2024 Olympics in Paris medal count updates: Tally by country today Aug. 3

Olympic medal count: live updates

Live medal table:

🥇 China: Gold 16 Silver 12 Bronze 9 - Total 37

🥈 United States: Gold 14 Silver 24 Bronze 23 - Total 61

🥉 France: Gold 12 Silver 14 Bronze 15 - Total 41

 

Full live table available here

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Musetti wins tennis bronze for Italy

Italy's Lorenzo Musetti has claimed bronze in the men's singles tennis tournament, beating Canada's Félix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

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WR as USA win mixed relay

Another gold for the USA in the pool: the Stars and Stripes have won the mixed 4x100m medley relay, in a world-record time of 3:37.43. 

China finished second, with Australia completing the podium.

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Bronze for Madden

The USA's Paige Madden took bronze behind Ledecky, by the way.

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Ledecky the USA's golden girl

After winning her fourth straight 800m medley title, Katie Ledecky now has more Olympic gold medals than any other US female athlete in history.

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Decathlon gold for Rooth

Norway's Markus Rooth has clinched gold in the men's decathlon, with a national-record score of 8796 points.

Germany's Leo Neugebauer claims silver, and bronze has gone to Grenada's Lindon Victor.

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Alfred's historic win for St Lucia

Like LaFond's triple-jump gold, by the way, Julien Alfred's 100m win for St Lucia was her country's first ever medal at the Summer Games.

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Triple jump gold for LaFond

In track and field, Dominica's Thea LaFond has won the women's triple jump final, triumphing with a national-record leap of 15.02m.

That's Dominica's first ever Olympic medal.

Jamaica's Shanieka Ricketts and Team USA's Jasmine Moore took silver and bronze, respectively.

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Legendary Ledecky wins yet another 800m freestyle gold

The USA's Katie Ledecky has yet another gold medal: she has won the women's 800m freestyle for the fourth straight Games.

That takes Ledecky to nine career golds at the Olympics. Only fellow swimmer Michel Phelps, with a frankly ridiculous 23, has more.

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Alfred takes gold in women's 100m

Julien Alfred has taken gold in the women's 100m final!

The St. Lucian wins in a national-record time of 10.72, ahead of the USA's Sha'Carri Richardson and Melissa Jedderson.

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Gold for McIntosh in 200m medley

In the pool, Canada's Summer McIntosh has her third gold of the 2024 Olympics, after winning the women's 200m individual medley,

McIntosh, who was also triumphant in the 200m butterfly and 400m medley, beat Team USA's Kate Douglass into second, with Australia's Kaylee McKeown taking bronze.

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Crouser the shot put king yet again

Team USA's Ryan Crouser has won the men's shot put gold for the third Olympics in succession!

Crouser secured a hat-trick of Olympic titles with a throw of 22.90m, with fellow American Joe Kovacs taking silver and Jamaica's Rajindra Campbell in third.

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Gold spell continues for Hungary in the pool

Kristof Milak has secured his second medal of the Paris games, picking up a gold in the 100m butterfly. 

It's Hungary's second gold in the pool.

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The eight fastest women on the planet are set for the final

The semi-finals for the women's 100m sprint are over, here are the final eight:

Julien Alfred (10.84 secs)

Tia Clayton (10.89 secs)

Sha'Carri Richardson (10.89 secs)

Daryll Neita (10.97 secs)

Melissa Jefferson (10.99 secs)

Marie-Josee Ta Lou (11.01 secs)

Mujinga Kambundji (11.05 secs)

Terry Twanisha (11.07 secs)

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Judo joy for French

Hosts France have secured their 11th gold medal of the Paris Games, taking victory in the mixed team judo event.

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Pommel horse gold for Irishman McClenaghan

In artistic gymnatics, Ireland's Rhys McClenaghan has won gold in the men's pommel horse event, finishing ahead of Kazahstan's Nariman Kurbanov and the USA's Stephen Nedoroscik.

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Zheng Qinwen takes tennis gold

In tennis, China's Zheng Qinwen has won the women's singles final, beating Croatia's Donna Vekic in straight sets.

Zheng triumphed 6-2, 6-3 at Roland Garros.

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Should you wish to know more about Rebeca Andrade, let us point you in the direction of this profile we put together on the Brazilian after she took silver in the individual all-around earlier this week.

