PARIS — Jordan Chiles might have to return the bronze medal she won in the floor exercise final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Saturday that the judging panel at the women’s floor exercise final improperly granted an inquiry that increased Chiles’ score and moved her into bronze medal position. The Swiss-based court found that Chiles’ appeal was submitted past the one-minute deadline for such requests and therefore should not have been granted.

As a result, CAS said, the American gymnast should have received a score of 13.666 in the event – which would’ve placed her fifth, just shy of the Olympic podium.

The International Gymnastics Federation, which governs the sport, confirmed in a statement later Saturday that Chiles’ score had been reinstated and that Romania’s Ana Barbosu, who scored a 13.7, has been moved back into third place.

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It remains unclear whether all of this means Chiles, 23, now must give back her bronze medal. A spokesperson for the FIG said the reallocation of medals is the responsibility of the International Olympic Committee. The IOC’s press office has not replied to multiple messages seeking comment and clarity on the situation.

‘All this talk about the athlete, what about the judges?’ Chiles’ teammate Sunisa Lee wrote on Instagram. ‘Completely unacceptable. This is awful and I’m gutted for Jordan.’

Simone Biles, who trains with Chiles at World Champions Centre, added: ‘Sending you so much love Jordan! Keep your chin up Olympic champ! We love you!’

Chiles, 23, said immediately after the event that she did not know that her coaches, Cecile and Laurent Landi, had submitted an appeal on her behalf, but she has been the target of harsh messages on social media alleging she ‘stole’ the bronze from Ana Barbosu of Romania.

Chiles appeared to reference either the pending CAS case or the criticism she’s received by posting emojis of broken hearts on her Instagram story.

‘I am taking this time and removing myself from social media for my mental health thank you,’ she wrote in a second message later Saturday.

USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said in a joint statement that they were ‘devastated’ by Saturday’s ruling, arguing that the inquiry into Chiles’ score was ‘filed in good faith and … in accordance with FIG rules.’

‘Throughout the appeal process, Jordan has been subject to consistent, utterly baseless and extremely hurtful attacks on social media. No athlete should be subject to such treatment,’ the two governing bodies said in their statement.

‘We condemn the attacks and those who engage, support or instigate them. We commend Jordan for conducting herself with integrity both on and off the competition floor, and we continue to stand by and support her.’

The news comes less than a week after what ended up being a dramatic final day of Olympic gymnastics competition. 

In the last routine of the last event, Chiles appeared to finish fractions of a point behind Barbosu and another Romanian gymnast, Sabrina Voinea; They had scored 13.700. But then, in what Chiles’ coaches later admitted was a metaphorical hail mary, the U.S. submitted what’s officially known as an inquiry with the judging panel, essentially asking them to take a second look at a deduction they had levied against Chiles.

After reviewing the element in question − a split leap that is called a tour de jeté full − the judges walked back the deduction and increased Chiles’ score by one-tenth of a point, which boosted her to bronze.

‘I was not confident, but what do you have to lose?’ Laurent Landi later said of the inquiry. ‘She was out of the podium already, so even if they dropped the score, it couldn’t have been worse, you know? We tried.’

‘I was at the same angle as the judge and I felt (her tour de jeté full) was way better than all the other meets than she’s done, so what the heck? We may as well try.’

The last-minute adjustment resulted in a heartbreaking moment for Barbosu, who had gone up to the floor with a Romanian flag believing she had won bronze. When Chiles’ inquiry was announced as having been successful, the 18-year-old Romanian dropped the flag and left the podium.

In the days that followed, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said he would not attend the closing ceremony of the Paris Games because of the judging decision, while former Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci also criticized the judges’ handling of the inquiry.

‘I can’t believe we play with athletes mental health and emotions like this,’ Comaneci wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation later filed multiple appeals to CAS, challenging the outcome of the event. One of the appeals involved the inquiry submitted on Chiles’ behalf, which the Romanian federation claimed was filed exactly four seconds past the 60-second deadline. The other appeal sought the reversal of a deduction levied against Voinea for stepping out of bounds.

CAS granted its first appeal but denied the second, while also punting any decisions about the final order of finish to the FIG. The FIG then ruled on the order of finish but pointed to the IOC when asked about Chiles’ medal.

