wins gold in 47.58 seconds. Pieter Timmers of Belgium wins silver in the men's 100 freestyle in 47.80 seconds.

USA swimmers Lilly King and Molly Hannis did not advance to the finals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 200IM. Phelps finished first, Lochte second.

The USA team of Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Maya DiRado and Katie Ledecky win gold in the women's 4 by 200 freestyle relay in 7 minutes 43,03 seconds. Australia wins silver in 7 minutes 44.87 seconds. Canada wins bronze in 7 minutes 45.39 seconds.

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Medal Count after Day 6

USA 11 gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze - 32 total
China 10 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze - 23 total
Japan 6 gold, 1 silver, 11 bronze - 18 total
Russia 4 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze - 15 total
Great Britain 3 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze - 13 total