I'll be using this post to keep track of the medal count throughout the Paris 2024 Olympics.
In years past, I would post an update every day with the medal count and the biggest headlines in Team USA and general Olympics news. However, this year the Olympics have come during a major transition as I move to a new apartment and prepare to begin graduate school. My love for the Olympics remains strong, though, so while I am still tracking the medal count, the updates will come every few days rather than every day.
Periodically, I'll add a new update to this post highlighting the top five countries in the medal count standings, the numbers of medals each top country has, and any spectacular Team USA news. At the end of the Olympics, I'll wrap up by posting the top ten countries from the final medal count.
To watch Team USA compete at the Olympics, you can watch coverage on NBC or USA, or you can stream events live on Peacock.
*All dates/times in EST unless otherwise noted.
08/16/2024 Update:
The Olympic flame has been extinguished, the Olympic flag has been handed over, and the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics are officially closed. It was two-ish weeks of ups and downs, and I think it’s safe to say this has been an Olympics none of us will forget.
Team USA brought home even more medals before the closing ceremony. In case you don’t feel like counting them all, that’s 16 gold, 12 silver, and 13 bronze to make 41 new medals for Team USA. The medalists are listed below. (Source)
Gold Medalists:
Athletics – Quincy Hall – men’s 400m
Athletics – Tara Davis-Woodhall – women’s long jump
Athletics – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone women’s 400m hurdles
Athletics – Grant Holloway – men’s 110m hurdles
Athletics – Melissa Jefferson, Sha'Carri Richardson, Twanisha Terry, and Gabrielle Thomas – women’s 4x100m relay
Athletics – Rai Benjamin – men’s 400m hurdles
Athletics – Christopher Bailey, Rai Benjamin, Bryce Deadmon, Vernon Norwood, and Quincy Wilson – men’s 4x400m
Athletics – Masai Russell – women’s 100m hurdles
Athletics – Kaylyn Brown, Aaliyah Butler, Quanera Hayes, Alexis Holmes, Shamier Little, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, and Gabrielle Thomas – women’s 4x400m
Basketball – Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, Stephen Curry, Anthony David, Kevin Durant, Anthony Edwards, Joel Embiid, Tyrse Haliburton, Jrue Holiday, LeBron James, Jayson Tatum, and Derrick White – men’s competition
Basketball – Napheesa Collier, Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Brittney Griner, Sabrina Ionescu, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Breanna Stewart,Diana Taurasi, Alyssa Thomas, A'ja Wilson, and Jackie Young – women’s competition
Cycling track – Chloe Dygert, Kristen Faulkner, Jennifer Valente, and Lily Williams – women’s team pursuit
Cycling track – Jennifer Valente – women’s omnium
Football (Soccer) – Korbin Albert, Croix Bethune, Samantha Coffey, Tierna Davidson, Crystal Dunn, Emily Fox, Naomi Girma, Lindsey Horan, Casey Krueger, Rose Lavelle, Casey Murphy, Alyssa Naeher, Jenna Nighswonger, Trinity Rodman, Emily Sams, Jaedyn Shaw, Sophia Smith, Emily Sonnett, Mallory Swanson, and Lynn Williams – women’s competition
Weightlifting – Olivia Reeves – women’s 71kg
Wrestling – Sarah Ann Hildebrandt – women’s freestyle 50kg
Silver Medalists:
Artistic swimming – Anita Alvarez, Jaime Czarkowski, Megumi Field, Keana Hunter, Audrey Kwon, Caista Liu, Jacklyn Luu, Daniella Ramirez, and Ruby Remati – team competition
Athletics – Katie Moon – women’s pole vault
Athletics – Kenneth Rooks – men’s 3000m steeplechase
Athletics – Daniel Roberts – men’s 110m hurdles
Athletics – Kenneth Bednarek – men’s 200m
Athletics – Shelby McEwen – men’s high jump
Canoe sprint – Nevin Harrison – women’s canoe single 200m
Skateboarding – Tom Schaar – men’s park
Sport climbing – Brooke Raboutou – women’s boulder & lead
Volleyball – Lauren Carlini, Andrea Drews, Micha Hancock, Jordan Larson, Chiaka Ogbogu, Kathryn Plummer, Jordyn Poulter, Dana Rettke, Kelsey Robinson, Avery Skinner, Jordan Thompson, Haleigh Washington, and Justine Wong-Orantes – women’s competition
Wrestling – Spencer Richard Lee – men’s freestyle 57kg
