Day 16 - August 10, 2024

The USA women's soccer team wins gold by beating Brazil 1-0. Only goal scored was by Mallory Swanson in the 57th minute. Brazil wins silver. Germany beat Spain 1-0 for bronze.

American Kyle Dake wins bronze by beating Hetik Cabolov of Serbia 10-4 in men's freestyle wrestling 74kg bronze medal match. 

American Shelby McEwen (2.36) wins silver in the men's high jump. Hamish Kerr of New Zealand (2.36) wins gold in a jump off vs Shelby McEwen as they both jumped the same height. The jump off was won by Hamish Kerr. Mutaz Essa Barshim  (2.34) of Qatar wins bronze. 

American Bryce Hoppel finishes 4th in the men's 800 in an American record 1:41.67. 

American Masai Russell (12.33) wins gold in the women's 100 hurdles by .001 of a second over Cyrena Samba-Mayela (12.34) of France who wins silver. Jasmine Camacho Quinn (12.36) of Puerto Rico wins bronze. 

American Grant Fisher (13:15.13) wins bronze in the men's 5000. Jakob Ingebrigtsen (13:13.66) wins gold and Ronald Kwemoi (13:15.04) of Kenya wins silver.

The USA men's 4 by 400 relay team (Olympic record 2:54.43) of Chris Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin wins gold. Botswana (2:54.53) wins silver and Great Britain (2:55.83) wins bronze. Great finish to this relay.

The USA women's 4 by 400 relay team (American record 3:15.27) of Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin Levrone, Gabby Thomas and Alexis Holmes win gold. The Netherlands (3:19/50) win silver and Great Britain (3:19.72) win bronze. Big lead for USA in the final handoff. 

Victor Montalvo of the USA wins bronze by beating Shigekix of Japan 3-0 in men's Breaking B Boys bronze medal battle 31. Phil Wizard of Canada wins gold by beating Dany Dann of France 3-0, France wins silver.

The USA men's basketball team wins gold by beating France 98-87. The USA led at halftime 49-41. The game was close in the second half and was as close as 3 point lead for team USA but Stephen Curry's flurry of 3's sealed the win for the USA. The USA was led in scoring by Stephen Curry with 24 points. Devin Booker and Kevin Durant each had 15 points for team USA and Lebron James added 14 points. The USA shot 54 percent for the game.  France wins silver. Serbia beat Germany 93-83 to win bronze. 

Medal Count as of 9:45pm Eastern time

USA                  38 gold, 42 silver, 42 bronze - 122 total

China                39 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze - 90 total

Great Britain     14 gold, 22 silver, 27 bronze - 63 total

France               16 gold, 24 silver, 22 bronze - 62 total

Australia           18 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze - 50 total

Day 15 Mid Day Japan time August 6 to Mid Day Japan Time August 7

The USA women's basketball team beat Serbia 79-59 to advance to the gold medal match. The USA led 41-23 at halftime. The USA was led in scoring by Brittney Griner with 15 points, Chelsea Gray added 14 points followed by Breanna Stewart with 12 points. 

The USA women's volleyball team advanced to the gold medal match vs. Brazil by beating Serbia 3-0, 25-19, 25-15, 25-23.

Americans Brandon Loschiavo finished 11th with 403.85 points and Jordan Windle finished 15th  with 390.05 points to advance to the men's10M platform diving semifinals. Top 18 advance from the prelims to the semifinals.

The USA men's water polo team beat Italy 7-6 in the 5-8 classification, Alex Bowen had 3 goals to lead team USA.

The USA men's 4 by 400 relay team of Trevor Stewart, Randolph Ross, Bryce Deadmon and Vernon Norwood advance to the finals.

Americans Elle Purrier St. Pierre and Cory McGee finished 10th and 12th respectively, in the women's 1500 finals.

Paul Chelimo of the USA wins bronze (12 minutes 59.05 seconds) in the men's 5000M finals. Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda wins gold in 12 minutes 58.15 seconds and Mohammed Ahmad of Canada wins silver in 12 minutes 58.61 seconds.

American Allyson Felix wins bronze (49.46 seconds) in the women's 400. Felix has 10 medals total which now is the most of any female track and field athlete in history. Felix ties Carl Lewis with 10 total track and field medals. Shaunae Miller-Uibo wins gold in 48.36 seconds and Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic wins silver in 49.20 seconds.

The USA 4 by 100 track and field team of Javianne Oliver, Teahna Daniels, Jenna Prandini  and Gabby Thomas wins silver in 41.45 seconds. Jamaica wins gold in 41.02 seconds (second fastest all time) and Great Britain wins bronze in 41.88 seconds.

Italy wins gold (37.50 seconds) in the men's 4 by 100 relay. Great Britain wins silver in 37.51 seconds and Canada wins bronze in 37.70 seconds. The USA finished 6th in the semifinals and did not qualify for the finals.

American Molly Seidel wins bronze (2 hours 27 minutes and 46 seconds) in the women's marathon. Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya wins gold in 2 hours 27 minutes and 20 seconds and Brigit Kosgei of Kenya wins silver in 2 hours 27 minutes and 36 seconds.

American Kyle Dake wins bronze by beating Frank Chamizo Marquez of Italy 5-0 in men's 74kg freestyle wrestling bronze medal match.

Gable Steveson of the USA wins gold by beating Geno Petriashvili of Georgia 10-8 in the men's freestyle wrestling 125kg classification.

Jordan Windle ( 9th place - 409.80 points) and Brandon Loschiavo (10th place - 409.75 points), both of the USA, advanced to the men's 10M platform diving finals.

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Medal Count as of 11:40pm Eastern Time August 6

USA                31 gold, 36 silver, 32 bronze - 99 total      

China              37 gold, 27 silver, 17 bronze - 81 total

ROC               17 gold, 24 silver, 22 bronze - 63 total

Great Britain  18 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze - 58 total

Japan              24 gold, 11 silver, 16 bronze - 51 total