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 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 12 Mid Day Japan time August 3 to Mid Day Japan time August 4

The USA men's basketball team beat Spain 95-81 to advance to the semifinals. The game was tied at halftime 43-43. Kevin Durant led team USA with 29 points followed by Jayson Tatum with 13 points and Jrue Holiday added 12 points for team USA.

Andrew Capobianco of the USA finished 10th (401.70 points) in the 3M springboard diving finals. Siyi Xie of China wins gold with 558.75 points, Zongwong Wang of China wins silver with 534.90 points and Jack Laugher of Great Britain wins bronze with 518.00 points.

The USA women's water polo team beat Canada 16-5 to advance to the semifinals. Maggie Steffens, Makenzie Fischer and Alys Williams had 3 goals each to lead team USA. 

American Sam Mikulak finished 6th on Parallel Bars with a score of 15.000 in the men's gymnastics event finals. Jimyan Zou of China wins gold with a 16.233. Lukas Dauser of Germany wins silver with a 15.700 and Ferhat Arican of Germany wins bronze with a 15.633.

Simone Biles of the USA wins bronze on Balance Beam with a score of 14.000 in the women's gymnastics event finals. American Sunisa Lee finished 5th on the Balance Beam with a 13.866. Chenchen Guan of China wins gold with a score of 14.633 and Xijing Tang of China wins silver with a 14.233.

American Brody Malone finished 4th on High Bar with a score of 14.200 in the men's gymnastics event finals. Daiki Hashimoto of Japan wins gold with a score of 15.066. Tin Srbic of Croatia wins silver with a 14.900 score and Nikita Nagornyy of ROC wins bronze with a 14.533 score.

Grant Holloway, Devon Allen, and Daniel Roberts, all of the USA. advanced to the men's 110 hurdles semifinals.

American Chris Nilsen wins silver (19 Ft. 7 in.) in the men's pole vault. Armond Duplantis of Sweden wins gold and Thiago Braz of Brazil wins bronze. 

Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs and Payton Otterdahl, all the USA, advanced to the men's shot put finals.

Woody Kincaid, Paul Chelimo and Grant Fisher, all of the USA, advanced to the men's 5000M finals.

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

Americans Athing Mu (1 minute 55.21 seconds) and Raevyn Rogers (1 minute 56.81 seconds) win gold and bronze respectively, in the women's 800. Keely Hodgkinson of Great Britain wins silver in 1 minute 55.88 seconds.

American Gabby Thomas wins bronze (21.87 seconds) in the women's 200 finals. Elaine Thompson Herah of Jamaica wins gold in 21.53 seconds and Christine Nboma of Namibia wins silver in 21.81 seconds.

American Tamyra Mensah Stock wins gold in women's 68kg freestyle wrestling by beating Blessing Oborududo of Nigeria 4-1. 

Devon Allen and Grant Holloway, both of the USA, advanced to the men's 110 hurdles finals.

Americans Sydney McLaughlin (51.46 seconds - world record) and Dalilah Muhammad (51.58 seconds) wins gold and silver respectively in the women's 400 hurdles final. Femke Bol of the Netherlands wins bronze in 52.03 seconds. McLaughlin and Muhammad have the 2 fastest times in this event ever. 

Americans Garrett Scantling earned 2627 points after the first 3 events of the decathlon(100, long jump, shot put) followed by Zack Ziemek with 2614 points and Steve Bastien with 2592 points.

Americans Eric Bougard earned 2157 points after the first 2 events of the heptathlon( 100 hurdles, high jump), followed by Kendell Williams with 2107 points and Annie Kunz with 2030 points. 

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Medal Count as of 11:45pm Eastern Time August 3

USA                  25 gold, 29 silver, 21 bronze - 75 total

China                32 gold, 21 silver, 16 bronze - 69 total

ROC                 13 gold, 21 silver, 18 bronze - 52 total

Great Britain    13 gold, 17 silver, 13 bronze - 43 total

Japan                19 gold,  6  silver, 11 bronze - 36 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 12

Shelby Houlihan and Abbey D' Agostino, both of the USA advanced to the finals of the women's 5000. D'Agostino was tripped and fell and finished her race. D' Agostino filed a protest and was reinstated but she suffered an injury and may not compete in the women's 5000 final. American Kim Conley did not advance to the final.