Wrestling – Kennedy Blades – women’s freestyle 76kg
Bronze Medalists:
Athletics – Jasmine Moore – women’s long jump
Athletics – Anna Cockrell – women’s 400m hurdles
Athletics – Noah Lyles – men’s 200m
Athletics – Grant Fisher – men’s 5000m
Breaking – B-Boy Victor – men’s competition
Sport climbing – Sam Watson – men’s speed
Taekwondo – Kristina Teachout – women’s 57kg
Volleyball – Matthew Anderson, Taylor Averill, Micah Christenson, Torey Defalco, Maxwell Holt, Thomas Jaeschke, Jeffrey Jendryk, Micah Ma'a, Garrett Muagututia, Aarfon Russell, Erik Shoji, and David Smith – men’s competition
Water Polo – Alex Bowen, Luca Cupido, Hannes Daube, Chase William Dodd, Ryder Dodd, Ben Hallock, Drew Holland, Johnny Hooper, Max Irving, Alex Obert, Marko Vavic, Adrian Weinberg, and Dylan Woodhead – men’s competition
Weightlifting – Hampton Morris – men’s 61kg
Wrestling – Aaron Brooks – men’s freestyle 86kg
Wrestling – Helen Maroulis – women’s freestyle 57kg
Wrestling – Kyle Take – men’s freestyle 74kg
The Olympics took a fun twist, blending the Summer and Winter Games on August 7 for the figure skating team medal ceremony. Team USA initially placed second in the team figure skating event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, with Team ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) placing first and Team Japan placing second. However, the medal ceremony was put on hold when it was discovered that one of the competitors, Team ROC’s Kamila Valieva, had tested positive for a banned substance. This spurred a process of hearings and appeals that would end up lasting almost two and a half years – with none of the clean teams receiving any medal whatsoever.
Finally, earlier this year the final decision was reached to disqualify Valieva’s scores, dropping Team ROC to the bronze medal position and placing Team Japan in silver and Team USA in gold. As the medals could finally be awarded, it was decided the reallocation ceremony would take place at the Paris 2024 Olympics, exactly two and a half years after the conclusion of the 2022 team event.
It brought tears to my eyes to see some of my favorite figure skaters finally receive the medals they deserve and achieve the high honor of becoming Olympic Gold Medalists – most of whom for the first time. (Source)
In other Team USA news, an artistic swimming team represented the U.S. at the Olympics for the first time since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Not only did the perform well and make its country proud, but it also won Team USA’s first Olympic medal in artistic swimming since Athens 2004. Two of the eight competitors on the team also represented Team USA in the artistic swimming duet competition. (Source)
For the first time in Olympic history, the same two teams faced off in the gold medal game for both the men’s and women’s basketball competitions – Team USA and Team France. (Source) In an outcome reminiscent of NC State’s March Madness run, both of the American teams won gold. The USA men defeated France 98-87, winning its fifth-straight Olympic gold, and the USA women defeated France 67-66, winning its eighth-straight gold. And yes, I was reveling in this Olympic “Why Not Both” moment. (Source)
And in particularly unsettling news, more triathletes from several countries fell ill after swimming in the Seine River for a competition. (Source) It’s unclear what type of illness the competitors were battling, other than knowing it’s some sort of stomach illness. It’s also unclear if these illnesses were transmitted by swimming in the Seine. Some athletes have given reports of less-than-desirable conditions (as seen in my 08/03 update), while other athletes have reported feeling fine about swimming in the river, trusting the health reports concerning bacteria levels and even drinking some of the water when dealing with thirst during their competition. (Source) It’s difficult to argue with test results showing safe bacteria levels, but it’s also difficult to ignore the coincidence of all of these athletes falling ill after swimming. Is there a link to the Seine, or is this just what happens when you bring thousands of athletes from across the world to one concentrated location for two weeks?