It is immediately unclear what recourse USA Gymnastics or the USOPC might have moving forward, though CAS decisions are usually only appealable to the Swiss Federal Tribunal − which only reconsiders them on limited, and largely procedural, grounds.

Chiles got emotional when receiving the medal and talked about being immensely proud to have made an individual podium at the Paris Games. After helping lead the U.S. to team silver at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, she once again played a significant role in the team final this year, where the Americans won gold.

‘I’m on cloud nine,’ she told reporters after the floor exercise final. ‘This is my first-ever (Olympic) individual event (apparatus) final, at my second Olympics. I have no words.’

Chiles also finished fourth in all-around qualifying but was excluded from the final because of a rule in gymnastics that limits the field to only two gymnasts per country. Even though she had finished fourth, she finished third among American gymnasts in the all-around behind Biles, who went on to win gold, and Lee, who took bronze.

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PARIS — As they stood on the medals podium, shiny Olympic gold medals around their necks, captain Lindsey Horan and Sophia Smith shared a thought that ought to terrify the rest of the world. 

The U.S. women’s national team won the Olympic title in Emma Hayes’ 10th game as coach. If they can make this kind of turnaround, from the lowest of the lows to the top of the podium, in less than three months, imagine what they can do in three years.

Which just so happens to be when the next World Cup is. 

“We felt the trust. We felt the confidence. We felt the belief from (Hayes and her staff). I think that’s what made this happen,” Horan said. “And now we sit here and we know there’s so much more in us. There’s so much more potential. 

“Today was not an easy game. By any means,” Horan added.  “But my gosh. The way this team is now and seeing the potential for 2027? Yeah. It’s very exciting. “

The USWNT has long been the program by which all others measure themselves. Four World Cup titles. Now five Olympic gold medals. Years spent atop the world rankings. A list of current and former players that could double as a “Who’s Who” in the game. 

Which is what made the debacle at the 2023 World Cup, when the USWNT made its earliest exit ever at a major international tournament, so shocking. 

It wasn’t so much that they lost, in the round of 16, but the uncertainty and grimness with which they played. The rest of the world has gotten better, yes. But that was as much about the USWNT as it was anyone else. 

There was one good thing to come out of the fiasco, however. It led U.S. Soccer to hire Hayes, whose trophy case at Chelsea was filled with more precious metal than some mints. 

Hayes is one of the best tacticians in the game. But she’s an even better reader of people and motivator. The USWNT wasn’t in need of a rebuild so much as it needed to regain its joy, and Hayes was just the person to help them do it. 

She arrived with a karaoke machine. Brought in a manicurist. Stocked the players’ lounge with puzzles and Legos. 

“I understand the weight of this jersey. But I’m not going to let it strangle me. Far from it,” Hayes said. 

Hayes got her start in coaching in the United States, moving here when the women’s game was still treated with indifference, at best, in England. Rejuvenating the USWNT wasn’t just another job, it was deeply personal. 

With the Olympics fast approaching when Hayes arrived in late May, she had to demand a lot in very little time. Yet she made it fun, and the lightness the USWNT had was evident to anyone who watched them play in this tournament. 

“We’ve been having so much fun. But I think we still push each other really hard,” forward Trinity Rodman said. “I think there’s a misconception of, ‘Oh, they laugh and dance all the time in training. They’re not serious.’ But we just proved to everyone that we are and we take this very serious.”

No one will ever question that again. At least, no one who doesn’t have an axe to grind. 

There is still work to be done, to quote one of Hayes’ favorite mantras, but the USWNT is very much back on the right track. 

The trio of Rodman, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Smith is downright diabolical, shredding defenses without mercy and leaving destruction in their wake. A USWNT squad that couldn’t buy a goal last summer scored them in abundance during the Olympics, a tournament-high 12 of them.

Swanson scored the only one the USWNT needed Saturday in the 57th minute. Korbin Albert had pounced on a turnover and sent the ball forward. Smith was in an offside position, so Swanson yelled at her to let the ball go. 

“I was like, ‘Leave it! Leave it! Leave it!’ And then it was on me to put it away,” Swanson said. 

