The Paris Olympics are fully underway and multiple members of Team USA have already earned many gold, silver and bronze medals.
As of the evening of Aug. 2, the United States is leading the medal count with 44 medals, followed by host country France with 37 and China with 31.
Team USA did not bring home any more gold on Aug. 2 . With only nine gold medals, the U.S. is trailing behind China, 13; France, 11; and Australia, 11. Team USA is currently tied with Great Britain at nine gold medals.
Below is quick glance at where the medal counts stand as of 8 a.m. ET on Aug. 3.
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On Aug. 3, Team USA kicked off their medal-winning count with the men's rowing team securing bronze during the men's eight event.
The day before, on Aug. 2, Team USA added six medals overall, though none gold. Sagen Maddalena won silver during the women's 50m rifle 3 positions, and the U.S. sailing team took home bronze in the men's skiff event. Grant Fisher earned a bronze in the men's 10,000m —making him just the second U.S.-born medalist in that event since 1964, NBC News reports.
The U.S. equestrians also took home a silver in the jumping team event.
Team USA swimmer Regan Smith also picked up a silver medal — her third — in the 200-meter backstroke.
Aug. 1 was a good day for the Americans, as they earned a few gold medals. In addition to Ledecky's historic win, two of her teammates also medaled: Kate Douglass won gold in the 200m breaststroke and Regan Smith won silver in the 200m butterfly.
The U.S. men’s rowing team also took home the gold in the four rowing event, the Americans’ first Olympic gold in the race since 1960, and the fencing team won gold in the women's team foil. The win marks the first time the U.S. has ever taken home a gold medal in a team fencing event, NBC News reports.
That same day, Simone Biles earned another gold, as well. She and fellow Team USA competitor Suni Lee faced off in the individual all-around competition. In the end, Biles took the top spot, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, Biles’ top competitor, took the silver, and Lee claimed the bronze.
On July 30, Biles became the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history after she and U.S. teammates Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera won gold in the women’s gymnastics team final event. Biles now has eight medals across three Olympic Games.
Biles, Ledecky and all the other Olympians who have received medals in the past few days get to bask in their moment of glory on top of the podium.
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On July 29, the men’s gymnastics team also had a historic day after earning its first team medal at an Olympic Games since 2008.
Brody Malone, Frederick Richard, Paul Juda, Asher Hong and Stephen Nedoroscik cheered each other on as they showed off their skills on the floor, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar. The men’s gymnastics team ended the day with a bronze model while Japan took home gold and China was awarded the silver medal.
This year, the athletes are receiving custom medals, which were designed by French jewelry house Chaumet, that have an 18-gram hexagonal chunk of iron from the Eiffel Tower embedded in each of them. Each medalist is also receiving a gold box that includes the official poster for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
How many medals has Team USA racked up so far?Here’s a rundown:
- Sarah Bacon + Kassidy Cook — Diving — Woen’s springboard 3m synchronized — Silver — July 27
- Chloe Dygert — Cycling — Women’s individual time trial — Bronze — July 27
- Katie Ledecky — Swimming — 400m freestyle — Bronze — July 27
- Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh. Torri Huske, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly, Abbey Weitzel — Swimming — 4x100m women’s freestyle — Silver — July 27
- Jack Alexj, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held, Matt King — Swimming — 4x100m men’s freestyle — Gold — July 27
- Haley Batten — Women’s cross country — Mountain Bike — Silver — July 28
- Torri Huske — Swimming — Women, 100m butterfly — Gold — July 28
- Gretchen Walsh — Swimming — Women, 100m butterfly— Silver — July 28
- Carson Foster — Swimming — Men, 400m IM — Bronze — July 28
- Lee Kiefer — Fencing — Women, individual foil— Gold — July 28
- Lauren Scruggs — Fencing — Women, individual foil — Silver — July 28
- Nic Fink — Swimming — 100m breastroke — Silver — July 28
- Jagger Eaton—Skateboarding —Men's street — Silver — July 29
- Nyjah Huston — Skateboarding— Men's street — Bronze — July 29
- Luke Hobson — Swimming — Men, 200m freestyle — Bronze — July 29
- Ryan Murphy — Swimming —Men, 100m backstroke — Bronze — July 29
- Katie Grimes — Swimming —Women, 400m IM — Silver — July 29
- Emma Weyant — Swimming — Women, 400m IM — Bronze — July 29
- Nick Itkin — Fencing — Men, foil individual — Bronze — July 29
- Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Stephen Nedoroscik, Paul Juda, Asher Hong — Artistic gymnastics — Men, team competition — Bronze — July 29
- Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, Hezly RiveraGold — Artistic gymnastics — Women, team competition — Gold — July 30
- Ilona Maher, Kayla Canett, Lauren Doyle, Alev Kelter, Kristi Kirshe, Sarah Levy, Alena Olsen, Ariana Ramsey, Steph Rovetti, Alex Sedrick, Sammy Sullivan, Naya Tapper — Rugby —Women, team competition — Bronze — July 30
- Regan Smith — Swimming — Women, 100m backstroke — Silver — July 30
- Katharine Berkoff — Swimming — Women, 100m backstroke —Bronze — July 30
- Bobby Finke — Swimming — Men, 800m freestyle — Silver — July 30
- Carson Foster, Brooks Curry, Chris Guiliano, Luke Hobson, Drew Kibler, Blake Pieroni, Kieran Smith — Swimming —Men, 4x200m freestyle — Silver — July 30
- Perris Benegas — BMX freestyle — Women, park — Silver — July 31
- Evy Leibfarth — Canoe — Women, canoe single — Bronze — July 31
- Katie Ledecky — Swimming — Women, 1500m freestyle — Gold — July 31
- Torri Huske — Swimming Women, 100m freestyle — Silver — July 31
- Michael Grady, Liam Corrigan, Justin Best, Nick Mead — Rowing — Men’s four — Gold — Aug. 1
- Simone Biles — Artistic Gymnastics — Women, all-around — Gold — Aug. 1
- Suni Lee — Artistic Gymnastics — Women, all-around — Bronze — Aug. 1
- Jacqueline Dubrovich, Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs, Maia Mei Weintraub — Fencing — Women, foil team — Gold — Aug. 1
- Kate Douglass — Swimming —Women, 200m breaststroke — Gold — Aug. 1
- Regan Smith — Swimming —Women, 200m butterfly — Silver — Aug. 1
- Erin Gemell, Katie Ledecky, Paige Madden, Simone Manuel, Anna Peplowski, Alex Shackell, Claire Weinstein — Swimming — Women 4x200m freestyle — Silver —Aug. 1
- Casey Kaufhold, Brady Ellison — Mixed team, archery — Bronze — Aug. 2
- Grant Fisher —Men, 10,000m athletics — Bronze — Aug. 2
- Karl Cook, Laura Kraut, McLain Ward — Jumping team, Equestrian — Silver — Aug. 2
- Ian Barrows, Hans Henken — Men’s skiff — Bronze — Aug. 2
- Sagen Maddalena — Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions — Silver — Aug. 2
- Regan Smith —Women, 200m backstroke, swimming — Silver — Aug. 2
- Clark Dean, Henry Hollingsworth, Nick Rusher, Christian Tabash, Chris Carlson, Peter Chatain, Evan Olson, Pieter Quinton, Rielly Milne — Men's eight — Bronze — Aug. 3
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