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Paris Olympics Day 6: USA Takes Gold in Women’s Team Foil Fencing

Team USA is catching up in the gold medal count, at second place with nine total.

By Epoch Times Staff

| Published Aug 01, 2024 | Updated Aug 01, 2024

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Paris Olympics Day 6: USA Takes Gold in Women’s Team Foil Fencing — (L-R) Jacqueline Dubrovich, Maia Weintraub, Lauren Scruggs, and Lee Kiefer Team United States celebrate winning against Team Italy during the Fencing Women's Foil Team Gold Medal match on day six of the Olympic Games at Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 1, 2024. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

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Takeaway From Paris Olympics Day 6

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Takeaway From Paris Olympics Day 6

Aug 01

Australia Takes Gold, USA Silver in Women’s Freestyle Relay

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Team Australia Australia's Mollie O'callaghan, Australia's Lani Pallister, Australia's Brianna Throssell and Australia's Ariarne Titmus celebrate after winning the final of the women's 4x200m freestyle relay swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on Aug. 1, 2024. (François-Xavier Marit/AFP via Getty Images) — Team Australia Australia's Mollie O'callaghan, Australia's Lani Pallister, Australia's Brianna Throssell and Australia's Ariarne Titmus celebrate after winning the final of the women's 4x200m freestyle relay swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on Aug. 1, 2024. François-Xavier Marit/AFP via Getty Images

Team Australia won gold in the women's 200-meter x 4 freestyle relay. The team holds the Olympic record and was the favorite to win the event.

Team USA won silver, which means that celebrated swimmer Katie Ledecky has again broken records with a historic 13 Olympic medals in her name, the most of any American female athlete. Yesterday, she smashed records in taking her eighth gold and 12th Olympic medal.