It’s been great doing these updated. Although I didn’t get to put them out as frequently and timely as I would’ve liked, I still had fun keeping track of Team USA’s progress and sharing so many highlights from the Games. Whether you’ve read one update or all of them, thank you – it’s nice when other people enjoy the products of my fun little hobbies.
The final top 10 medal standings are as follows:
1. USA – 40 gold, 44 silver, 43 bronze – 127 total
2. China – 40 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze – 91 total
3. Great Britain – 14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze – 65 total
4. France – 16 gold, 26 silver, 22 bronze – 64 total
5. Australia – 18 gold, 19 silver, 16 bronze – 53 total
6. Japan – 20 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze – 45 total
7. Italy – 12 gold, 13 silver, 15 bronze – 40 total
8. Netherlands – 15 gold, 7 silver, 12 bronze – 34 total
9. Germany – 12 gold, 13 silver, 8 bronze – 33 total
10. South Korea – 13 gold, 9 silver, 10 bronze – 32 total
I am counting Jordan Chiles as the bronze medalist for the floor exercise event of artistic gymnastics. I try to stay only lightly opinionated in these posts, but I cannot condone an innocent athlete being punished for a judges’ error.
Stripping a medal is a result of cheating, doping, or other malicious acts – not technical errors. Jordan did not cheat, dope, or act maliciously, she has simply been the victim of a technical error that should’ve been caught the moment her coaches made the inquiry. On that basis alone, there is no reasoning whatsoever to strip Jordan Chiles of her medal – at most, they should award a second bronze medal to Ana Bărbosu.
But looking deeper, with the revelation that US Gymnastics has time-stamped video evidence proving the inquiry was legal, the question of the bronze medal should be dropped. It is a devastating situation for everyone involved, but a legal inquiry shouldn’t still be in question over ten days later.
I question of fairness of Jordan having one minute to submit an inquiry while her competitors were allowed around a minute and a half. I am glad US Gymnastics is fighting for Jordan. But most importantly, I join the followers of gymnastics and sporting events in general in calling for more responsibility for these inquiries and errors to be put on the judges and officials, rather than the athletes.
Jordan Chiles has fairly and cleanly participated in sport. She is the Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medalist.
Medal count source: NBC Olympics
08/10/2024 Update:
Well, I said last week that I would post my next update sooner and here we are, one week later. It’s been a long week moving into my new apartment and a lot of Olympic news has happened, so I’m going to post two updates to cover it all – this update, posted today, will cover the events of August 3-6. The next update, to be posted on Monday, will cover the events of August 7-11.
First up, let’s see our medalists! In the span of just four days, Team USA brought home 15 gold medals, 15 silver medals, and 13 bronze medals – for a total of 43 medals! Here are the medalists who won between August 3 and 6. (Source)
Gold Medalists:
Artistic gymnastics – Simone Biles – women’s vault
Athletics – Ryan Crouser – men’s shot put
Athletics – Noah Lyles – men’s 100m
Athletics – Valarie Allman – women’s discus throw
Athletics – Cole Hocker – men’s 1500m
Athletics – Gabrielle Thomas – women’s 200m
Cycling – Kristen Faulkner – women’s road race
Golf – Scottie Scheffler – men’s individual stroke play
Shooting – Vincent Hancock – men’s skeet
Surfing – Caroline Marks – women’s competition
Swimming – Katie Ledecky – women’s 800m freestyle
Swimming – Caeleb Dressel, Nic Fink, Torri Huske, Ryan Murphy, Regan Smith, Charlie Swanson, Gretchen Walsh, and Abbey Weitzeil – mixed 4x100m medley
Swimming – Bobby Finke – men’s 1500m freestyle
Swimming – Katharine Berkoff, Kate Douglass, Torri Huske, Lilly King, Alex Shackell, Regan Smith, Gretchen Walsh, and Emma Weber – women’s 4x100m medley
Wrestling – Amit Elor – women’s freestyle 68kg
Silver Medalists:
Archery – Brady Ellison – men’s individual
Artistic gymnastics – Simone Biles – women’s floor exercise
Athletics – Joe Kovacs – men’s shot put