She did, beating Brazilian goalkeeper Lorena for her fourth goal of the Olympics. Rodman and Smith finished with three each. 

To put that in finer perspective, Spain is the reigning World Cup champion and world’s No. 1 team. The USWNT’s triple threat outscored Spain on their own, 10 goals to nine. 

The Americans tied Canada with just two goals allowed, but the USWNT played two more games than their neighbors to the north. The USWNT didn’t concede a goal after the final group-stage game, a span of 330 minutes.

“We can grow so much,” Swanson said. “Not only the three of us, but I think this group.” 

Since her arrival, Hayes repeatedly cautioned that she wasn’t a miracle worker. That she was a big believer in process and there would be no skipping of steps. But after the game, Hayes and her players said they never doubted they could do this. 

“Winning’s in my DNA. I’m used to being in finals, I’m used to competing for trophies. And so is the U.S. women’s national team,” Hayes said. 

“We are so excited at our potential. And we are so looking forward to things we can do together,” Hayes added. “Of course we like this gold medal. But it doesn’t mean it ends there. We want so much more for ourselves because we’re competitors.

“We’re just at the beginning.” 

The U.S. anthem that played at Parc des Princes wasn’t just part of the medals ceremony. It was a statement the rest of the world should hear loud and clearly.

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The U.S. women’s basketball team is one win away from its eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal. France stands in the Americans’ way.

Team USA will face off against the host country in the gold medal match on Sunday at Bercy Arena. The U.S. women’s basketball team has not lost an Olympic game since 1992. The U.S. women’s volleyball team is also going for gold, their second straight, in a gold medal match against Italy. Meanwhile, the U.S. men’s water polo team will try to capture bronze in a matchup against Hungary.

Here’s a look at all the Olympic medals up for grabs Sunday:

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The U.S. leads the overall medal count with 122 — 38 gold, 42 silver and 42 bronze. Team USA trails in the gold medal count with China leading with 39. Here is the top 10 by total medals entering Sunday:

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1. USA — 122 (38 gold, 42 silver, 42 bronze)
2. China — 90 (39 gold, 27 silver, 24 bronze)
3. Great Britain — 63 (14 gold, 22 silver, 27 bronze)
4. France — 62 (16 gold, 24 silver, 22 bronze)
5. Australia — 50 (18 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze)
6. Japan — 43 (18 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze)
7. Italy — 39 (11 gold, 13 silver, 15 bronze)
8. Netherlands — 33 (14 gold, 7 silver, 12 bronze)
9. Germany — 31 (12 gold, 11 silver, 8 bronze)
10. South Korea — 30 (13 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze)

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What Olympic medals are up for grabs Sunday?

Here are all the Olympic medal events scheduled for Sunday, in addition to what time the action starts.

(All times are Eastern)

Marathon

2 a.m.: women

Handball

3 a.m.: men’s bronze medal match
7:30 a.m.: men’s gold medal match

Water polo

4:35 a.m.: men’s bronze medal match 
8 a.m.: men’s gold medal match 

Basketball

5:30 a.m.: women’s bronze medal game 
9:30 a.m.: women’s gold medal game

Weightlifting

5:30 a.m.: women’s +81kg 

Wrestling

6 a.m.: MFS 65kg bronze medal match
6:25 a.m.: MFS 65kg final
6:35 a.m.: MFS 97kg bronze medal match
7 a.m.: MFS 97kg final
7:20 a.m.: WFS 76kg bronze medal match
7:45 a.m.: WFS 76kg final

Modern pentathlon

6:40 a.m.: women’s final laser run 

Volleyball

7 a.m.: women’s gold medal match 

Cycling track

7:15 a.m.: women’s sprint, finals
7:32 a.m.: men’s keirin for gold
7:44 a.m.: women’s sprint, finals
7:56 a.m.: women’s omnium, points race 4/4 

PARIS — Victor Montalvo became the first Olympic bronze medalist in the history of men’s breaking Saturday night.

He knows he might also be the last.

The breaking competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics was years in the making and over in about 30 hours, bringing a brief flash of excitement and intrigue right at the end of the Games. And for breakers like Montalvo, who competes as B-boy Victor, it definitely felt different than other competitions − a bit more intense, and just more special. It felt like the sort of moment that, realistically, the Summer Olympics might never see again.

