Team USA has showed off its speed and strength at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The Americans fared well in the pool but dominated athletics.

The U.S. won by far the most medals in track and field with 34 overall, the most for the U.S. since winning 40 the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Team USA also has the most in each color with 14 golds, 11 silvers and nine bronze medals. No other country has more than 10 total track and field medals.

In a distant second are Great Britain and Kenya with 10 overall medals each, followed by Australia with seven and Jamaica with six.

Here’s every medal won by Team USA in the athletic events, broken down by what medal Americans grabbed:

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Team USA’s gold medals in track and field

Men’s shot put, Aug. 3: Ryan Crouser competed the Olympic three-peat with a gold medal in shot put after a throw of 75 feet, 1¾ inches. He’s the only shot put thrower to win three Olympic gold medals in the event.
Men’s 100 meters, Aug. 4: Noah Lyles became the fastest man in the world when he won gold in the men’s 100 in a wild photo finish. He beat Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by five-thousandths of a second.
Women’s discus throw, Aug. 5: Valarie Allman won her second-straight gold medal in women’s discus with a throw of 69.50. She is the fourth woman ever to win two Olympic gold medals in discus and the third to do so in back-to-back Summer Games. 
Men’s 1,500 meters, Aug. 6: Cole Hocker stunned the world when he took the gold medal in the men’s 1,500-meter race. He also broke the Olympic record with a time of 3:27.65.
Women’s 200 meters, Aug. 6: Gabby Thomas controlled the women’s 200-meter final and sprinted to a gold medal with a time of 21.83. 
Men’s 400 meters, Aug. 7: Quincy Hall came from behind to win gold in the men’s 400-meter final. He claimed first place with a personal-best time of 43.40.
Women’s long jump, Aug. 8: Tara Davis-Woodhall leaped to a gold medal in women’s long jump by taking off 7.1 meters (or more than 23 feet) through the air.
Women’s 400-meter hurdles, Aug. 8: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone continued her dominance in the women’s 400-meter hurdles when she posted another world record time at 50.37 to win gold. It’s the sixth time she lowered her own world record and she is the only woman to win the event in consecutive Olympic Games.
Men’s 110-meter hurdles, Aug. 8: Grant Holloway won a gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 12.99 seconds, finishing his redemption after he got silver in the event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Women’s 4×100-meter replay, Aug. 9: The star-powered U.S. team featuring Gabby Thomas, Sha’Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry cruised to first place in the women’s 4×100-meter relay, running a season-best 41.78.
Men’s 400-meter hurdles, Aug. 9: Rai Benjamin cleared all of the hurdles around the track to win Olympic gold in the men’s 400 hurdles. Benjamin ran a season-best 46.46 to win his first Olympic gold medal. 
Men’s 4×400-meter relay, Aug. 10: The team of Rai Benjamin, Chris Bailey, Vernon Norwood and Bryce Deadmon won gold in the 4×400-meter relay to become the third straight U.S. squad to win the Olympic event.
Women’s 100-meter hurdles, Aug. 10:Masai Russell won a gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles by a hundredth of a second to capture her first career Olympic podium finish.
Women’s 4×400 relay, Aug. 10: Gabby Thomas, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Shamier Little and Alexis Holmes dominated the women’s 4×400 relay to easily win gold.

Team USA’s silver medals in track and field

Men’s shot put, Aug. 3: Joe Kovacs took the silver medal in shot put with a throw of 69 feet, 4¾ inches, finishing just behind fellow American Ryan Crouser.
4×400-meter mixed relay, Aug. 3: The team of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Kaylyn Brown and Bryce Deadmon won silver in the mixed relay. The U.S. 4×400 mixed relay team broke the world record in the opening round.
Women’s 100 meters, Aug. 3: Sha’Carri Richardson got silver in the race for the world’s fastest woman. Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia won the race with a time of 10.72 seconds, while Richardson was second at 10.87.
Men’s pole vault, Aug. 5: Despite injuring himself, Sam Kendricks won the silver medal in the men’s pole vault. He finished behind Mondo Duplantis of Sweden, who set the pole vault world record.
Women’s hammer throw, Aug. 6: Annette Nneka Echikunwoke earned the silver medal in the women’s hammer throw when she threw a season-best 75.48 meters.
Women’s pole vault, Aug. 7: Katie Moon vaulted 15 feet, 11 inches in her final successful attempt to earn silver in the women’s pole vault event. Nina Kennedy of Australia took the gold medal with a jump of 16 feet, ¾ inches.
Men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, Aug. 7: Kenneth Rooks shocked the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase when he took silver in the event. He clocked a personal-best of 8:06.41 in the race.
Women’s 400-meter hurdles, Aug. 8: Anna Cockrell made it 1-2 for the U.S. when she came in second in the women’s 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 51.87, finishing behind fellow American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
Men’s 110-meter hurdles, Aug. 8: Daniel Roberts came in second place in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing a tenth of a second behind teammate Grant Holloway at 13.09.
Men’s 200 meters, Aug. 8: Kenny Bednarek captured silver in the men’s 200-meter final with a time of 19.62. Bednarek finished behind Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, who ran a 19.46.
Men’s high jump, Aug. 10: Shelby McEwen took silver in the men’s high jump to get the first high jump medal for the U.S. since 2012.

Team USA’s bronze medals in track and field

Men’s 10,000 meters, Aug. 2: Distance runner Grant Fisher was the first American to win a medal in a track and field event at this year’s Summer Games. He won bronze in men’s 10,000 meters to get the first medal in the event for Team USA since Galen Rupp won silver at the 2012 London Olympics. 
Women’s triple jump, Aug. 3: Jasmine Moore became the first American woman to ever win an Olympic medal in the triple jump with a bronze medal.
Women’d 100 meters, Aug. 3: Melissa Jefferson got bronze in the women’s 100m, finishing just behind fellow American Sha’Carri Richardson.
Men’s 100 meters, Aug. 4: Fred Kerley posted a time of 9.81 in the men’s 100m to get bronze. He joined gold medal winner Noah Lyles on the podium of the race.
Men’s 1,500 meters, Aug. 6: Yared Nuguse took bronze in the men’s 1,500-meter race, joining gold medalist Cole Hocker on the podium. He ran a personal best of 3:27.80.
Women’s 200 meters, Aug. 6: Brittany Brown got bronze in the women’s 200-meter final, which was won by fellow American Gabby Thomas. She had a time of 22.20 to get third.
Women’s long jump, Aug. 8: Jasmine Moore placed third in the women’s long jump with a distance of 6.96 meters to join fellow American Tara Davis-Woodhall on the podium.
Men’s 200 meters, Aug. 8: Noah Lyles fell short of the sprint double and finished in third place in the men’s 200-meter final behind Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo and American teammate Kenny Bednarek. After the race, Lyles revealed that he had COVID-19.
Men’s 5,000-meters, Aug. 10: Grant Fisher won the bronze medal in men’s 5,000-meter to pick up his second medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics after he earned bronze in the 10,000 meters.

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Kansas City Chiefs receiver Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown departed Saturday’s 26-13 preseason loss to the host Jacksonville Jaguars with a possible dislocated shoulder.

Brown was injured on Kansas City’s first offensive play of the game. He made the catch for 11 yards.

‘They took him to the hospital and they will check him out,’ Reid said.

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Brown, 27, had 51 receptions for 574 yards and four touchdowns last season in 14 games for the Arizona Cardinals.

Brown was a first-round draft choice (25th overall) by the Baltimore Ravens in 2019. He had career bests of 91 receptions and 1,008 yards in 2021 during his third and final season with the Ravens.