Athletics – Kaylyn Brown, Bryce Deadmon, Shamier Little, Vernon and Norwood – 4x400 mixed relay
Athletics – Sha'Carri Richardson – women’s 100m
Athletics – Fred Kerley – men’s 100m
Athletics – Sam Kendricks – men’s pole vault
Athletics – Annette Nneka Echikunwoke – women’s hammer throw
Athletics – Yared Nuguse – men’s 1500m
Shooting – Conner Lynn Prince – men’s skeet
Shooting – Vincent Hancock, Austen Smith – mixed team skeet
Swimming – Kate Douglass – women’s 200m individual medley (IM)
Swimming – Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Nic Fink, Thomas Heilman, Ryan Murphy, and Charlie Swanson – men’s 4x100m medley
Tennis – Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram – men’s doubles
Triathlon – Taylor Knibb, Morgan Pearson, Seth Rider, and Taylor Spivey – mixed relay
Bronze Medalists:
3x3 basketball – Cierra Burdick, Dearica Hamby, Rhyne Howard, and Hailey Van Lith – women’s competition
Artistic gymnastics – Stephen Nedoroscik – men’s pommel horse
Artistic gymnastics – Jade Carey – women’s vault
Artistic gymnastics – Sunisa Lee – women’s uneven bars
Artistic gymnastics – Jordan Chiles – women’s floor exercise
Athletics – Jasmine Moore – women’s triple jump
Athletics – Melissa Jefferson – women’s 100m
Athletics – Brittany Brown – women’s 200m
Boxing – Omari Jones – men’s 71kg
Rowing – Chris Carlson, Peter Chatain, Clark Dean. Henry Hollingsworth, Rielly Milne, Evan Olson, Pieter Quinton, Nick Rusher, and Christian Tabash – men’s eight
Shooting – Austen Smith – women’s skeet
Swimming – Paige Madden – women’s 800m freestyle
Tennis – Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul – men’s doubles
I once again have to shout out fellow Wolfpacker, Katherine Berkoff, for swimming on the qualifying team for the women’s 4x100m medley relay! While she didn’t swim in the finals, she played an important part in making sure that the team qualified and the swimmers who swam in the finals could rest enough to be in top shape for the medal race.
In Team USA news, August 3 marked a historic feat as the previous national record for Olympic medals won in a single day was smashed. The previous record of 13 medals was beaten by Saturday’s 18 medals, which includes six gold, six silver, and six bronze. (Source)
Also on August 3, swimmer Katie Ledecky won her ninth gold medal, 14th total, making her the most decorated U.S. female Olympian in history. The ninth gold medal also ties her with Russian gymnast Larisa Latynina for the most Olympic gold medals won by a woman. The gold medal, in the women’s 800m freestyle, also marks her as the seventh Olympian and second swimmer (after Michael Phelps) to win four consecutive gold medals in the same event. (Source)
Adding to the historic events of August 3, gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik – affectionately dubbed “Pommel Horse Guy” and “The Specialist” – won the bronze medal in the individual pommel horse event, bringing home Team USA’s first individual medal in men’s artistic gymnastics since 2016. Nedoroscik played a crucial role in securing Team USA’s bronze medal in the team event, USA’s first team medal since 2008. Unlike other gymnasts who compete in multiple events, “The Specialist” competes only in pommel horse, an event that is often a weak spot for all-around gymnasts. (Source) (Source)
3x3 basketball player Hailey Van Lith is also making waves at Paris 2024. Van Lith, who brought home bronze in the women’s team competition, is the first Team USA basketball player to compete at an Olympics during their NCAA career since 1988. Van Lith, known by fans as HVL, started her college career at Louisville, where she played for three seasons before transferring to then-national champion LSU. HVL opted to use her fifth year of eligibility (granted by the NCAA to athletes whose careers were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic) and transferred to TCU for the 2024-2025 season. Van Lith is the first TCU basketball player to win an Olympic medal. (Source) (Source)
Last, but certainly not least, Team USA fencer Lauren Scruggs made history as the first out Black lesbian to both compete in Olympic fencing and both the first Black woman and out LGBTQ+ person to medal in the sport. Scruggs earned a gold medal in the women’s team foil and silver in the women’s individual foil, an event in which the gold medalist was fellow Team USA medalist Lee Kiefer. (Source)
