PinnedSwimmers Break Records: Team USA's Bobby Finke pulled his signature late-lap comeback and won the 1,500-meter freestyle while also breaking his previous world record and Olympic record time with 14:30.67. The women's team delivered in the 4x100-meter medley, claiming gold and breaking a world record with a time of 3:49.63.
Djokovic's Gold: Novak Djokovic claimed his first gold in his fifth and likely last Olympics, besting Carlos Alcaraz in two tiebreaking sets.
Cycling Upset: Kristen Faulkner won gold in the women's cycling road race. Faulkner, who picked up cycling as a hobby, was only added to Team USA at the last minute after initially failing to qualify and was not considered a top contender for a medal.
Team USA has far and away the most total medals, with runner-up China at 45 total and host nation France close behind at 44.
Team USA's Noah Lyles became the world's fastest man by a hair, winning the gold in the 100-meter race just five-hundredths of a second over Kishane Thompson of Jamaica, who formerly held the title.
Both came in at 9.79 and were made to wait as officials checked the times. Thompson, at 9.789, took the silver, while Lyles took the gold at 9.784. The sprinter was confident of his win, turning to the camera to say, “America, I told you,” as the times were revealed.
The United States’ women’s national team took the court on Aug. 4 against a very good—and undefeated in group play—German squad that had its share of WNBA players as well. With a strong defensive effort in the second half, the United States pulled away for an 87–68 win.
After dominant wins against Japan and Belgium, the U.S. team needed a win by a significant margin to cement the top seed in the knockout stage. Germany came in with wins against the same two teams, beating Belarus 83–69 and Japan 75–64. Germany’s plus-25 score differential was third-best in the field behind France and the United States coming into the game, meaning a lot was at stake.
Germany took an early 5–0 lead before Breanna Stewart hit a jumper to get the U.S. team on the board. Stewart then stole the ball and finished on the other end to cut the lead to one. The Germans hit their next couple of shots before another Stewart make, but Germany scored another five unanswered to force the United States to burn its first timeout. The score was 15–6 in favor of Germany with 5:20 left in the opening quarter.
The Belgium Olympic team made the decision to withdraw from the mixed relay triathlon scheduled for Monday after one of its athletes, Claire Michel, fell ill after competing in the women’s triathlon.
Michel, who competed and swam in the Seine River last week, experienced health issues that forced her to pull out of the upcoming relay.
Italy’s Sara Errani took the Olympic gold medal in women’s doubles alongside her partner Jasmine Paolini. The duo overcame a strong challenge from Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider of Russia to claim the coveted title.
Errani, already a Grand Slam champion in doubles, has now completed the career Golden Slam. The Italians secured the victory with 2–6, 6–1 [10–7].
The U.S. Women’s swim team capped off their performance at the Paris Olympics by shattering the world record in the 4x100-meter medley relay.
The American quartet pulled away from the competition to secure gold, finishing with a time of 3:49.62.
Team USA’s Bobby Finke defended his Olympic 1,500-meter freestyle title and broke the world record.
Finke asserted his dominance from the outset, gradually pulling away from his rivals. With 500 meters remaining, the American held his lead.
U.S. cyclist Kristen Faulkner won gold in the women’s road race in her first Olympic games. She was added to Team USA at the last minute after initially failing to qualify on her own. Faulkner opened up a decisive gap on her competitors, making her unstoppable.
As the American powered toward the Trocadéro, the battle for silver and bronze behind her intensified. Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Marianne Vos of the Netherlands emerged as the main contenders.
Scottie Scheffler, who ranks No. 1 in the world, defended Team USA's gold in men’s golf and won by one shot.
Tommy Fleetwood of Great Britain took the silver and Matsuyama Hideki of Japan took the bronze.
Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan won a match against Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria in the quarterfinals, advancing to a medal match.
Lin is one of two boxers who previously failed a gender test.
Austen Jewell Smith took the bronze in the women's skeet shooting event.
The gold went to Francisca Crovetto Chadid of Chile, the nation's first medal in the Paris 2024 Games.
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz faced off in a tight match mirroring the first time the two athletes played each other—a match filled with tiebreaks and on a clay surface—except for one key difference. This time, Djokovic won the match, and in doing so took the gold.
This is Djokovic's fifth and likely last Olympics; despite his 24 Grand Slam titles, he had only ever won the bronze in past Games.
Suni Lee of the United States added to her collection of medals, taking bronze on the uneven bars event as a six-time medalist.
Kaylia Nemour—French but representing Algeria—took the gold with the highest gymnastics score this Olympics, a 15.700.
Team USA’s Brady Ellison took silver in men’s archery, just three millimeters from the gold in a shoot-off at the finals.
Ellison and South Korea’s Kim Woojin both shot three 10s in a row, setting up a last shot where the one closest to the center wins.
Defending gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone easily passed the 400-meter women’s hurdles, advancing to the semifinals.
“It feels pretty good to get back out there,” she told NJ Advance Media after the race.
Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulled out of the women's 200 meters Sunday and will not race for an individual medal at the Paris Games.
Jackson, the defending world champion who is the second-fastest woman of all-time in the 200, had previously withdrawn from the 100 meters, saying it was partly because of a leg injury she suffered in a tune-up race last month. It is unclear why she pulled out of Saturday's race.
Suni Lee, the 21-year-old American gymnast, is set to compete in the women’s uneven bars this Sunday, aiming to add a sixth Olympic medal to her collection. Just three years ago, she clinched the bronze in this event at the Tokyo Games.
But her journey here has been anything but easy.
The swimming competition in Paris ends with four medal events after nine days of thrills, and the fastest woman in the pool will be crowned in the 50m freestyle final. World record holder Sarah Sjoestroem of Sweden is the favorite.
After winning gold in the 800m freestyle, Ireland's Daniel Wiffen will look to complete the distance double having topped the 1,500m freestyle heats.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic is trying to add a first Olympic gold medal to his 24 Grand Slam titles.
On Sunday, Djokovic will be up against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz who will start favorite after beating Djokovic to win Wimbledon.
Paris Olympics organizers have canceled Sunday's swimming training session for the triathlon mixed relay event after recent heavy rain affected water quality levels in the Seine River.
The decision was made late on Saturday after tests showed water quality did not meet the required threshold following rain on July 31 and Aug. 1.
U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won the women’s 800-meter freestyle in the Paris Games, earning her ninth Olympic gold medal. She joins Michael Phelps as the only swimmers to win the same event at four straight Summer Games.
In the gymnastics, Simone Biles won the vault final to clinch her third gold medal at the Paris Games. Stephen Nedoroscik helped the U.S. men’s gymnastics team win its first Olympic medal in 16 years.