He was traded after the season and spent the last two seasons with the Cardinals. He has 313 career catches for 3,644 yards and 28 touchdowns in 72 games (65 starts).

SAINT-DENIS, France – Rai Benjamin confidently told USA TODAY Sports that the U.S. men’s 4×400-meter relay team “got something for” the competition in the final. Benjamin was correct.

The men’s team consisted of Chris Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Benjamin as the anchor.

Norwood got the team in position running the second leg, Deadmon got the squad a two-meter lead on the third leg and Benjamin took the gold home with an Olympic-record time of 2:54.43. Botswana earned the silver with a time of 2:54.53 and Great Britain rounded out the top three, clocking in at 2:55.83.

Benjamin had to hold off 200 Olympic gold medalist Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, who ran the fastest split among all competitors at 43.04. But Benjamin was nearly as quick, running a sizzling 43.18 split on the final leg.

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“When (Vernon) got the stick and ran that phenomenal leg I was like, ‘We might do this.’ When Bryce got the stick and brought it around, I saw Letsile on the anchor leg and was like, ‘Dang, this one is gonna be tough.’ I had to be smart (and) I had to get out. I couldn’t get out too hot and I couldn’t get out too slow because (Tebogo) runs 19.4 (in the 200 meters) and you just don’t play around with people who run a 19.4,” Benjamin said. “I knew it was gonna be a fight coming home. It was probably my most calculated anchor leg that I’ve ever run since I’ve been anchoring this relay for the past couple years. I knew it wasn’t gonna be easy.”

The gold capped off a superb Paris Olympics for Benjamin, who won his first Olympic gold medal in the men’s 400 hurdles before adding Saturday’s gold.

Team USA has enjoyed far more success in the 4×400 relay than the 4×100 relay. Botched handoffs and exchanges have notoriously plagued the U.S. men in the 4×100, and the team’s issues came to the forefront again on Friday night. But the 4×400 squad extended its dominance Saturday night in front of a packed crowd.

The U.S. men have now won gold in the 4×400 relay at three consecutive Olympics.

Quincy Wilson gets Olympic gold medal

High school phenom Quincy Wilson had a gold medal wrapped around his neck in the mixed zone. Wilson was awarded a gold medal for running on Team USA’s 4×400 relay team during the opening round.

Wilson became the youngest male U.S. track and field Olympian ever after his superb performance at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon.

At the trials, the 16-year-old wunderkind broke the under-18 world record in the opening round of the 400, blazing one lap around the track in 44.66 seconds. The high school record he broke had stood for 42 years. Then Wilson bested the time in the semifinals, running a 44.59 to qualify for the final. Wilson placed in sixth in the final in Eugene, which earned him a spot in the relay pool.

“I just wanted to run for these guys. Most importantly, I wanted to run for Quincy because he put out a significant amount of effort yesterday,” Norwood said. “That gave me a lot of motivation to try to do my best out there.”

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SAINT-DENIS, France — Gabby Thomas is leaving the 2024 Olympics with the best kind of souvenir: gold. 

Gold medals, to be specific. Three of them. 

Thomas picked up her third in the finale of Olympic track and field Saturday at Stade de France in the women’s 4×400 relay, as the Americans clocked an U.S.-record 3:15.27 to smoke the Netherlands (3:19.50) and Great Britain (3:19.72). 

Thomas ran the third leg, taking the baton from Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and handing off to Alexis Holmes for the anchor. Thomas ran a 49.30 split.

Shamier Little, the only athlete from the final who’d also run in prelims, got the U.S. started with a 49.50.

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McLaughlin-Levrone, who set a world record when she won the 400 hurdles on Thursday, turned in a blistering split at 47.70 to give the Americans a huge lead. Thomas followed with 49.30 split before Holmes brought it home with 48.77.

“It was kind of a joint decision between me and the coaches,” McLaughlin-Levrone said of running the second leg, unusual for someone who usually anchors. “We knew it was gonna look a little unconventional, but we knew if we did our parts it was going to be fun.” 

Running with a major gap between first and second is also uncommon, but Holmes said the energy in Stade de France ‘was indescribable.  I’ve never felt anything like it so my adrenaline was definitely pumping.’

Thomas, 27, also won told in the women’s 200 meter dash and the women’s 4×100. Paris marks the first time she has won Olympic gold medals; in Tokyo she earned a silver (4×100 relay) and bronze (200). 

In the prelims Friday, Quanera Hayes, Little, Aaliyah Butler and Kaylyn Brown turned in the fastest qualifying time (3:21.44). McLaughlin-Levrone, Thomas and Holmes ran in only the final. All seven runners who competed for the U.S. will get medals.

The U.S. women’s have dominated the 4×400 relay, winning eight golds in a row in the event. When Team USA won it in Tokyo it gave the legendary Allyson Felix her 11th Olympic medal, making her the most decorated track and field athlete of all time. 

The team was just a tenth off the world record, set in 1988 and considered to be untouchable — until recently, that is. The Americans’ time implies that sooner rather than later, that record will fall.

‘I think this generation of track and field is just on a different level,’ McLaughlin-Levrone said. ‘Everything is improving including us, including our technique, including how we prepare.

‘I don’t think anything is impossible at this point, and I think we’re continuing to prove that every time we step on the track.’

The win capped a superior performance for the U.S. on the track, and added to the overall vibe of U.S. women owning the 2024 Olympic Games.

‘I’ve been here for awhile and I’ve been watching all the women across the Games dominate and it’s been really inspiring and really motivating,’ Thomas said. ‘Just watching swimming and gymnastics, I was itching to get out here on the track and show the world what we could do. I’m in great company.’

PARIS – The global 5×5 men’s basketball torch remains in the grasp of the Americans.

Perhaps the grip is loosening. But it still belongs to the U.S.

The U.S. and its loaded roster filled with MVPs, All-Stars and NBA champions proved that once again, defeating France 98-87 for the Olympic gold medal Saturday at Bercy Arena.

Sorry France and Victor Wembanyama. Sorry Serbia and Nikola Jokic. You too, Germany and Franz Wagner and Canada and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. It’s not your time for gold. Not yet. Maybe at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Maybe.

But not now.

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In what amounted to an Olympic road game for the U.S. in front of partisan French crowd, the U.S. relied on its biggest stars and 3-point shooting. LeBron James continued his stellar Olympics play with 14 points, 10 assists and six rebounds; Steph Curry dropped 24 – all coming on eight made 3s; and Kevin Durant and Devin Booker each scored 15 points.

The U.S. made 18-of-36 pointers, outscoring France 54-27 from that distance, and the U.S. owned a 31-9 edge in fastbreak points.

Team USA led for most of the game. France cut the deficit to two possessions a couple of times in the second half, including 82-79 with 2:57 left in the fourth quarter. A Curry 3 followed by two Durant free throws increased the U.S. edge to 87-79 with 2:22 to play.

Curry made four huge 3s in the final three minutes, including one that gave the U.S. a 96-87 lead with 35 seconds remaining.

It is the fifth consecutive gold medal for the U.S. in men’s basketball. The team cruised through group play 3-0, handled Brazil in the quarterfinals, and needed a memorable comeback from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat Serbia in the semifinals.

The U.S. led the tournament in points per game, field-goal percentage, 3-point shooting percentage and assists per game, and had the second-best field-goal percentage allowed. Its combination of depth, offense and defense overwhelmed opponents.

The U.S. pushed its Olympic record to 144-5 overall and is 36-1 since 2004.

Durant became the first U.S. men’s basketball player to win four Olympic gold medals, James collected his third gold and first since last playing for Team USA at the 2012 London Olympics, and Curry won his first gold at his first Olympics.

France earned its second consecutive silver in the Olympics.