‘It’s just a win for all of us,’ Victor said. ‘I’m just super happy for breaking and hip-hop culture. We represented, and everyone loved it.’

In a sport that borders on art, where friendships and personal beef serve as the backdrop to every battle, Victor said it felt Saturday night like all 16 men in the competition were working together.

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There were Olympic medals at stake, and bragging rights, and maybe even endorsement deals and future financial opportunities. But it was telling that, at the end of the gold medal battle, B-boy Phil Wizard of Canada and B-boy Dany Dann of France put their arms around one another and walked toward the crowd with smiles on their faces.

Phil Wizard, whose legal name is Philip Kim, was soon introduced as the man who won gold. And Dany Dann, aka Danis Civil, took silver. But for both, it was mostly just about being there.

‘For us, as of now, this is the one and only,’ Phil Wizard said. ‘So to be a part of history is truly incredible.’

The International Olympic Committee added breaking, more commonly known as breakdancing, to the sports program in Paris because president Thomas Bach and his colleagues thought it would attract the younger, social-media savvy viewers that they were seeking. It also fit in with local organizers’ broader goal of a more ‘urban’ Olympic Games.

But even from the start, breaking was viewed as more of a novelty than a new sport with staying power.

A sport is usually not considered a ‘core’ part of the Olympic program until it is part of at least three consecutive Games, which breaking will not be. Organizers for the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028 had the ability to propose new sports they wanted to include in their Games and opted for flag football, cricket, lacrosse and squash over breaking − despite the dance’s deep history in the United States, specifically the Bronx.

The breakers who competed Saturday night were well aware of this. It is unlikely that the sport is brought back to the Olympic stage, either at the 2032 Brisbane Games or beyond.

‘I feel like we did our job,’ Victor said. ‘Everyone loved it. The crowd was going crazy. It’s OK. We’re not in 2028, but honestly, I (am) the first ever bronze medalist for breaking. So, that’s an amazing thing to say.’

Victor was first introduced to breaking by his father Victor Sr. and uncle Hector Bermudez, both of whom are former B-boys. When Victor Sr. told his son that he used to break, and Victor Jr. didn’t believe him, the elder Victor got out his old gear, moved some furniture around in the living room and started doing headspins and windmills. Eight years later, Victor Jr. started breaking competitively.

As he moved up the ranks, from breaking at local cyphers to Red Bull’s annual BC One event, Victor emerged as one of the best in the world at his craft, even winning two of the past three world championships. But the 30-year-old from Kissimmee, Florida, didn’t seriously consider the possibility that breaking would be an Olympic sport until it actually was one. Everything he’s experienced in Paris − the crowd at Place de la Concorde, the podium ceremony, the medal − was unexpected, which is maybe why he didn’t seem the least bit fazed by not winning gold.

‘I didn’t get the gold, but I got the bronze,’ Victor said. ‘And we all represented hip-hop culture. Every competitor that was in there represented hip-hop and breaking.

‘Hopefully a younger generation, more of the younger generation, starts dancing and gets into breaking. Because it’s amazing: You don’t need much for it, you know? You need a dance floor, self-expression and that’s about it.’

On the stage Saturday night, there was plenty of bombast and braggadocio throughout the battles, which consisted of either two or three rounds and were critiqued by a panel of nine judges. But in the little moments after each battle, all of that melted away.

Phil Wizard went out of his way to talk about how, despite his new Olympic gold medal, he doesn’t consider himself to be the best in the world.

“I can lose next week at another competition to anybody out there,’ Phil Wizard said. ‘It’s honestly just a big game of rock, paper, scissors – especially at this level.’

Now, though, the 27-year-old from Vancouver will go down in history − just like Dany Dann and Victor and everyone who participated in the competition, or witnessed it, or even watched it on TV. It might not happen again.

‘You will not forget this day!’ one of the weekend’s emcees, Max Oliveira, reminded the crowd Friday night during the women’s competition. ‘Breaking at the Olympics, it’s just incredible!’

