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 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