Victor Wembanyama played his best game of the tournament, posting 26 points and seven rebounds. Guerschon Yabusele, who was instrumental on getting France to the final game, had 20 points.

Steph Curry goes off to ice Team USA’s win

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 coupe de grace came with 35 seconds remaining. Hounded by France’s Nicolas Batum and Evan Fournier 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.

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 on 3-pointers.

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

See a recap of the gold medal game below the photo gallery.

USA leads France 87-79 as fourth quarter winds down in gold medal game

France had cut the U.S. lead to three points before Steph Curry hit a three and Kevin Durant hit two free throws to build the lead back to eight with a little more than two minutes to go.

USA leads France 72-66 after third quarter of gold medal game

PARIS – The U.S. opened its largest lead of the game at 61-47 in the third quarter but took just a 72-66 lead into the fourth quarter.

The U.S. is 10 minutes from winning its fifth consecutive gold medal in the Olympics.

The Americans are 12-for-26 on 3-pointers, and LeBron James continues to dominate with his all-around play. He has 12 points, seven assists, six rebounds, two steals and one block, and Steph Curry has 12 points and five assists. Devin Booker has 13 points and Kevin Durant 10 for the U.S., which is shooting 52% from the field.

Victor Wembanyama leads France with 20 points and six rebounds, and teammate Guerschon Yabusele has 19 points. Evan Fournier gave France a lift in the third quarter with eight points, including six on two made 3-pointers. France is shooting 48% from the field but just 33% on 3s.

USA builds 14-point lead over France midway through third quarter

The U.S. has its biggest lead of the game at 61-47 with 6:57 left in the third quarter. Steph Curry has a pair of 3-pointers in the quarter, and Joel Embiid has made four free throws

Team USA leads France 49-41 at halftime of gold medal game

PARIS – LeBron James’ driving buckets and U.S. 3-point shooting pushed the U.S. to a 49-41 halftime lead against France in the gold-medal game.

James has seven points, five rebounds and two assists, and the U.S. made nine 3-pointer in the first half. Devin Booker has a team-high 13 points, and Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and Anthony Edwards each have six points for the U.S.

The U.S. fell behind 25-24 but ended the half on a 25-16 run, and owned a 49-39 lead just before France’s Guerschon Yabusele ended the half with a buzzer-beating layup. Yabusele has a game-high 15 points, and rising NBA star Victor Wembanyama is having his best offensive game of the Olympics with 13 points for France.

France, however, is 3-for-16 on 3-pointers and has been outscored 17-6 on fastbreak points

France goes on second-quarter run; USA calls time out

Paris — France is on an 8-0 run. Bilal Coulibaly’s dunk on a fastbreak gave France a 25-24 lead with 7:10 left in the second quarter. U.S. coach Steve Kerr called timeout to settle the U.S. offense and get LeBron James, Steph Curry and Devin Booker back in the game.

Team USA leads France 20-15 after first quarter

PARIS — France’s Victor Wembanyama is off to a strong start with seven points, including two on a soaring dunk, but the U.S. owns a 20-15 lead after the first quarter.

The U.S. is getting easy buckets in transition off missed shots by France. Devin Booker leads the U.S. with seven points, Anthony Edwards has six points on a pair of 3-pointers, and LeBron James has two points, two rebounds, two assists and one steal.

The U.S. is shooting 42% from the field and is 4-for-11 on 3-pointers, and France is shooting 35% from the field and is 1-for-9 on 3s.

Former basketball stars in the house for gold medal game

Paris — Tony Parker, Scottie Pippen, Carmelo Anthony and Pau Gasol among former NBA stars in attendance for the gold medal game between Team USA and France.

The U.S. men had a 17-14 lead with two minutes left in the first quarter. Devin Booker and Victor Wembanyama led all scorers with 7 points apiece.

When does USA men’s basketball play next at Paris Olympics?

Team USA will play France today, Saturday, Aug. 10, in the gold medal game.

What time is USA men’s basketball vs. France?

Tip-off for USA vs. France is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET.

How to watch USA men’s basketball vs. France

 The men’s basketball gold medal final can be viewed on Peacock, NBC and Telemundo.

There is an encore broadcast at midnight ET on USA Network.

USA men’s basketball Olympics roster

*Each asterisk represents an Olympic appearance (includes 2024 Paris Olympics)

**Anthony Davis, Los Angeles Lakers
*Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves
**Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat
*Derrick White, Boston Celtics
**Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns
**Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
*Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
**Jrue Holiday, Boston Celtics
****Kevin Durant, Phoenix Suns
****LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
*Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
*Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana Pacers

Kevin Durant getting his first start at the 2024 Paris Olympics

U.S. coach Steve Kerr put Kevin Durant in the starting lineup for the gold medal game against France. It’s Durant’s first start at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He’ll start alongside LeBron James, Steph Curry, Joel Embiid and Devin Booker. Durant missed the five U.S. exhibition games with a sore calf, and Kerr decided it was best to bring Durant off the bench to start the Olympics.

USA men’s basketball starting lineup

Team USA’s starting five against France in the gold medal game:

Stephen Curry
Devin Booker
LeBron James
Kevin Durant
Joel Embiid

France men’s basketball starting lineup

Team France’s starting five against the USA in the gold medal game:

Victor Wembanyama
Guerschon Yabusele
Isaia Cordinier
Nic Batum
Frank Ntilikina

LeBron James sporting golden shoes for basketball final

LeBron James wasn’t subtle for his sneaker selection for the final against France. He’s wearing sparkling gold Nike basketball shoes.

LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama take court for pregame warmups

About an hour before tip-off, U.S. assistant coaches Erik Spoelstra, Ty Lue and Mark Few are working with U.S. players, including LeBron James, who was the first American on the court. Anthony Davis and Bam Adebayo are also warming up.

Victor Wembanyama received a warm welcome from French fans he stepped onto the court for his pregame workout. Evan Fournier joined Wembanyama minutes later.

USA men’s basketball vs. France predictions

Ever since France made changes to its starting lineup after the group stage of 5×5 men’s basketball, it has played its best ball of the Olympics, beating Canada and Germany to reach the gold medal game against the U.S. Both teams are coming off emotional victories in the semifinals.

France coach Vincent Collet benched Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier and replaced them with Guerschon Yabusele and Isaia Cordinier. It worked. Fournier still gets regular minutes but Gobert’s minutes have decreased, and France is guaranteed at least a silver medal.

Can it win gold? It will need to use its size and a defense anchored by 7-4 rising NBA star Victor Wembanyama and find enough against offense against the U.S. France, which lost to the U.S. in the gold medal game at the Olympics three years in Tokyo, will need to play a near-perfect game against a deep and talented U.S. team that will be ready for a road-game atmosphere at Paris’ Bercy Arena.

Dan Wolken: USA 90, France 73
Jeff Zillgitt: USA 94, France 80

Who won Olympic men’s basketball bronze medal

Aug. 6: Serbia 93, Germany 83

Serbia rebounded from a heartbreaking 95-91 loss to the U.S. in the semifinals and prevented Germany from earning its first Olympic medal in men’s 5×5.

Serbia’s three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 12 rebounds assists and 11 assists rebounds, and teammate Vasilije Micic scored 19 points. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 16 points for Serbia, which earned silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2023 FIBA World Cup.