As the gold-medal bout neared, Oliveira ratcheted up the excitement even further, proclaiming into the microphone that he never wanted the day to end. ‘Ever!’ he said. ‘We want it to be infinite!’

But alas, it did end. And Olympic breaking is probably not far behind. No matter the television ratings or social-media reviews, the sport will probably be one-and-done at the Summer Games. But at least it made a splash.

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PARIS – Mallory Swanson yelled, loud as she could over the sellout crowd at Parc de Princes Stadium, at teammate Sophia Smith.

“I was like, ‘Don’t touch it!’’ Swanson said.

For the United States women’s national soccer team at these 2024 Paris Olympics, much has been made of new head coach Emma Hayes finding the right formula at the top of the formation in forwards Trinity Rodman, Smith and Swanson. 

In the gold-medal match Saturday against Brazil, it was Swanson’s turn to be the hero. Her goal in the 57th minute gave the Americans their third consecutive 1-0 victory and returned the USA to the top of the Olympic podium for the first time since the 2012 London Games. 

Swanson had to call off Smith as midfielder Korbin Albert’s through-ball skipped past the Brazil’s line of defense. Had Smith’s foot contacted the ball, the offside flag would go up – and only Swanson, playing in her 100th international match for the U.S. senior team, realized. This would have to be her play.

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‘It was scary,’ Smith joked afterward.

Swanson ran onto the ball, full head of steam. A few touches and a patient right-footed kick later, Swanson had broken the scoreless tie. 

All game against Brazil, Swanson’s score had been percolating. Her speed was an advantage the U.S. took advantage of and she nearly scored in the first half by blowing past Brazil’s defense on her lonesome. Surely, the USA breakthrough would come through the left side. This time, she would not be denied.

Each of ‘The Big Three’ had taken their turn as the hero, too. Rodman scored in extra time in the quarterfinals against Japan. Smith did the same against Germany in the semis. 

‘We both kind of made the same run and I didn’t see her coming until she shouted and then I was like, ‘Oh, yeah she has a better angle toward the goal, let me just get in the box and if she crosses it, I’ll be there and if it rebounds, whatever,’ Smith said. ‘But I had full faith in Mal that she was gonna put that away.’

Swanson knew the responsibility rested on her shoulders. She’d been practicing that finish for a while, she said.

‘I’m so happy for Mal,’ Rodman said. ‘Her (winning a gold medal) alone made me cry, to see what she’s been through to be here. I was emotional for others as well as myself, but it was just everything. I’m so happy.’

A year ago, Swanson watched as the USWNT bowed out of the World Cup in the Round of 16. She’d torn her left patella tendon in April 2023 and missed nearly a year. The infection that affected her following surgery led to some of her darkest days on this planet, she said two days before a gold medal was placed along her neck.

But that was last summer. This was the ‘Summer of Mal’ all along. 

‘Pure happiness,’ Smith said. ‘Mal’s a competitor, she’s a winner, to go through an injury like that is hard in itself, but to come back in the way that she did is even harder and she did it so gracefully. She did it just as Mal does everything, and it’s just been fun to watch and so much fun to play with her.’

Swanson finished the tournament with four goals, second-most behind France’s Marie-Antoinette Katoto, to lead the U.S. (Rodman and Smith each had three).

‘I think this group really just came together from the beginning of our pregame to know, we’ve grown so much,’ Swanson said. ‘That’s really cool to me, seeing that on and off the field. I think most importantly, you’re probably hearing it, we’re playing with joy. We’re having so much fun. I’m just so happy.

‘I don’t think I’ve processed it yet,’ Swanson added. ‘It’ll probably hit in a couple days when I’m on my flight back home what happened. I’m just so thankful that I was able to do it with this group.’

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PARIS – The sequence was pure Steph Curry.

With France putting a small dent in the United States lead late in the fourth quarter of the men’s basketball gold-medal game, Curry unleashed a flurry of 3-pointers that left France flustered and delivered the U.S. its fifth consecutive gold medal.

Curry scored a team-high 24 points – all coming on 3-pointers – and four of those 3s came in the game’s final 2:47, each one bigger and more important than the previous one.

The coup de grace came with 35 seconds remaining. Hounded by France’s Nicolas Batum and Evan Fournier, Curry launched a deep, high-arching 3-pointer that put the U.S. ahead 96-87.