In non-USA news, Team Nigeria women’s basketball made history as the first African Olympic basketball team, men’s or women’s, to advance to the quarterfinals at the Olympics. After being denied access to Team Nigeria’s boat for the opening ceremony, the women’s basketball team played next to the Seine River in the historic quarterfinal match. The team may have lost the match to Team USA, but each of the Nigerian players fought hard and made history. (Source)
Team Saint Lucia has its first-ever Olympic medal – and a gold one at that. Track athlete Julian Alfred surpassed Team USA’s Sha’Carri Richardson in the women’s 100m, claiming gold while Richardson took home silver. Videos of crowds watching the race in Saint Lucia quickly started circling social media after the win, showing the island’s pride in Alfred and joy at its first Olympic win. The track star will surely be remembered for years to come by the people of Saint Lucia, as well as the people of the world. (Source)
Because my next update won’t go out until after the Olympics, I wanted to go ahead and share the closing ceremony flagbearer announcement, even though it’s more recent news than I planned to share in this update. Team USA announced on Thursday that swimming legend Katie Ledecky and rowing star Nick Mead will represent Team USA and bear Old Glory in the closing ceremony, to be held on August 11. Ledecky has been a legend for many years, but has reached some particularly special milestones at Paris 2024. Mead was more of a breakout star this Olympics, competing on the gold-winning men’s four rowing team, winning the team’s first gold medal in 60 years. (Source)
The medal standings as of 12:47pm ET August 10 are as follows:
1. USA – 33 gold, 41 silver, 39 bronze – 113 total
2. China – 37 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze – 88 total
3. France – 15 gold, 21 silver, 22 bronze – 58 total
4. Great Britain – 14 gold, 20 silver, 24 bronze – 58 total
5. Australia – 18 gold, 17 silver, 14 bronze – 49 total
Medal count source: NBC Olympics
08/03/2024 Update:
The first week of the Olympic Games is almost over and Team USA is making huge strides! As of EOD Augist 2, Team USA has increased its medal count by 33 medals across 13 sports. We’ve had a mix of returning legends, rising stars, and surprise wonders, and each and every athlete has done such a wonderful job of representing honor and skill in their respective sport. The medalists are listed below. (Source)
Gold Medalists:
Artistic gymnastics – Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera – team event
Artistic Gynastics – Simone Biles – women’s all-around
Fencing – Lee Kiefer – women’s individual foil
Fencing – Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, and Maia Mei Weintraub – women’s team foil
Rowing – Justin Best, Liam Corrigan, Michael Grady, and Nick Mead – men’s four
Swimming – Katie Ledecky – women’s 1500m freestyle
Swimming – Kate Douglass – women’s 200m breaststroke
Silver Medalists:
Cycling – Perris Benegas – women’s BMX freestyle park
Equestrian – Karl Cook, Laura Kraut, and McLain Ward – team jumping
Fencing – Lauren Scruggs – women’s individual foil
Skateboarding – Jagger Eaton – men’s street
Shooting – Sagen Maddalena – women’s 50m rifle
Swimming – Nic Fink – men’s 100m breaststroke
Swimming – Katie Grimes – women’s 400m individual medley (IM)
Swimming – Regan Smith – women’s 100m backstroke
Swimming – Bobby Finke – men’s 800m freestyle
Swimming – Torri Huske – women’s 100m freestyle
Swimming – Carson Foster, Brooks Curry, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, Drew Kibler, Blake Pieroni, and Kieran Smith – men’s 4x200m
Swimming – Regan Smith – women’s 200m butterfly
Swimming – Erin Gemell, Katie Ledecky, Paige Madden, Simone Manuel, Anna Peplowski, Alex Shackell, and Claire Weinstein – women’s 4x200m freestyle
Swimming – Regan Smith – women’s 200m backstroke
Bronze Medalists:
Archery – Casey Kaufhold and Brady Ellison – mixed team
Artistic Gymnastics – Sunisa Lee – women’s all-around
Athletics – Grant Fisher – men’s 10,000m
Canoe slalom – Evy Leibfarth – women’s singles