USA men’s basketball Paris Olympics schedule

The U.S. men’s national team went 3-0 during group play and won its quarterfinal and semifinal matches. Here’s the dates for the U.S. games: 

Sunday, July 28: USA 110, Serbia 84
Wednesday, July 31: USA 103, South Sudan 86
Saturday, Aug. 3: USA 104, Puerto Rico 83
Tuesday, Aug. 6: USA 122, Brazil 87
Thursday, Aug. 8: USA 95, Serbia 91
Saturday: USA vs. France, 3:30 p.m. ET in gold medal match

Olympic men’s basketball group play results

July 27 

Australia 92, Spain 80
Germany 97, Japan 77
France 78, Brazil 66
Canada 86, Canada 79

July 28

South Sudan 90, Puerto Rico 79
United States 110, Serbia 84

July 30

Spain 84, Greece 77
Canada 93, Australia 83
France 94, Japan 90 (OT)
Germany 86, Brazil 73

July 31

Serbia 107, Puerto Rico 66
United States 103, South Sudan 86

Aug. 2

Brazil 102, Japan 84
Greece 77, Australia 71
Canada 88, Spain 85
Germany 85, France 71

Aug. 3

United States 104, Puerto Rico 83
Serbia 96, South Sudan 85

The penultimate day of the 2024 Paris Olympics was a huge one for Team USA, with the men’s basketball and women’s soccer teams adding gold medals to their already-enormous trophy cabinets.

In track and field, the American men and women each won gold in the 4×400 relay, the eighth consecutive Olympic title in the event for the U.S. women.

American Masai Russell won gold in the women’s 100 hurdles, with U.S. athletes also earning medals in men’s high jump, men’s 5000 meter, men’s breaking, women’s canoe 200m, women’s boulder and lead climbing and men’s freestyle 74kg wrestling.

Here’s how Saturday at the Olympics unfolded:

Steph Curry plays hero, USA basketball wins gold

PARIS — The global men’s basketball torch remains in the grasp of the Americans.

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Perhaps the grip is loosening. But it still belongs to the U.S.

The U.S. and its loaded roster filled with MVPs, All-Stars and NBA champions proved that once again, defeating France 98-87 in for the Olympic gold medal Saturday at Bercy Arena.

Sorry France and Victor Wembanyama. Sorry Serbia and Nikola Jokic. You too, Germany and Franz Wagner and Canada and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. It’s not your time for gold. Not yet. Maybe at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Maybe.

But not now.

USA women win eighth consecutive 4×400 gold

SAINT-DENIS, France — Gabby Thomas is leaving the 2024 Olympics with the best kind of souvenir: gold. 

Gold medals, to be specific. Three of them. 

Thomas picked up her third in the finale of Olympic track and field Saturday at Stade de France in the women’s 4×400 relay, as the Americans clocked an American record 3:15.27 to smoke the Netherlands (3:19.50) and Great Britain (3:19.72). 

Thomas ran the third leg, taking the baton from Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and handing off to Alexis Holmes for the anchor. Thomas ran a 49.30 split.

Shamier Little, the only athlete from the final who’d also run in prelims, got the U.S. started in the race.

American Shelby McEwen wins silver in men’s high jump

SAINT-DENIS, France — In a jump off, Hamish Kerr of New Zealand won gold in the men’s high jump while Shelby McEwen of the U.S. took silver. It is the first high jump medal for the U.S. since 2012.

Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim, who shared gold in Tokyo with Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy, claimed the bronze.

The competition came down to Kerr and McEwen after both cleared 2.36 meters (7 feet, 8 3/4), but neither could get over 2.38. They agreed to a jump off and started lowering the bar. Both cleared 2.36 again but on 2.34, McEwen missed while Kerr got over. When he cleared the bar, Kerr went running onto the empty field, his arms stretched out in victory.

McEwen’s first 2.36 clearance was a personal best for him. He got over on his first attempt, and was the first jumper to clear that height. He laid on the high jump bit after getting over the bar, his ecstasy as obvious as his gold spikes.

The event had plenty of drama.

Earlier Saturday, Tamberi posted on social media that he was headed to the ER after vomiting blood and dealing with severe kidney pain. He wasn’t sure if he’d be able to compete in the final, but rallied and cleared 2.22 meters (7 feet, 3 1/4 inches) on his third attempt before failing to clear 2.27 (7 feet, 5 1/4 inches).

U.S. men win 4×400 relay gold in Olympic record time

SAINT-DENIS, France – Rai Benjamin confidently told USA TODAY Sports that the U.S. men’s 4×400-relay team “got something for” their competition in the final. Benjamin was correct.

Benjamin led the U.S. 4×400-relay team to a victory at Stade de France. The men’s team consisted of Chris Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Benjamin at anchor.

Norwood got the team in position running the second leg, Deadmon got the squad a two-meter lead on the third leg and Benjamin took the gold home with a Olympic record time of 2:54.43. Botswana earned the silver with a time of 2:54.53 and Great Britain rounded out the top three, clocking in at 2:55.83.

The gold capped off a superb Paris Olympics for both Benjamin and Hall, who each of two gold medals apiece at these Games. Benjamin won his first Olympic gold medal in the men’s 400 hurdles. While Hall dug deep and rallied back to win gold in the open 400. — Tyler Dragon

Kenya runner breaks Olympic record, wins gold in women’s 1,500

SAINT-DENIS, France — Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won the gold medal and set a new Olympic standard in the women’s 1,500-meter race Saturday at the Paris Games clocking an Olympic record time of 3:51.29 at Stade de France. Kipyegon outpaced Australia’s Jessica Hull, who took silver in 3:52.56, and Great Britain’s Georgia Bell, who got bronze with a time of 3:52.61.

Two competitors for Team USA, Nikki Hiltz (3:56.38) and Elle St. Pierre (3:57.52) finished seventh and eighth, respectively, out of 12. — Chase Goodbread

Grant Fisher earns another bronze in men’s 5,000m

In some much-needed redemption after disaster in the 1,500, Norway’s Jakob Ingerbrigtsen used a killer kick to win the men’s 5,000, running a season best 13:13.66. He outlasted Kenya’s Ronald Kwemoi (13:15.04) who finished second. American Grant Fisher won his second bronze of the Games, finishing third at 13:15.13.

Fisher finished third in the men’s 10,000 on the first day of track and field at the 2024 Olympics, earning the U.S.’s first medal in that event since the 2012 London Games. — Lindsay Schnell

Kennedy Blades reaches gold medal match

Kennedy Blades has put on a show during the first three matches of her run at the Paris Olympics, going 3-0 and outscoring her opponents 23-9 to reach Sunday’s gold-medal match. Awaiting her there will be the winner of Columbia’s Tatiana Renteria vs. Japan’s Yuka Kagami.

Blades recently transferred to Iowa and hasn’t even worn a Hawkeye singlet yet. But she’s already Iowa women’s wrestling’s first Olympian and Olympic medalist. — Eli McKown, Hawk Central

Alyssa Naeher unflappable for USWNT in gold medal match win

PARIS — Alyssa Naeher might as well change the nickname on her Wikipedia page to ‘Captain America’ or ‘Secretary of Defense’ herself.

The USWNT goalkeeper’s one-handed stop – like a basketball defender blocking someone at the rim – on a header from Brazil’s Adriana in the fourth minute of stoppage time saved the day and preserved the Americans’ 1-0 win in the Olympic gold medal match at the 2024 Paris Games. Minutes later, her teammates pounced on her after the referee blew the final whistle, ending more than 10 minutes of stoppage time. 

Naeher was unflappable all match. — Chris Bumbaca

Masai Russell wins women’s 100 hurdles in photo finish

SAINT-DENIS, France — Masai Russell beat the defending Olympic champion in the 100 hurdles.

Russell outdueled Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn to win her first Olympic gold medal. She ran a time of 12.33 to earn the gold.

France’s Cyréna Samba-Mayela ran a 12.34 to place second and Camacho-Quinn crossed the line at 12.36 to come in third in the photo finish.

