Day 14 - August 8, 2024

American Taliyah Brooks (13.00) scored 1124 points in the women's heptathlon 100 hurdles,  Americans Chari Hawkins (13.16) scored 1100 points and Anna Hall ((13.36) scored 1071 points.

Jaida Ross and Raven Saunders, both of the USA, advanced to the women's shot put final.

American Anna Hall (1.89) scored 1093 points in the women's heptathlon high jump. American Taliyah Brooks (1.77) scored 941 points and Chari Hawkins had no mark and scored 0 points.

The USA women's 4 by 100 relay team of Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Gabby Thomas and Sha'carri Richardson advanced to the final.

The USA 4 by 100 men's relay team of Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, Kyree King and Courtney Lindsey advanced to the final.

American Brandon Miller advanced to the men's 800 semifinal from the repechage round.

American Sam Watson wins bronze in the sport climbing speed final. Leonardo Veddriq of Indonesia wins gold and Peng Wu of China wins silver.

The USA women's volleyball team beat Brazil 3-2, 25-23, 18-25, 25-15, 23-25, 15-11. The USA advances to the gold medal match. 

Elle St. Pierre and Nikki Hiltz, both of the USA, advanced to the women's 1500 final.

American Anna Hall (14.11) scored 801 points in the women's heptathlon shot put. Americans Chari Hawkins (13.64) scored 770 points and Taliyah Brooks (13.58) scored 766 points.

The USA women's water polo team lost to Australia 14-13 in the semifinals. Jenna Flynn and Maddie Musselman scored 2 goals each to lead team USA.

Americans Tara Davis Woodhall (7.10) and Jasmine Moore (6.96) wins gold and bronze respectively in the women's long jump. Malaika Mihambo (6.98) of Germany wins silver. 

Kenny Bednarek (19.62) and Noah Lyles (19.70), both of the USA, win silver and bronze respectively in the men's 200. Letsile Tebogo (19.46) of Botswana wins gold.

The USA men's basketball team beat Serbia 95-91 to advance to the finals. The USA was trailing Serbia 54-43 at halftime and was trailing by as much as 17 points in the 3rd quarter but came back in the 4th quarter, outscoring Serbia 32-15 to seal the win. Stephen Curry scored 36 points to lead Team USA. Joel Embiid scored 19 points and Lebron James scored 16 points for team USA.

American Sydney McLaughlin Levrone set a new world record (50.37) in winning gold in the women's 400 hurdles. Anna Cockrell (51.87) of the USA wins silver and Femke Bol (52.15) of the Netherlands wins bronze.

Grant Holloway(12.99) and Daniel Roberts (13.09), both of the USA, win gold and silver respectfully in the men's 110 hurdles. Rasheed Broadbell (13.09) of Jamaica wins bronze.

Medal Count as of 9pm Eastern time

USA                     30 gold, 38 silver, 35 bronze - 103 total

China                   29 gold, 25 silver, 19 bronze - 73 total

France                  14 gold, 19 silver, 21 bronze - 54 total

Great Britain        13 gold, 17 silver, 21 bronze - 51 total

Australia               18 gold, 14 silver, 13 bronze - 45 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 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