Fencing – Nick Itkin – men’s individual foil
Rugby Sevens, women – Ilona Maher, Kayla Canett, Lauren Doyle, Alev Kelter, Kristi Kirshe, Sarah Levy, Alena Olsen, Ariana Ramsey, Steph Rovetti, Alex Sedrick, Sammy Sullivan, and Naya Tapper
Sailing – Ian Barrows and Hans Henken – men’s skiff
Skateboarding – Nujah Huston – men’s street
Swimming – Luke Hobson – men’s 200m freestyle
Swimming – Ryan Murphy – men’s 100m backstroke
Swimming – Emma Weyant – women’s 400m individual medley (IM)
Swimming – Katherine Berkoff – women’s 100m backstroke
On a personal level, I have to shout out Katherine Berkoff’s bronze medal in the women’s 100m backstroke. Berkoff is an alumna of the swimming program at my university, NC State, and has led the team to multiple ACC titles and its first-ever NCAA title, among other honors. Individually, she is a 5x NCAA champion, 6x ACC champion, and 30x All-American. She is also the first female swimmer from NC State to win an Olympic medal. It’s a proud day to be part of the Wolfpack!
I also have to shout out Evy Leibfarth, the bronze winner for women’s singles canoe slalom. Evy is from my home state of North Carolina and trains in western NC. She started as the lowest seed in the finals and came back to win bronze. In true North Carolinian fashion – they didn’t see her coming, but they knew when she arrived. Evy also competed in kayak singles, coming in 15th in the semi-finals, and will compete in kayak cross, the quarterfinals of which begin on August 5.
There have been so many amazing performances this week, between greatly anticipated wins from legends like Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles, to breakthrough wins like we saw from the men’s four rowing team and the women’s rugby sevens team – it would take a novel’s length to describe all these wonderful performances. But what matters most is that you all know that each of these athletes has demonstrated great skill, resilience, and Olympic spirit. They have all represented their country well and I hope you’ll consider watching highlights of these wins.
In non-USA news, British diver Tom Daley, who went viral during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for his sideline knitting projects, won his 5th Olympic medal. Initially planning to retire after Tokyo, the diver reversed his decision to come to Paris and won silver in the men’s 10m synchronized dive. This medal makes Daley the most decorated British diver in history. (Source)
Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen dethroned American and reigning Olympic champion Bobby Finke in the men’s 800m freestyle on July 30. Wiffen has quickly become an unexpected star of the Games, saying he’s regularly swarmed by Olympians and fans alike for photos and autographs. Wiffen is eyeing the world record and will face off against Finke once again on Sunday in the finals for 1500m freestyle, an event in which Finke is also the reigning Olympic champion. (Source)
Fun fact – when I was watching the race, the announcers shared that Wiffen was an extra on Game of Thrones, making an appearance in the infamous Red Wedding scene. However, Wiffen was young at the time and his parents didn’t allow him to watch the episode when it aired – and having watched it myself, I don’t blame them.
In more dramatic news, Team USA flagbearer and tennis star Coco Gauff has been completely eliminated from the Olympics after suffering two losses in one day, one in women’s doubles and one in mixed doubles. These losses come just days after Gauff was eliminated from women’s singles following a questioned call by the chair umpire. This isn’t the first time Gauff has been in this situation – in fact, Gauff faced almost the exact same issue on the same court in the French Open only a month ago. That dispute also resulted in Gauff’s defeat. (Source)
While it’s not certain Gauff would have won her Olympic match if the call had gone her way, this situation certainly does bring to light a conversation about questionable calls against women in tennis and the role race plays in those calls. In any case, Coco Gauff does a phenomenal job of representing Team USA at the Olympics and beyond, and I can’t wait to see what she brings to the court at LA 2028.