Curry ran down the court with his hands to head in his trademark “good night” gesture. It was over. The degree of difficulty, time and score and the stakes made the shot part of Curry’s career highlights package.

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“I impressed myself on that one,” Curry said.

Said U.S. coach Steve Kerr: “He put on that show down the stretch in the last few minutes and it was pretty amazing to watch.”

Curry rediscovered his 3-point shot at the most opportune time for the U.S. He struggled with his shot in the first four games of the 2024 Paris Olympics – shooting 35.7% from the field and 25% on 3-pointers.

In his next two games, it was vintage Curry. He scored 36 points on 9-for-14 3-point shooting against Serbia in the semifinals, a game in which the U.S. came back from a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter.

Against France, he was 8-for-12 from deep.

In the final two games of Curry’s first Olympics, he scored 60 points and made 17 of 26 3-pointers.

“The first four games I had decent looks. They weren’t falling, but they were in the rhythm of the offense,” Curry said. “Coach reminded me at a certain point early that the game will come if you allow it, and even I was missing shots, just stay engaged and that fed into being locked in for these last two games because the game called for me to get shots up and knock them down.”

Kevin Durant called watching what Curry did an “out of body experience.” Kerr has watched Curry explode like that hundreds of times with the Golden State Warriors. But even this was a different kind of performance.

Throughout the course of Curry’s Hall of Fame career in the NBA, he has made 17 3-pointers in consecutive games about a dozen times and has never made that many in back-to-back playoff games.

Curry has won NBA titles, regular-season MVPs and a Finals MVP. Among the great players of the past three decades, most have Olympic gold medals. Curry’s Hall of Fame resume was missing an Olympic gold. He gave a soft commitment for Kerr after Golden State won the 2022 NBA championship, and when James started texting players about a year ago, Curry was in.

“I understand it’s something I hadn’t done, and if I was healthy and able to do it that it’d be something I would want do,” Curry said.

It wasn’t as much about checking a box as it was the experience, Curry said.

‘I’m smiling cheese and having the best time of my life because this might not come around again. So very, very special. Just trying to take it all in,” he said.

He went to other Olympic events. Saw Simone Biles and Suni Lee collect gold medals. And then, he had an opportunity to win a gold.

Late in the game, Curry suggested running a side pick-and-roll with LeBron James. In Golden State’s system, Kerr encourages players to have a voice. “If the players feel something and they feel strongly about it, we often go with it,” Kerr said. “And I think when Steph said, ‘Hey, let’s do a cleared side pick-and-roll.’ And I just said, ‘Alright, just don’t throw the ball to the other team.”

Curry laughed. It was a bit of an inside joke in that Kerr detests some of Curry’s turnovers.

But the play worked, and Curry closed out of the game with those four 3-pointers.

“You just stay confident, stay present and don’t get rattled by the moment,” Curry said. “And we’ve all been in those type of scenarios before where you just have to meet the moment.”

And Steph Curry is not a stranger to the moment.

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After the U.S. men’s basketball team clinched its fifth consecutive gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics with a 98-87 win over the host country France at Bercy Arena on Saturday, Haliburton turned to Twitter to celebrate his first career Olympic medal. He made light of his limited playing time in the process.

‘When you ain’t do nun on the group project and still get an A,’ Haliburton captioned a photo of himself showing off his Olympic gold medal.

With a loaded roster featuring NBA champions and MVPs, including veterans LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, the Indiana Pacers star often found himself outside of the rotation. Haliburton didn’t log any minutes in Team USA’s gold medal game victory on Saturday or the semifinal win against Serbia on Thursday.

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The Paris Games marked the first for Haliburton, who is coming off an Eastern Conference Finals appearance and All-NBA Third Team selection with the Pacers. Haliburton made appearances in three of Team USA’s six Olympic Games in Paris, totaling 26 minutes overall.

Although Haliburton’s time on the court was limited, the 2028 Los Angeles Games could be a different story. Haliburton could potentially have a larger role on the 2028 Olympic team as the veterans pass the torch to the up-and-coming stars when the Games come back stateside in Los Angeles.

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