Day 15 - August 9, 2024

American  Brandon Loschiavo advanced to the men's 10M platform diving semifinal.

American Taliyah Brooks (6.15) scored 896 points in the women's heptathlon long jump. Americans Anna Hall (5.93) scored 828 points and Chari Hawkins (5.90) scored 819 points.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team of Quanera Hayes, Shamier Little, Aaliyah Butler and Kaylyn Brown advanced to the final.

The USA men's 4 by 400 relay team of Quincy Wilson, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Chris Bailey advanced to the final.

American Anna Hall (45.99) scores 783 points in the women's heptathlon Javelin throw. Americans Chari Hawkins (44.30) scored 750 points and Taliyah Brooks (38.76) scored 644 points.

American Bryce Hoppel advanced to the men's 800 final.

Grace Stark, Alaysha Johnson and Masai Russell, all of the USA, advanced to the women's 100 hurdles final.

The USA men's water polo team lost to Serbia 10-6 in the semifinals. Marko Vavic scored 2 goals to lead team USA.

The USA men's volleyball team beat Italy to win bronze 3-0, 25-23, 30-28, 26-24. 

The USA women's basketball team beat Australis 85-64 to advance to the gold medal game vs France. The USA led 45-27 at halftime. Breanna Stewart and Jackie Young led the USA in scoring with 16 points and 14 points respectively.

American Spencer Lee wins silver in men's freestyle wrestling 57k final by losing to Rei Higuchi of Japan 4-2. Higuchi wins gold.

American Aaron Brooks wins bronze by beating Javrail Shapiev of Uzbekistan 5-0 in men's freestyle wrestling86k bronze medal match.

American Helen Maroulis beat Hannah Taylor of Canada 4-0 to win bronze in women's freestyle wrestling 57k bronze medal match. 

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team of Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Gabby Thomas and Sha'carri Richardson win gold in 41.78. Great Britain wins silver in 41.85 and Germany wins bronze in 41.97.

American Olivia Reeves wins gold in women's 71k weightlifting. Mari Leivis Sanchez of Columbia wins silver and Angie Paola Palacios Dajomes of Ecuador wins bronze.

American Kristina Teachout wins bronze by beating Jie Song of China 2-0 in women's taekwando bronze medal contest. 

American Anna Hall (2:04/39) scores 1048 points in the women's heptathlon 800 run. Americans Taliyah Brooks (2:13.95) scored 908 points and Chari Hawkins (2:15.76) scored 882 points. Anna Hall finished 5th with 6615 points,  Taliyah Brooks finished 11th with 6258 points and Chari Hawkins finished 21st with 5255 points.

American Rai Benjamin (46.46) wins gold in the men's 400 hurdles. Karsten Warholm of Norway wins silver in 47.06 and Alison dos Santos wins bronze in 47.26. 

Medal Count as of 9:15pm Eastern Time

USA                   33 gold, 39 silver, 39 bronze - 111 total

China                 33 gold, 27 silver, 23 bronze - 83 total

Great Britain      14 gold, 20 silver, 23 bronze - 57 total

France                14 gold, 20 silver, 22 bronze - 56 total

Australia            18 gold, 16 silver, 14 bronze - 48 total

Day 16 - Mid Day Japan Time August 7 to Mid Day Japan time August 8

The USA men's basketball team wins gold by beating France 87-82. France wins silver. The USA led 44-39 at halftime. The USA shot 46 percent for the game. The USA was led in scoring by Kevin Durant with 29 points followed by Jayson Tatum with 19 points, and Damian Lillard/Jrue Holiday had 11 points each for team USA.  Australia wins bronze by beating Slovenia 107-93. 

Americans Jordan Windle (407.90 points) and Brandon Loschiavo (383.65 points) finish 9th and 11th respectively, in the men's platform diving finals. Yuan Cao of China wins gold with 582.35 points. Jian Yang of China wins silver with 580.40 points and Tom Daley of Great Britain wins bronze with 548.25 points. 

The USA women's water polo team wins gold by beating Spain 14-5. Spain wins silver. Maddie Musselman led team USA with 3 goals, followed by Aria Fischer, Alys Williams and Kaleigh Gilchrist with 2 goals each.  Hungary beats ROC 11-9 for bronze.

The USA baseball team won silver while losing to Japan 2-0. Japan wins gold. Nick Martinez of the USA was the losing pitcher. The Dominican Republic wins bronze by beating Korea 10-6. 

Emily Sisson (31 minutes  9.58 seconds), Karissa Schweizer (31 minutes 19.96 seconds) and Alicia Monson (31 minutes 21.36 second), all of the USA, finish 10th, 12th and 13th respectively in the women's 10000M finals. Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands wins gold in 29 minutes 55.32 seconds, Kalkidan Gezahegne of Bahrain wins silver in 29 minutes 56.18 seconds and Letesenbet Giday of Ethiopia wins bronze in 30 minutes 1.72 seconds.

American Vashti Cunningham finished tied for 6th (6 Ft. 5 in) in the women's high jump final.

American Cole Hocker (3 minutes 31.40 seconds) finished 6th in the men's 1500 finals. Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway wins gold in 3 minutes 28.32 seconds, Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya wins silver in 3 minutes 29.01 seconds and Josh Kerr of Great Britain wins bronze in 3 minutes 29.05 seconds.

The USA women's 4 by 400 relay team of Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad and Athing Mu wins gold in 3 minutes 16.85 seconds, Poland wins silver in 3 minutes 20.53 seconds and Jamaica wins bronze in 3 minutes 21.24 seconds.

Allyson Felix becomes the most decorated female in USA history with 11 medals and the most decorated USA track and field athlete ever man or woman passing Carl Lewis.