And in very dramatic and unpleasant news, the Swiss triathlon team has announced that one of its triathletes has come down with a stomach infection just three days after competing in the men’s triathlon – one of the events in which competitors were required to swim in the Seine. The decision to have athletes swim in the famously-polluted river has been under criticism for months, with efforts at cleaning the river proving ineffective as the water was found to be low-quality after a stretch of heavy rain. (Source)
While no other countries have reported stomach problems following the individual races, Belgian triathlete Jolien Vermeylen described to press that her experience of swimming the river was less than pleasant. She says, “While swimming under the bridge, I felt and saw things that we shouldn't think about too much. I drank a lot of water, so we'll know tomorrow if I'm sick or not. It doesn't taste like Coca-Cola or Sprite, of course. The Seine has been dirty for a hundred years, so they can't say the safety of the athletes is a priority. That's bulls---.” (Source)
The medal standings are as follows:
1. USA – 11 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze – 51 total
2. France – 12 gold, 14 silver, 15 bronze – 41 total
3. China – 16 gold, 11 silver, 9 bronze – 36 total
4. Great Britain – 10 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze – 32 total
5. Australia – 12 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze – 24 total
Medal count source: NBC Olympics
07/28/2024 Update:
The first weekend of the Olympics went with a bang! After a unique opening ceremony courtesy of the creative minds of the French, the world's greatest athletes have been making big moves in the 2024 Olympics.
The first gold medal of the 2024 Olympics went to Team China in the mixed team air rifle shooting event, defending the team as reigning champions from Tokyo 2020. South Korea won silver for this event and Kazakhstan won bronze. Team USA didn't qualify for the medal match. (Source)
Despite not qualifying to compete for the first gold of Paris 2024, Team USA quickly shot up to first place in the medal race. Its first medal of the Games went to Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook, divers who won silver in the women's 3m synchronized springboard diving event on Saturday. The duo was followed by cyclist Chloe Dygart, who won bronze in the women's individual time trial; USA swimming legend Katie Ledecky, who won bronze in women's 400m freestyle; the women's 4x100m freestyle relay team, comprised of Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh. Torri Huske, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly, and Abbey Weitzel, which edged out Team China for silver; and the winners of Team USA's first gold medal of the games, the men's 4x100m freestyle relay team comprised of Jack Alexj, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, NC State alum Ryan Held, and Matt King.
Sunday brought even more hardware for Team USA, with swimmer Torri Huske bringing home another gold medal in the women's 100m butterfly. Fellow Team USA swimmer Gretchen Walsh brought home the silver in the same event, mountain biker Haley Batten won silver in women's cross country, and swimmer Carson Foster won bronze in the men's 400m individual medley (also known as IM). (Source)
The Olympic Games are always accompanied by a wave of drama and scandal, and this year's Games are no different. Team Canada has been found in violation of FIFA regulations after staff members of the women's soccer team were accused of using a drone to spy on the closed practice session of an opposing team. As a result, Team Canada's head coach Bev Priestman, as well as two assistants, have been suspended from all soccer activities for one year. Additional sanctions include a six-point penalty, which likely squashes the team's chances at moving to the knockout round, and a fine to Canada Soccer of around $226,000. Team Canada has announced it intends to appeal the points penalty. (Source)
Finally, in sad news, the International Boxing Association has announced the death of Team Samoa boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito, who died at the Olympic village on Friday. The coach was at the Olympics to support Samoa's lone boxer, Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali, a strong medal contender. Elika Fatupaito was 60 years old. (Source)
The medal standings are as follows:
1. USA – 3 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze – 12 total
2. France – 3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze – 8 total
3. Japan – 4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze – 7 total
4. Australia – 4 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze – 6 total
5. South Korea – 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze – 6 total
Medal count source: NBC Olympics
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