Americans Jenn Suhr and Sandi Morris advance to the women's pole vault finals.

Robbie Andrews, Matt Centrowitz and Ben Blankenship, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 1500.

Christian Taylor(58-7) and Will Claye, both of the USA, win gold and silver respectively in the men's triple jump. Bin Dong of China wins bronze.

Kristi Castlin, Nia Ali and Brianna Rollins, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 100 hurdles.

Ameer Webb, Justin Gatlin and LaShawn Merritt, all of the USA, advance to the men's 200 semifinals.

USA American divers Michael Hixon(4th) and Kristian Ipsen(7th) qualified for the men's 3M springboard finals.

The USA women's volleyball team beat Japan 3-0, 25-16, 25-23, 25-22 to advance to the semifinals.

Simone Biles(15.966) and Aly Raisman(15.600), both of the USA, win gold and silver respectively in the women's floor exercise. Amy Tinkler of Great Britain wins bronze with a 14.933.

Danell Leyva of the USA wins silver on the men's parallel bars with a 15.900. Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine wins gold with a 16.041. David Belyavsky of Russia wins bronze with a 15.783.

Danell Leyva of the USA wins silver on the men's high bar with a 15.500. Fabian Hambuechen of Germany wins gold with a 15.766.
Nile Wilson of Great Britain wins bronze with a 15.466.

Kristian Ipsen of the USA finished 5th with 475.80 points in the men's 3M springboard diving competition. Michael Hixon of the USA finished 10th with 431.65 points.

The USA women's basketball team beat Japan in the quarterfinals 110-64. The USA led 56-46 at halftime. Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore led team USA with 19 points each. The USA moves on to the semifinals.

Ronnie Ash and Devon Allen, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 110 hurdles. Jeff Porter of the USA did not advance to the finals.

Erik Kynard of the USA finished 6th in the men's high jump.

Brittney Reese and Tianna Bartoletta, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's long jump.

Ashley Spencer and Dalilah Muhammad, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 400 hurdles. Sydney McLaughlin of the USA did not advance to the finals.

Kerron Clement of the USA advanced to the finals of the men's 400 hurdles. Byron Robinson of the USA did not advance to the finals.

Deajah Stevens and Tori Bowie, both of the USA, advance to the women's 200 finals. Jenna Prandini of the USA did not advance to the finals.

Jenny Simpson of the USA wins bronze in the women's 1500 in 4 minutes 10.53 seconds. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon of Kenya wins gold in 4 minutes 8.92 seconds. Genzebe Dibaba of Eithiopia wins silver in 4 minutes 10.27 seconds. Shannon Rowbury of the USA finished 4th in 4 minutes 11.05 seconds.

Devon Allen(13.31 seconds) and Ronnie Ash(13.45 seconds), both of the USA, finished 5th and 8th respectively in the men's 110 hurdles. This is the first time in Olympic history that the USA has not medaled in the men's 110 hurdles.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross lost to Agatha/Barbara of Brazil 20-22, 18-21 in the semifinals. Walsh Jennings/Ross play Larissa/Talita of Brazil for the bronze medal. This was the first Olympic loss for Walsh Jennings. Her record is now 26-1 in Olympic matches.

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Medal Count after Day 12

USA 28 gold, 28 silver, 28 bronze - 84 total
China 17 gold, 15 silver, 19 bronze - 51 total
Great Britain 19 gold, 19 silver, 12 bronze - 50 total
Russia 12 gold, 12 silver, 14 bronze - 38 total
France 7 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze - 29 total
Japan 7 gold, 4 silver, 18 bronze - 29 total

Day 11

Tori Bowie, Jenna Prandini and Deajah Stevens, all of the USA, advance to the women's 200 semifinals.

Christian Taylor and Will Claye, both of the USA, advance to the men's triple jump final.

Emma Coburn of the USA wins bronze in the women's 3000 steeplechase in 9 minutes 7.63 seconds. Ruth Tebet of Bahrain wins gold in 8 minutes 59.75 seconds. Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi wins silver in 9 minutes 7.12 seconds.

Amber Campbell of the USA finished 6th in the women's hammer throw in 238.8 ft.

