A detailed view of the Eiffel Tower featuring the Olympic rings during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France.
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United States and China Each person received 40 gold medals First Summer Olympics draw in Olympic historyOn Sunday, Team USA emerged victorious and tied in the final event, women’s basketball.
The strength of the United States is comparable to that of China 67-66 heartbreaking victory Beat France in a shocking close game for women’s basketball gold medal.
On Sunday, the Chinese team led the United States 39-38, and the United States seemed to have a slight advantage. The United States will compete for the eighth consecutive women’s basketball championship and the second consecutive women’s volleyball championship.
Around three o’clock in the afternoon, a series of results were announced to determine the final ranking.
- China’s Li Wenwen wins gold medal Women’s Heavyweight Weightlifting This could sound the death knell for America’s hopes of seizing gold.
- When America’s Hope Fades Further chicago native Kennedy Blades unexpectedly won the gold medal in wrestling, but lost to Japan’s Yuka Kagami in the 76kg category.
- Italy stunned the United States with a volleyball victory of 25-18, 25-20, 25-17.
- Honored cyclist Jennifer ValenteSan Diego, By bailing out America defend her gold medal In the Women’s All-Around Hall.
Team USA gold medalist Noah Lyles celebrates on the podium during the men’s 100m medal ceremony at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
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That gave the favored American women a chance to take care of business, and they eked out an eighth straight win.
WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart told reporters after the game: “I didn’t realize it until someone told me after the game, but I’m happy that we got the win for ourselves and for USA Basketball and for all of Team USA.” The regiment won so we could draw.
U.S. head coach Cheryl Reeve said with a wry smile that she already knew what was at stake against France, but suggested she didn’t tell her players.
“I looked at the medal count beforehand and I did it,” she said with a smile. “That’s what we need, more pressure.”
The last time the U.S. didn’t win the most summer gold medals was in Beijing in 2008, when the host nation Podium finishes beat America 48-36.
While there have been no gold medal ties in the history of the Summer Olympics, there have been three ties at the Winter Olympics.
The most recent draw was between Norway and Germany, with both sides Won 14 gold medals at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
The United States remains the nation with the most medals, taking home 126 medals from Paris this year.
America has not failed Most medals won since 1992That year, athletes from the former Soviet Union’s “United Team” won 112 medals, including 45 gold medals. The American team reached the podium a total of 108 times in Barcelona, ​​including 37 on the top podium.
Team USA gold medalist Simone Biles poses during the medal ceremony during the women’s all-around artistic gymnastics finals on August 1.
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40 gold medals in 329 events with a 12.1% chance of winning top honors. This is slightly higher than Tokyo (11.4%) but lower than Rio (15%) and London (15.8%).
U.S. swimmers may be best example of U.S. efforts at Paris Olympics Who has won the most medals and gold medals But when leaving it felt like they had left the hardware on the deck.
On July 31, in the Olympic women’s 1,500-meter freestyle competition, silver medalist Anastasia Kirpicnikova of France, gold medalist Katie Ledecky of the United States, and bronze medalist Germany Isabelle Goss takes the podium.
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And veteran Katie Ledecky was the American star here, winning two gold medals, a silver medal and a bronze medal in a performance that was Frenchman Leon MarchandWith four gold medals, one bronze medal and four Olympic records, Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh won three gold medals and one silver medal.
Despite their sporting rivalry, the United States and China are not matched in many sports. One of the few places where they faced off as equals was in the swimming pool.
One of the biggest moments of the 40-40 draw happened a week ago on Sunday when China won the title 4×100m mixed relay Relying on the strength of 100-meter freestyle ace Pan Zhanle, he defeated the silver medalist American team.
‘It wasn’t a bad meeting at all,’ U.S. swimmer Caleb Dressel When it comes to his team.
“When we go to the Olympics and World Championships, our goal is to win gold medals. There are other countries that are becoming very dominant – Australia and the United States are the two most recognized. But from these competitions, I see a lot Stuff coming from Italy, China, France, so I don’t think we’re getting any worse.
On July 28, at the women’s foil medal ceremony, American player Lee Kiefer (center), American player Lauren Scruggs (left) and Canadian player Eleanor Harvey celebrated on the podium .
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The last two weeks have seen several medalists from many countries that don’t normally make the podium.
Before landing in Paris, Israel had only won 13 Summer Olympic medals, compared with seven here.
Ecuador won five medals; That’s more than double the summer total.
Kyrgyzstan finished on the podium six times, which is impressive given that the Central Asian nation comes to Paris with just seven Olympic medals in its history.
Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Moldova has won the title six times in the country’s history. tiny former soviet republic Four times on the podium In Paris.
— NBC News’ David K. Li reported from Paris and Sean Nevin reported from London.
