Putting the Team in Team USA
Day 17: America's Teams are Having a Great Olympics
It’s been a generally outstanding Olympics for the United States - Team USA is leading the overall medal count by nearly 3 dozen, and battling China for the most Gold. In the Summer Games two signature sports - Athletics and Swimming - the Americans have 22 Golds, leading all nations in both sports. But it’s not all individual or relay glory on the track and pool though.
Team USA’s teams - especially the Women - have also had great tournaments across several sports. Men’s Basketball and Women’s Soccer (arguable the two most marquee teams competing for America) both won Gold today. The Women’s Basketball team are heavy favorites for the Gold today.
In the more obscure sports, the Women’s Rugby Sevens team scored the upset of the Games over Australia to secure a Bronze Medal, the Women’s Field Hockey team returned after missing the Tokyo Games, and and the Men’s Volleyball team took Bronze. Later today the Women’s Volleyball team goes for Gold against Italy, and the Men’s Water Polo team faces Hungary for Bronze. And let’s not forget Gymnastics where the Men had an historic Bronze and the Women did their thing and brought home another Gold. Oh, and we also took Silver in Artistic Swimming.
So while we’re still waiting for America’s first Handball medal, let’s celebrate our Parisian successes and remember we automatically qualify for everything in 2028…
Enjoy the final day of the Games. We’ll be back tomorrow with a final wrap-up.
What To Watch Today
(All times Eastern. Full event replays available on-demand on Peacock)
There are 13 last Gold Medals available today, including several team sport finals featuring team USA. The Closing Ceremony brings the Paris 2024 Games to an end.
🇺🇸 = Team USA competing 🥇= Gold Medal Event
2:00 am - Athletics: Women’s Marathon 🇺🇸 🥇
4:35 am - Water Polo: Men’s Bronze Medal Game, USA vs Hungary 🇺🇸
5:00 am - Modern Pentathlon: Women's Individual Final 🥇
5:00 am - Wrestling: Men's Freestyle 65kg, Men's Freestyle 97kg, and Women's Freestyle 76kg Medal Matches 🇺🇸 🥇🥇🥇
5:30 am - Weightlifting: Women's >81kg 🥇
6:45 am - Track Cycling: Women's Sprint and Omnium, & Men's Keirin Finals 🥇🥇🥇
7:00 am - Volleyball: Women’s Gold Medal Match, USA vs Italy 🇺🇸 🥇
7:30 am - Handball: Men’s Gold Medal Game, Germany vs Denmark 🥇
8:00 am - Water Polo: Men’s Gold Medal Game, Serbia vs Croatia 🥇
9:30 am - Basketball: Women’s Gold Medal Game, USA vs France 🇺🇸 🥇
3:00 pm - Closing Ceremony
In Other Olympic News…
If Texas were a country, it would be Top Ten in the Medal Count.
We may have seen the last of Olympic Breaking, sadly.
IOC President Thomas Bach will retire next year.
China swept the Diving Gold Medals, a long sought goal.
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