Camacho-Quinn got a great start out of the blocks, but Russell pulled even with her and slightly surpassed her at the ninth hurdle and held off the other hurdlers for the victory.

Russell’s had an impressive climb to the top of the hurdles. She didn’t finish the 100 hurdles semifinal at the 2023 world championships. But 2024 has been her year. She won the event at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials with a personal-best and world-leading time of 12.25, the fourth fastest time in history. And she capped off the year as an Olympic champion. 

Team USA has won gold in four of the past six Olympics in the 100 hurdles. — Tyler Dragon

Jordan Chiles might have to return bronze medal

PARIS — 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 U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles’ score and moved her into bronze medal position. The Swiss-based court ruled that the appeal was submitted past the one-minute deadline for inquiries and therefore should not have been granted.

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

CAS said in a statement that its ruling applied to Chiles’ score but not the final ranking. — Tom Schad

Bryce Hoppel places 4th in 800m, but nets national record

SAINT-DENIS, France — Team USA’s Bryce Hoppel just missed a spot on the podium Saturday in the 800-meter race at the Paris Games, running a time of 1:41.67, but he did record a national record despite a fourth-place finish. Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonwi took gold in 1:41.19, followed by Canada’s Marco Arop (silver, 1:41.20) and Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati (bronze, 1:41.50).

The previous U.S. record in the 800 was held by Donavan Brazier (1:42.34).

On the final night of competition at Stade de France, Hoppel held third place halfway through the race, but could not close well enough to medal in an event in which Team USA has had only sparse success; only three medals in the last 40 years. Team USA’s last medal in the 800m race came at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, a bronze by Clayton Murphy. The two others in that span were by Earl Jones (bronze, Los Angeles, 1984) and Johnny Gray (bronze, Barcelona, 1992).

Hoppel qualified for the Tokyo Games in the 800m three years ago, but did not advance past the semifinals. — Chase Goodbread

USWNT wins first gold since 2012

PARIS — The United States women’s national soccer team defeated Brazil, 1-0, on Saturday to win the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games. Mallory Swanson scored in the 57th minute, her fourth goal of these Games, to lead the Americans to their first gold medal since 2012 and their fifth overall. 

Throughout these Olympic Games, the Americans have been led by the trio of Swanson, Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith while defender Naomi Girma has been something of a brick wall on the backline. In the gold medal match, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher was unflappable, coming up with clutch saves throughout the game. All of this orchestrated by new head coach Emma Hayes, whose sense of humor and demanding style has built trust with the players and struck the right balance for this roster.

USWNT takes lead on goal by Mallory Swanson

Mallory Swanson gave the United States a 1-0 lead in the 57th minute on a signature run down the left side. Korbin Albert, starting in place of Rose Lavelle, delivered the through ball for either Sophia Smith or Swanson. Smith would have likely been ruled offside if she touched it. But Swanson swooped in and made a beeline for the net, and her right-footed blast beat Brazil’s keeper Lorena to break the scoreless tie.

France men defend Olympic title in volleyball

France beat Poland in straight sets, 25-19, 25-20, 25-23, to win its second consecutive gold medal in men’s volleyball.

The crowd began chanting ‘Allez Les Bleus’ and the national anthem as the third set wound down.

Team USA won bronze by beating Italy on Friday.

Team USA’s B-boy Victor, B-boy Jeffro advance to medal round

Both of the two Americans in the men’s Olympic breaking competition will move on to the knockout round.

B-boy Jeffro, whose real name is Jeffrey Louis, had mathematically clinched his spot in the quarterfinals even before he went out for his third battle. He won each of his first two battles handily and earned 30 of the possible 36 votes from the nine-person judging panel in the process.

B-boy Victor, whose full name is Victor Montalvo, appeared to draw one of the tougher groups in the round-robin stage but tore through his first three opponents with relative ease – winning five of his six rounds, including sweeps of Japanese breaker Hiro10 and B-boy Lithe-ing of China. Shigekix of Japan was the other breaker to advance out of Victor’s group. — Tom Schad

USWNT-Brazil in scoreless tie at halftime

For the United States women’s soccer team, the first half of both the quarterfinals and semifinals were scoreless (and all of regulation, for that matter). The final against Brazil was no exception.

Both teams had their fair share of scoring chances – Brazil’s more consistent compared to the Americans – but neither side had anything to show for it. 

Brazil’s Ludmila has been a handful for the U.S. back line to deal with. It looked like she put Brazil up in the 16th minute when she beat Naomi Girma off the dribble in the box, but luckily for the U.S., the offside flag went up. Alyssa Naeher came up huge during stoppage time to save a Gabi Porthilo strike. 

Mallory Swanson had the United States’ best chance of scoring on a long, speedy run with the ball. 

What to expect from LA28

PARIS — After the Paris Olympics conclude Sunday, the Paralympics will run Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, then the squash racket, lacrosse stick and cricket ball – all sporting additions to the 2028 Games – will be in Los Angeles’ court.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and and LA28 Olympic Games chair Casey Wasserman, who are in Paris as part of a U.S. presidential delegation to the Olympics that was led by First Lady Jill Biden, provided a few details Saturday to reporters about what sports fans – and Angelenos – can expect to see four years from now.

‘We don’t have an Eiffel Tower. We do have a Hollywood sign,’ said Wasserman. He said that while the Paris Games have been ‘authentically French’ the 2028 Games will be ‘authentically Los Angeles.’

Lydia Ko wins gold medal in women’s golf

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – New Zealand’s Lydia Ko completed her Olympic trifecta on Saturday, adding a gold medal to her silver from Rio and bronze from Tokyo.

At 10 under par for the event, Ko shot a 1 under 71 on Saturday to hold on and win the Olympic golf tournament at Le Golf National by two strokes over silver medalist Esther Henseleit of Germany (8 under) and bronze medalist Lin Xiyu of China (7 under).

It was a disappointing finish for a trio of American players. World No. 1 Nelly Korda, Rose Zhang and Lilia Vu each shot over-par rounds Saturday, with Zhang (5 under) and Tokyo gold medalist Korda (1 under) each stumbling to miss the medals after starting the final day in contention. — Gentry Estes

USWNT goes for gold

The United States women’s national team takes on Brazil, aiming to win its first gold medal since 2012, which is also the last time they made the final.

They have been led by the trio of Mallory Swanson, Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith, who have scored three goals apiece at these Games, while defender Naomi Girma has been something of a brick wall on the backline.

Lydia Ko opens up five-shot lead in women’s golf tournament

Lydia Ko of New Zealand is 2-under par after 11 holes during Saturday’s final round, giving her an overall score of 11 under for Paris. That’s five shots better than her closest competitors.

Nelly Korda is the closest American at 4 under overall. Rose Zhang, who started Saturday at 7 under, is 4 over on the day and has dropped into a tie for 11th place at 3 under.

B-Boys breaking begins Saturday

The breaking competition continues Saturday at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with the B-Boys taking center stage.

The competition starts with a round-robin tournament, four groups of four breakers, with each one going two rounds against the other three in their group. From there, the top two B-Boys in each group – as determined by who won the most rounds – advance to the quarterfinals. The quarters, semis and finals are three rounds in a traditional bracket style. 

Follow for live updates, scores and highlights throughout the competition. — Tom Schad

Nevin Harrison nearly notches gold in canoe sprint

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Nevin Harrison came 1/100th of a second away from winning her second gold medal.

Harrison took the silver medal in the women’s 200-meter canoe sprint Saturday, losing to Canada’s Katie Vincent in a photo finish.

Vincent finished the course in a world-record tie of 44.12 seconds, a hair ahead of Harrison (44.13). Cuba’s Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys (44.36) took bronze.