The USA men's volleyball team beat Mexico 3-0, 25-23, 24-11, 25-19 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Byron Robinson and Kerron Clement, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 400 hurdles. Michael Tinsley of the USA did not advance.

Evan Jager, Donn Cabral, and Hillary Bor, all of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 3000 steeplechase.

The USA women's water polo team beat Brazil 13-3.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena lost to Alison/Bruno of Brazil 14-21, 21-12, 9-15. Dalhausser/Lucena are eliminated in the quarterfinals. They finished 5th.

Laurie Hernandez of the USA wins silver on the women's balance beam with a 15.333. Simone Biles of the USA wins bronze with a 14.733. Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands wins gold with a 15.466.

USA men's 3M springboard divers Kristian Ipsen and Michael Hixon advanced to the semifinals.

No one from the USA men's gymnastics team competed on the rings or vault in the Individual event competition.

Haley Anderson of the USA finished 5th in the women's 10K open water competition.

Jeff Porter, Devon Allen and Ronnie Ash, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the men's 110 hurdles.

Sydney McLaughlin, Ashley Spencer and Dalilah Mohammad, all of the USA, advanced to the semifinals of the women's 400 hurdles.

Clayton Murphy of the USA wins bronze in the men's 800 in 1 minute 42.93 seconds. David Rudisha of Kenya wins gold in 1 minute 42.15 seconds. Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria wins silver in 1 minute 42.61 seconds.

Sam Kendricks of the USA wins bronze in the men's pole vault. Thiago Braz da Silva of Brazil wins gold. Renaud Lavillenie of France wins silver.

Allyson Felix of the USA wins silver in the women's 400 in 49.51 seconds. Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas dived for the finish line just ahead of Felix to win gold in 49.44 seconds. Shericka Jackson of Jamaica wins bronze in 49.85 seconds. Natasha Hastings and Phyllis Francis, both of the USA, finish 4th and 5th respectively.

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Medal Count after Day 11

USA 26 gold, 23 silver, 26 bronze - 75 total
China 15 gold, 14 silver, 17 bronze - 46 total
Great Britain 16 gold, 17 silver, 8 bronze - 41 total
Russia 11 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze - 35 total
Japan 7 gold, 4 silver, 16 bronze - 27 total

Day 10

In the women's marathon, Americans Shalane Flanagan, Desiree Linden and Amy Cragg finished 6th, 7th and 9th respectively.

The USA women's basketball team beat China 105-62. The USA led China 60-26 at halftime. Tina Charles and Brittney Griner led team USA with 18 points each.

The USA men's basketball team just got by France 100-97. The USA led France 55-46 at halftime. Team USA was led by Klay Thompson with 30 points.

The USA men's water polo team beat Italy 10-7. The USA does not advance.

In the men's gymnastics individual event finals - Floor Exercise, Americans Jake Dalton(15.133) and Sam Mikulak (14.333) finished 6th and 8th respectively. Max Whitlock of Great Britain wins gold(15.633). Diego Hypolito(15.533) of Brazil wins silver. Arthur Mariano(15.433) wins bronze.

Simone Biles of the USA wins gold in the women's gymnastics Individual event finals - Vault, with a 15.966.
Maria Paseka of Russia wins silver with a 15.253. Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland wins bronze with a 15.216.

Alex Naddour of the USA wins bronze in the men's Pommel Horse with a 15.700.
Max Whitlock of Great Britain wins gold with a 15.966. Louis Smith of Great Britain wins silver with a 15.833.

Madison Kocian of the USA wins silver in the women's uneven bars with a 15.833. Aliya Mustafina of Russia wins gold with a 15.900. Sophie Scheder of Germany wins bronze with a 15.566. Gabby Douglas of the USA scored a 15.066 on the uneven bars.

Abby Johnston of the USA finished 12th in the women's 3M Springboard diving finals.

The USA women's volleyball team defeated China, 3-1, 22-25, 25-17, 25-19, 25-19. The USA finished undefeated in pool play.

In women's 75kg weightlifting, Sarah Robles of the USA wins bronze with total lift of 286kg
Suping Meng of China wins gold with a total lift of 307kg. Kuk- Hyang Kim of Korea wins silver with total lift of 306kg.

Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings and Allyson Felix, all of the USA, advance to the womens's 400 finals.