The USA men's 4 by 400 relay team of Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon and Rai Benjamin wins gold in 2 minutes 55.70 seconds, The Netherlands wins silver in 2 minutes 57.18 seconds and Botswana wins bronze in 2 minutes 57,27 seconds.

The USA equestrian team of Laura Kraut, Jessica Springsteen and McLain Ward wins silver in the jumping team finals  jump off. Sweden wins gold and Belgium wins bronze.

Nelly Korda of the USA wins gold (shooting a 267) in women's gold Individual stroke play. Mone Inami of Japan shoots a 268 and wins a play off to win silver and Lydia Ko of New Zealand wins bronze also shooting a 268 but losing the playoff to Japan. 

American Kyle Snyder wins silver by losing to Abdulrashid Sadulaev (gold) of ROC 6-3 in the men's freestyle wrestling 97kg final.

Sarah Hildebrandt wins bronze by beating Oksana Livach of Ukraine 12-1 in the women's freestyle 50kg wrestling bronze medal match. 

American Galen Rupp finished 8th in the men's marathon in 2 hours 11 minutes and 41 seconds.

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Medal Count as of 9:30pm Eastern Time August 7

USA                 36 gold, 39 silver, 33 bronze - 108 total

China               38 gold, 31 silver, 18 bronze - 87 total

ROC                20 gold, 26 silver, 23 bronze - 69 total

Great Britain   20 gold, 21 silver, 22 bronze - 63 total

Japan               27 gold, 12 silver, 17 bronze - 56 total

Day 11 - Mid day Japan time August 2 to mid day Japan time August 3

The USA women's volleyball team beat Italy 3-2, 21-25, 25-16, 25-27, 25-16, 15-12. The USA finished Pool B with a 3-1 record heading into the quarterfinals.

The USA women's basketball team beat France 93-82. The USA led 50-44 at halftime. A'ja Wilson led team USA with 22 points followed by Breanna Stewart with 17 points and Tina Charles had 15 points for team USA.

Andrew Capobianco (17th place - 385.50 points) of the USA advanced to the men's 3M springboard diving semifinals.  Only the top 18 divers qualify for the semifinals. Tyler Downs of the USA (23rd place - 348.70 points) did not advance to the semifinals.

Simone Biles of the USA has decided to compete in Tuesday August 3, women's gymnastics balance beam event finals.

The USA women's soccer team lost to Canada in the semifinals 1-0. Canadian Jessie Fleming scored the only goal on a penalty kick in the 74th minute. The penalty was given to Tierna Davidson of the USA. USA goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher had to leave the match in the 30th minute due to a knee injury and was replaced by Adrianna French. The USA will now face Australia again on Thursday August 5 in the bronze medal match.

American Jade Carey wins gold (14.366 score) on the vault at the women's gymnastics event finals. Vanessa Ferrari of Italy wins silver with a 14.200 score and Mai Murakami of Japan/Angelina Melnikova of ROC tied for bronze with a score of 14.166.

Katie Nageotte and Morgan LeLeux, both of the USA, advanced to the women's pole vault finals. American Sandi Morris had her pole break during a pole vault attempt and suffered an injury which prevented her from advancing to the finals.

Gabby Thomas of the USA advanced to the women's 200M finals.

Valarie Allman of the USA wins gold in the women's discus with a throw of 226 Ft. 4 in. Kristin Pudenz of Germany wins silver and Yaime Perez of Cuba wins bronze. 

Michael Cherry and Michael Norman, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 400 finals.

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

American's Karissa Schweizer finished 11th and Elise Cranny finished 13th in the women's 5000M finals.

The USA baseball team lost to Japan 7-6. Edwin Jackson was the losing pitcher for team USA.

USA wrestler Adeline Gray wins silver in losing to Aline Rotter Focken of Germany 7-3 in the women's freestyle 76kg. Rotter Focken wins gold.

The USA men's water polo team lost to Greece 14-5. Alex Obert scored 2 goals to lead team USA. The USA will advance to the next rounds despite the loss.

American Sarah Robles wins bronze in women's weightlifting 87kg class. Wenwen Li of China wins gold and Emily Jade Campbell of Great Britain wins silver. 

The USA beach volleyball team of Alex Klineman/April Ross beat Ludwig/Korzuch of Germany 2-0, 21-19, 21-19 to advance to the semifinals.

Will Claye and Donald Scott, both of the USA, advanced to the men's triple jump finals.

Cole Hocker and Matthew Centrowitz, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 1500 semifinals.

Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix and Wadeline Jonathas, all of the USA, advanced to the women's 400  semifinals.

American Maggie Malone advanced to the women's Javelin throw finals.

Erriyon Knighton, Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 200 semifinals.

American Andrew Capobianco (10th place - 419.60 points) of the USA advanced to the men's 3M Springboard diving finals. 

American Brittney Reese wins silver (22 Ft. 9 in) in the women's long jump. Malaika Mihambo of Germany wins gold jumping 22 Ft. 11 1/4 in. and Ese Blume wins bronze with a jump of 22 Ft. 9 in.

Rai Benjamin of the USA wins silver (46.17 seconds) in the men's 400 hurdles. Karsten Warholm of Norway wins gold and sets a world record of 45.94 seconds. Alison dos Santos of Brazil wins bronze in 46.72 seconds.

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Medal Count as of 11:55 PM Eastern Time August 2

USA                 22 gold, 27 silver, 17 bronze - 66 total

China               29 gold, 18 silver, 16 bronze - 63 total

ROC                12 gold, 21 silver, 17 bronze - 50 total

Great Britain   11 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze - 35 total

Japan               17 gold,   6 silver, 10 bronze - 33 total

Australia         14 gold,   4 silver, 15 bronze - 33 total