Harrison set an Olympic record on her way to winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics as an 18-year-old. She finished second in her semifinal heat, 29/100ths of a second behind Vincent.

Vincent won a bronze earlier in the games as part of Canada’s 500-meter canoe doubles team. — Dave Birkett

American climber wins first Olympic medal

LE BOURGET, France — American sport climber Brooke Raboutou claimed her first Olympic medal Saturday, winning silver in the women’s boulder and lead combined final, finishing behind Slovenian favorite and gold medalist Janja Garnbret. Garnbret led the way with 168.5 total points, followed by Raboutou with 156.0 and Austria’s Jessica Pilz with 147.4 points for bronze.Raboutou – a 23-year-old two-time Olympian – built off a strong performance in the boulder final, finishing that portion with 84 points, just .4 points behind Garnbret, 25. Raboutou and Garnbret were the only climbers to top three of the four boulder problems, finishing the round second and first, respectively. In the lead portion, Raboutou had another standout performance, collecting 72 points, moving to the top of the leaderboard and guaranteeing herself a medal. Garnbret previously won Olympic gold at the 2021 Tokyo Games  in the women’s combined – a different format compared with the Paris Olympics when the combined event featured boulder, lead and speed. Raboutou finished fifth in the event in Tokyo. ― Michelle Martinelli

Serbia wins bronze in men’s basketball

Serbia men’s 5×5 basketball team captured the bronze medal with a 93-83 victory over Germany on Saturday. Serbia rebounded from a heartbreaking 95-91 loss to the U.S. in the semifinals and prevented Germany from earning its first Olympic medal in men’s 5×5.

Serbia’s three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, and teammate Vasilije Micic scored 19 points. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 16 points for Serbia, which earned silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2023 FIBA World Cup.

It was a disappointing finish for Germany, the 2023 FIBA World Cup champion, which went 3-0 in group play but lost to France in the semifinals and Serbia in the third-place game. 

Franz Wagner led Germany with 18 points and nine rebounds. — Jeff Zillgitt

Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola wins gold in men’s marathon

Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia took the gold medal in the men’s marathon Saturday morning, setting a new Olympic record with a time of 2:06.26, and blowing away the chase group by more than 20 seconds to earn his second Olympic medal. Bashir Abdi won the silver medal (2:06.47) and Kenya’s Benson Kipruto (2:07.00) took bronze.

The previous Olympic record had been 2:06.32 by Kenya’s Samuel Kamau Wanjiru in 2008.

Two Americans, Conner Mantz (2:08.12) and Clayton Young (2:08.44), turned in season-bests to finish eighth and ninth, respectively.

Tola won bronze at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games in the men’s 10,000-meter event. — Chase Goodbread

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The penultimate day of the 2024 Paris Olympics was a huge one for Team USA, with the men’s basketball and women’s soccer teams adding gold medals to their already-enormous trophy cabinets.

In track and field, the American men and women each won gold in the 4×400 relay, the eighth consecutive Olympic title in the event for the U.S. women.

American Masai Russell won gold in the women’s 100 hurdles, with U.S. athletes also earning medals in men’s high jump, men’s 5000 meter, men’s breaking, women’s canoe 200m, women’s boulder and lead climbing and men’s freestyle 74kg wrestling.

Here’s how Saturday at the Olympics unfolded:

Steph Curry plays hero, USA basketball wins gold

PARIS — The global men’s basketball torch remains in the grasp of the Americans.

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Perhaps the grip is loosening. But it still belongs to the U.S.

The U.S. and its loaded roster filled with MVPs, All-Stars and NBA champions proved that once again, defeating France 98-87 in for the Olympic gold medal Saturday at Bercy Arena.

Sorry France and Victor Wembanyama. Sorry Serbia and Nikola Jokic. You too, Germany and Franz Wagner and Canada and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. It’s not your time for gold. Not yet. Maybe at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Maybe.

But not now.

USA women win eighth consecutive 4×400 gold

SAINT-DENIS, France — Gabby Thomas is leaving the 2024 Olympics with the best kind of souvenir: gold. 

Gold medals, to be specific. Three of them. 

Thomas picked up her third in the finale of Olympic track and field Saturday at Stade de France in the women’s 4×400 relay, as the Americans clocked an American record 3:15.27 to smoke the Netherlands (3:19.50) and Great Britain (3:19.72). 

Thomas ran the third leg, taking the baton from Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and handing off to Alexis Holmes for the anchor. Thomas ran a 49.30 split.

Shamier Little, the only athlete from the final who’d also run in prelims, got the U.S. started in the race.

American Shelby McEwen wins silver in men’s high jump

SAINT-DENIS, France — In a jump off, Hamish Kerr of New Zealand won gold in the men’s high jump while Shelby McEwen of the U.S. took silver. It is the first high jump medal for the U.S. since 2012.

Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim, who shared gold in Tokyo with Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy, claimed the bronze.

The competition came down to Kerr and McEwen after both cleared 2.36 meters (7 feet, 8 3/4), but neither could get over 2.38. They agreed to a jump off and started lowering the bar. Both cleared 2.36 again but on 2.34, McEwen missed while Kerr got over. When he cleared the bar, Kerr went running onto the empty field, his arms stretched out in victory.

McEwen’s first 2.36 clearance was a personal best for him. He got over on his first attempt, and was the first jumper to clear that height. He laid on the high jump bit after getting over the bar, his ecstasy as obvious as his gold spikes.

The event had plenty of drama.

Earlier Saturday, Tamberi posted on social media that he was headed to the ER after vomiting blood and dealing with severe kidney pain. He wasn’t sure if he’d be able to compete in the final, but rallied and cleared 2.22 meters (7 feet, 3 1/4 inches) on his third attempt before failing to clear 2.27 (7 feet, 5 1/4 inches).

U.S. men win 4×400 relay gold in Olympic record time

SAINT-DENIS, France – Rai Benjamin confidently told USA TODAY Sports that the U.S. men’s 4×400-relay team “got something for” their competition in the final. Benjamin was correct.

Benjamin led the U.S. 4×400-relay team to a victory at Stade de France. The men’s team consisted of Chris Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon and Benjamin at anchor.

Norwood got the team in position running the second leg, Deadmon got the squad a two-meter lead on the third leg and Benjamin took the gold home with a Olympic record time of 2:54.43. Botswana earned the silver with a time of 2:54.53 and Great Britain rounded out the top three, clocking in at 2:55.83.

The gold capped off a superb Paris Olympics for both Benjamin and Hall, who each of two gold medals apiece at these Games. Benjamin won his first Olympic gold medal in the men’s 400 hurdles. While Hall dug deep and rallied back to win gold in the open 400. — Tyler Dragon

Kenya runner breaks Olympic record, wins gold in women’s 1,500

SAINT-DENIS, France — Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won the gold medal and set a new Olympic standard in the women’s 1,500-meter race Saturday at the Paris Games clocking an Olympic record time of 3:51.29 at Stade de France. Kipyegon outpaced Australia’s Jessica Hull, who took silver in 3:52.56, and Great Britain’s Georgia Bell, who got bronze with a time of 3:52.61.

Two competitors for Team USA, Nikki Hiltz (3:56.38) and Elle St. Pierre (3:57.52) finished seventh and eighth, respectively, out of 12. — Chase Goodbread

Grant Fisher earns another bronze in men’s 5,000m

In some much-needed redemption after disaster in the 1,500, Norway’s Jakob Ingerbrigtsen used a killer kick to win the men’s 5,000, running a season best 13:13.66. He outlasted Kenya’s Ronald Kwemoi (13:15.04) who finished second. American Grant Fisher won his second bronze of the Games, finishing third at 13:15.13.