Trayvon Brommell and Justin Gatlin, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 100.

Shannon Rowbury and Jenny Simpson, both of the USA, advance to the women's 1500 finals.

Lashawn Merritt of the USA wins bronze In the men's 400 in 43 85 seconds. Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa sets a new world record in winning gold in 43.03 seconds. van Niekerk broke USA sprinter Michael Johnson's 1999 record of 43.18 seconds. Kirani James of Grenada wins silver in 43.76 seconds.

Justin Gatlin of the USA wins silver(9.89 seconds)in the men's 100. Usain Bolt of Jamaica wins gold in 9.81 seconds.
Andre De Grasse of Canada wins bronze in 9.91 seconds. Trayvon Brommell finished 8th in 10.06 seconds. Bolt defends his title as worlds fastest man. Bolt has now won gold in 3 consecutive Olympics in the men's 100.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Kerri Walsh Jennings/April Ross beat Bawden/Clancy of Australia 21-14, 21-16. Walsh Jennings/Ross advance to the semifinals.

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Medal Count after Day 10

USA 26 gold, 21 silver, 22 bronze - 69 total
China 15 gold, 13 silver, 17 bronze - 45 total
Great Britain 15 gold, 16 silver, 7 bronze - 38 total
Russia 9 gold, 11 silver, 10 bronze - 30 total
Japan 7 gold, 4 silver, 15 bronze - 26 total

Day 7

Nathan Adrian and Anthony Ervin, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 50 freestyle.

Katie Ledecky and Leah Smith, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the women's 800 freestyle. Ledecky set a new Olympic record with a time of 8 minutes 12.86 seconds.

Michael Phelps and Tom Shields, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the men's 100 butterfly.

Missy Frankin and Maya DiRado, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the semifinals of the women's 200 backstroke.

The USA women's beach volleyball team of Lauren Fendrick/Brooke Sweat lost to Birlova/Ukolova of Russia 18-21, 26-24, 13-15.

The USA men's beach volleyball team of Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena beat Nicolai/Lupo in a great match, 21-13, 17-21, 24-22.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman, both of the USA, win gold and silver respectively in the women's all-around gymnastics competition. Aliya Mustafina of Russia wins bronze.
Simone Biles scored 15.866 on the vault, 14.966 on the uneven bars, 15.433 on the balance beam and 15.933 on the floor exercise for a total of 62.198 points.
Aly Raisman scored a 15.633 on the vault, 14.166 on the uneven bars, 14.866 on the balance beam and 15.433 on the floor exercise for a total of 60.098 points.
Aliya Mustafina scored a 15.200 on the vault, 15.666 on the uneven bars, 13.866 on the balance beam and 13.933 on the floor exercise for a total of 58.665 points.

Kayla Harrison of the USA wins gold in women's judo 78kg, beating Audrey Tcheumeo of France 100- 0S2.

Anthony Ervin and Nathan Adrian, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 50 freestyle.

No Americans were in the Finals of the women's 200 breaststroke.

Missy Franklin and Maya DiRado, both of the USA, advance to the semifinals of the women's 200 backstroke.

USA swimmer Ryan Murphy wins gold in the men's 200 backstroke in 1 minute 53.62 seconds. Mitch Larkin of Great Britain wins silver in 1 minute 53.96 seconds. Evgeny Rylov of Russia wins bronze in 1 minute 53.97 seconds.

Michael Phelps of the USA wins gold in the men's 200IM in 1 minute 54.66 seconds. Kosuke Hagino of Japan wins silver in 1 minute 56.61 seconds. Shun Wang of China wins bronze in 1 minute 57.05 seconds. American Ryan Lochte finished 5th in 1 minute 57.47 seconds.

Simone Manuel of the USA wins gold in the women's 100 freestyle in 52.70 seconds. Penny Oleksiak of Canada also wins gold in a identical time of 52.70 seconds. Sara Sjostrom of Sweden wins silver in 52.99 seconds.

Michael Phelps and Tom Shields, both of the USA, advance to the finals of the men's 100 butterfly.

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Medal Count after Day 7

USA 16 gold, 12 silver, 10 bronze - 38 total
China 11 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze - 30 total
Japan 7 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze - 22 total
Russia 4 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze - 19 total
Great Britain 4 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze - 16 total