Fisher finished third in the men’s 10,000 on the first day of track and field at the 2024 Olympics, earning the U.S.’s first medal in that event since the 2012 London Games. — Lindsay Schnell

Kennedy Blades reaches gold medal match

Kennedy Blades has put on a show during the first three matches of her run at the Paris Olympics, going 3-0 and outscoring her opponents 23-9 to reach Sunday’s gold-medal match. Awaiting her there will be the winner of Columbia’s Tatiana Renteria vs. Japan’s Yuka Kagami.

Blades recently transferred to Iowa and hasn’t even worn a Hawkeye singlet yet. But she’s already Iowa women’s wrestling’s first Olympian and Olympic medalist. — Eli McKown, Hawk Central

Alyssa Naeher unflappable for USWNT in gold medal match win

PARIS — Alyssa Naeher might as well change the nickname on her Wikipedia page to ‘Captain America’ or ‘Secretary of Defense’ herself.

The USWNT goalkeeper’s one-handed stop – like a basketball defender blocking someone at the rim – on a header from Brazil’s Adriana in the fourth minute of stoppage time saved the day and preserved the Americans’ 1-0 win in the Olympic gold medal match at the 2024 Paris Games. Minutes later, her teammates pounced on her after the referee blew the final whistle, ending more than 10 minutes of stoppage time. 

Naeher was unflappable all match. — Chris Bumbaca

Masai Russell wins women’s 100 hurdles in photo finish

SAINT-DENIS, France — Masai Russell beat the defending Olympic champion in the 100 hurdles.

Russell outdueled Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn to win her first Olympic gold medal. She ran a time of 12.33 to earn the gold.

France’s Cyréna Samba-Mayela ran a 12.34 to place second and Camacho-Quinn crossed the line at 12.36 to come in third in the photo finish.

Camacho-Quinn got a great start out of the blocks, but Russell pulled even with her and slightly surpassed her at the ninth hurdle and held off the other hurdlers for the victory.

Russell’s had an impressive climb to the top of the hurdles. She didn’t finish the 100 hurdles semifinal at the 2023 world championships. But 2024 has been her year. She won the event at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials with a personal-best and world-leading time of 12.25, the fourth fastest time in history. And she capped off the year as an Olympic champion. 

Team USA has won gold in four of the past six Olympics in the 100 hurdles. — Tyler Dragon

Jordan Chiles might have to return bronze medal

PARIS — 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 U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles’ score and moved her into bronze medal position. The Swiss-based court ruled that the appeal was submitted past the one-minute deadline for inquiries and therefore should not have been granted.

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

CAS said in a statement that its ruling applied to Chiles’ score but not the final ranking. — Tom Schad

Bryce Hoppel places 4th in 800m, but nets national record

SAINT-DENIS, France — Team USA’s Bryce Hoppel just missed a spot on the podium Saturday in the 800-meter race at the Paris Games, running a time of 1:41.67, but he did record a national record despite a fourth-place finish. Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonwi took gold in 1:41.19, followed by Canada’s Marco Arop (silver, 1:41.20) and Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati (bronze, 1:41.50).

The previous U.S. record in the 800 was held by Donavan Brazier (1:42.34).

On the final night of competition at Stade de France, Hoppel held third place halfway through the race, but could not close well enough to medal in an event in which Team USA has had only sparse success; only three medals in the last 40 years. Team USA’s last medal in the 800m race came at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, a bronze by Clayton Murphy. The two others in that span were by Earl Jones (bronze, Los Angeles, 1984) and Johnny Gray (bronze, Barcelona, 1992).

Hoppel qualified for the Tokyo Games in the 800m three years ago, but did not advance past the semifinals. — Chase Goodbread

USWNT wins first gold since 2012

PARIS — The United States women’s national soccer team defeated Brazil, 1-0, on Saturday to win the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Games. Mallory Swanson scored in the 57th minute, her fourth goal of these Games, to lead the Americans to their first gold medal since 2012 and their fifth overall. 

Throughout these Olympic Games, the Americans have been led by the trio of Swanson, Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith while defender Naomi Girma has been something of a brick wall on the backline. In the gold medal match, goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher was unflappable, coming up with clutch saves throughout the game. All of this orchestrated by new head coach Emma Hayes, whose sense of humor and demanding style has built trust with the players and struck the right balance for this roster.

USWNT takes lead on goal by Mallory Swanson

Mallory Swanson gave the United States a 1-0 lead in the 57th minute on a signature run down the left side. Korbin Albert, starting in place of Rose Lavelle, delivered the through ball for either Sophia Smith or Swanson. Smith would have likely been ruled offside if she touched it. But Swanson swooped in and made a beeline for the net, and her right-footed blast beat Brazil’s keeper Lorena to break the scoreless tie.

France men defend Olympic title in volleyball

France beat Poland in straight sets, 25-19, 25-20, 25-23, to win its second consecutive gold medal in men’s volleyball.

The crowd began chanting ‘Allez Les Bleus’ and the national anthem as the third set wound down.

Team USA won bronze by beating Italy on Friday.

Team USA’s B-boy Victor, B-boy Jeffro advance to medal round

Both of the two Americans in the men’s Olympic breaking competition will move on to the knockout round.

B-boy Jeffro, whose real name is Jeffrey Louis, had mathematically clinched his spot in the quarterfinals even before he went out for his third battle. He won each of his first two battles handily and earned 30 of the possible 36 votes from the nine-person judging panel in the process.

B-boy Victor, whose full name is Victor Montalvo, appeared to draw one of the tougher groups in the round-robin stage but tore through his first three opponents with relative ease – winning five of his six rounds, including sweeps of Japanese breaker Hiro10 and B-boy Lithe-ing of China. Shigekix of Japan was the other breaker to advance out of Victor’s group. — Tom Schad

USWNT-Brazil in scoreless tie at halftime

For the United States women’s soccer team, the first half of both the quarterfinals and semifinals were scoreless (and all of regulation, for that matter). The final against Brazil was no exception.

Both teams had their fair share of scoring chances – Brazil’s more consistent compared to the Americans – but neither side had anything to show for it. 

Brazil’s Ludmila has been a handful for the U.S. back line to deal with. It looked like she put Brazil up in the 16th minute when she beat Naomi Girma off the dribble in the box, but luckily for the U.S., the offside flag went up. Alyssa Naeher came up huge during stoppage time to save a Gabi Porthilo strike. 

Mallory Swanson had the United States’ best chance of scoring on a long, speedy run with the ball. 

What to expect from LA28

PARIS — After the Paris Olympics conclude Sunday, the Paralympics will run Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, then the squash racket, lacrosse stick and cricket ball – all sporting additions to the 2028 Games – will be in Los Angeles’ court.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and and LA28 Olympic Games chair Casey Wasserman, who are in Paris as part of a U.S. presidential delegation to the Olympics that was led by First Lady Jill Biden, provided a few details Saturday to reporters about what sports fans – and Angelenos – can expect to see four years from now.

‘We don’t have an Eiffel Tower. We do have a Hollywood sign,’ said Wasserman. He said that while the Paris Games have been ‘authentically French’ the 2028 Games will be ‘authentically Los Angeles.’

Lydia Ko wins gold medal in women’s golf

SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – New Zealand’s Lydia Ko completed her Olympic trifecta on Saturday, adding a gold medal to her silver from Rio and bronze from Tokyo.

At 10 under par for the event, Ko shot a 1 under 71 on Saturday to hold on and win the Olympic golf tournament at Le Golf National by two strokes over silver medalist Esther Henseleit of Germany (8 under) and bronze medalist Lin Xiyu of China (7 under).

It was a disappointing finish for a trio of American players. World No. 1 Nelly Korda, Rose Zhang and Lilia Vu each shot over-par rounds Saturday, with Zhang (5 under) and Tokyo gold medalist Korda (1 under) each stumbling to miss the medals after starting the final day in contention. — Gentry Estes

USWNT goes for gold

The United States women’s national team takes on Brazil, aiming to win its first gold medal since 2012, which is also the last time they made the final.

They have been led by the trio of Mallory Swanson, Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith, who have scored three goals apiece at these Games, while defender Naomi Girma has been something of a brick wall on the backline.

Lydia Ko opens up five-shot lead in women’s golf tournament

Lydia Ko of New Zealand is 2-under par after 11 holes during Saturday’s final round, giving her an overall score of 11 under for Paris. That’s five shots better than her closest competitors.

Nelly Korda is the closest American at 4 under overall. Rose Zhang, who started Saturday at 7 under, is 4 over on the day and has dropped into a tie for 11th place at 3 under.

B-Boys breaking begins Saturday

The breaking competition continues Saturday at the 2024 Paris Olympics, with the B-Boys taking center stage.

The competition starts with a round-robin tournament, four groups of four breakers, with each one going two rounds against the other three in their group. From there, the top two B-Boys in each group – as determined by who won the most rounds – advance to the quarterfinals. The quarters, semis and finals are three rounds in a traditional bracket style. 

Follow for live updates, scores and highlights throughout the competition. — Tom Schad

Nevin Harrison nearly notches gold in canoe sprint

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Nevin Harrison came 1/100th of a second away from winning her second gold medal.

Harrison took the silver medal in the women’s 200-meter canoe sprint Saturday, losing to Canada’s Katie Vincent in a photo finish.

Vincent finished the course in a world-record tie of 44.12 seconds, a hair ahead of Harrison (44.13). Cuba’s Yarisleidis Cirilo Duboys (44.36) took bronze.

Harrison set an Olympic record on her way to winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics as an 18-year-old. She finished second in her semifinal heat, 29/100ths of a second behind Vincent.

Vincent won a bronze earlier in the games as part of Canada’s 500-meter canoe doubles team. — Dave Birkett

American climber wins first Olympic medal

LE BOURGET, France — American sport climber Brooke Raboutou claimed her first Olympic medal Saturday, winning silver in the women’s boulder and lead combined final, finishing behind Slovenian favorite and gold medalist Janja Garnbret. Garnbret led the way with 168.5 total points, followed by Raboutou with 156.0 and Austria’s Jessica Pilz with 147.4 points for bronze.Raboutou – a 23-year-old two-time Olympian – built off a strong performance in the boulder final, finishing that portion with 84 points, just .4 points behind Garnbret, 25. Raboutou and Garnbret were the only climbers to top three of the four boulder problems, finishing the round second and first, respectively. In the lead portion, Raboutou had another standout performance, collecting 72 points, moving to the top of the leaderboard and guaranteeing herself a medal. Garnbret previously won Olympic gold at the 2021 Tokyo Games  in the women’s combined – a different format compared with the Paris Olympics when the combined event featured boulder, lead and speed. Raboutou finished fifth in the event in Tokyo. ― Michelle Martinelli

Serbia wins bronze in men’s basketball

Serbia men’s 5×5 basketball team captured the bronze medal with a 93-83 victory over Germany on Saturday. Serbia rebounded from a heartbreaking 95-91 loss to the U.S. in the semifinals and prevented Germany from earning its first Olympic medal in men’s 5×5.

Serbia’s three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, and teammate Vasilije Micic scored 19 points. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 16 points for Serbia, which earned silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics and 2023 FIBA World Cup.

It was a disappointing finish for Germany, the 2023 FIBA World Cup champion, which went 3-0 in group play but lost to France in the semifinals and Serbia in the third-place game. 

Franz Wagner led Germany with 18 points and nine rebounds. — Jeff Zillgitt

Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola wins gold in men’s marathon

Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia took the gold medal in the men’s marathon Saturday morning, setting a new Olympic record with a time of 2:06.26, and blowing away the chase group by more than 20 seconds to earn his second Olympic medal. Bashir Abdi won the silver medal (2:06.47) and Kenya’s Benson Kipruto (2:07.00) took bronze.

The previous Olympic record had been 2:06.32 by Kenya’s Samuel Kamau Wanjiru in 2008.

Two Americans, Conner Mantz (2:08.12) and Clayton Young (2:08.44), turned in season-bests to finish eighth and ninth, respectively.

Tola won bronze at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games in the men’s 10,000-meter event. — Chase Goodbread

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PARIS –Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting, one of two female boxers targeted in a “gender eligibility’’ controversy at the Paris Olympics, capped the turbulent experience in similar fashion.

Triumphantly.

Lin won a gold medal Saturday night by beating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta on points by unanimous decision in the finals of the women’s featherweight division (126 pounds) at Roland-Garros Stadium. Leading with a crisp jab, Lin won the first two rounds convincingly and danced free from trouble in the third round.

She wept during the medal ceremony. Later, she indicated the emotion stemmed from something other than the controversy.

‘During the fight, I saw images flashing and I thought about the beginning of my career, when I started boxing,” Lin told reporters. ‘All the difficult practices, the times I got injured, the competitors I fought against.

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‘There were times of great pain, times of great joy. I cried because I was so touched. I represent my country, I got the gold medal. I want to thank all the people in Taiwan who supported me, from the beginning to the end.”

Her the victory came one night after Algeria’s Imane Khelif won a gold medal by beating China’s Yang Liu in the finals of the women’s welterweight (146 pounds) division.

As an elite athlete, Lin said, it was important to shut herself off from social media.

‘Of course I heard some of the information through my coach, but I didn’t pay too much mind to it,” she said. ‘I was invited by the IOC to compete at the Games, this is what I focused on.

‘For me, focusing on the competition, that’s what an elite athlete should do. As for all the noise, during the competition, I shut off all social media. I wasn’t able to receive information from outside. I only focused on my competitor.”

While Khelif called for an end to the bullying and spoke out against “the enemies of success,’’ Lin limited her public comments during the ordeal. But like Khelif, she thrived inside the boxing ring.

Lin, 28, won each of her first three bouts on points by unanimous decision before advancing to the final.

No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams passed for 95 yards over two drives and the visiting Chicago Bears rolled to a 33-6 victory Saturday over the Buffalo Bills in the opening preseason game for both teams.

Williams, who won a Heisman Trophy at Southern California, completed 4 of 7 passes. Velus Jones Jr. rushed for 34 yards with a touchdown and Ian Wheeler added two more scores in the fourth quarter, and ran for 43 yards, to put the game away.

Micah Baskerville had a 53-yard touchdown return on an interception for Chicago.

Former Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky was 10 of 18 for 82 yards for the Bills, who scored on two field goals from Tyler Bass of 24 and 49 yards.

Jets 20, Commanders 17

Israel Abanikanda scored on a 2-yard TD run with 7:09 remaining and Austin Seibert added a 37-yard go-ahead field goal with 21 seconds remaining to give New York the victory over visiting Washington.

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Jets quarterback Adrian Martinez was 6 of 10 for 104 yards, while Andrew Peasley was 8 of 11 for 73 yards and a touchdown. Braelon Allen had 54 rushing yards for the Jets.

Commanders quarterbacks Jeff Driskel and Sam Hartman combined to go 15 of 28 for 170 yards. Washington rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, the team’s first-round draft pick, started and went 2 of 3 for 45 yards in limited time while also scoring a on a 3-yard TD run in the first quarter.

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