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Brilliant Biles in seventh heaven

Simone Biles has won the seventh Olympic gold of her gymnastics career, winning the women's individual vault final at Bercy Arena.

Brazil's Rebeca Andrade claimed silver, and the podium was completed by another American, Jade Carey, who took bronze.

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More gold for China

Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan took the spoils in an all-Chinese women's badminton doubles final, beating compatriots Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning 22-20, 21-15.

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Chen again

China's Chen Meng successfully defended her title, beating teammate Sun Yingsha to win the women's table tennis singles final 4-2. 

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Hancock clinches fourth gold

Vincent Hancock won gold medals in Beijing, London and Tokyo and picked up his fourth in Paris, winning the men's skeet with a score of 58.

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Carlos Edriel Yulo makes history

Carlos Edriel Yulo wins the men's floor to become just the second athlete from the Philippines to win a gold medal after weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz at Tokyp 2020.

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Fritz and Paul in the medals

Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul took the bronze medal in the men's tennis doubles, beating Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek in straight sets.6-3 6-4.

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Korea's Lim Si-hyeon does it again!

What an incredible summer for Lim Si-hyeon. The South Korean, who turned 21 in June, crowned her Olympic debut with a third gold medal - winning the women's individual gold medal match 7-3. 

Earlier, she picked up gold in the team and mixed team events

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Reuveny gets Israel's first gold medal

Tom Reuveny pipped Grae Morris and Luuc van Opzeeland to take the men's windsurfing gold - Israel's first at Paris 2024.

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Ebden and Peers at the double for Oz

Matthew Ebden and John Peers clinched the gold medal in the men's mixed doubles, beating American pair Austin Krajicek and Rafeev Ram 6-7 (6-8) 7-6 (7-1) 10-8

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Marta Maggetti with the wind in her sails

Another gold for Italy - bellisimo!

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Bach responds to controversy

Here's what the IOC President said about the Imane Khelif situation.

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Snoop set for a career change?

The west coast rapper has been seen just about everywhere at the Paris Olympics.

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Ram and Krajicek going for gold

They're currently up 0-1 against the Australian pair of Matthew Ebden and John Peers.

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What it means to win gold

Look at all the happy faces...

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Finishing top of their group was always the target ahead of the Olympics - but who will the USA face now they're through?

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GOLD FOR GERMANY!

Congratulations to Zeidler, who has won the rowing men's single sculls.

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We've seen some stunning moments so far...

Do you have a favourite?

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Great Britain win gold!

  They take home the gold in the rowing men's eight!

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Congratulations to Romania!

 

  They have won the rowing women’s eight for the first time since Athens 2004.

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Gold for the Netherlands!

A gold for the Netherlands in the rowing women's single sculls.

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Good morning!

The first gold of the day goes to Korea Republic's Yang Jiin in the women's 25m shooting. 

Congratulations!

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Blink and you'll miss him!

Usain Bolt is one of the most famous faces in the world, and his 9.58 seconds may never be beaten. But how fast was he running during that time, and what was his top speed?

Find out with Joe Brennan's handy explainer of just how fast he ran, and how that compares to some furry and feathery friends.

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ICYMI: All about the coolest man at the Games

Yusuf Dikec quickly made a name for himself at the Olympic Games with his laid-back approach to the shooting. 

The Turk is a retired non-commissioned officer of the Turkish Gendarmerie who served in the military.

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Don't know what's on today?

Here is what's happening on day 8 of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, including all the streaming info that you need to get the Games on the box.

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Sha'Carri Richardson is without a doubt a top-tier American sprinter, and her two-time World Champion title says just as much. 

She blazed through the women’s 100m heats on Friday with one of the fastest times, and she's soon set to go again.

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The King has spoken

LeBron James has replied to Simone Biles' tweet, supporting the gymnast.

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An unforgettable moment...

China's Liu Yuchen proposes to his partner and gold medallist Huang Ya Qiong after leaving the podium at the mixed doubles badminton medal ceremony at Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris on August 2, 2024. 

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Gold medal events: Olympic Games day 8

Archery

🥇 7:00am-9:20am: Women’s individual: medal rounds

Artistic Gymnastics

🥇 9:00am-12:00pm: Men’s floor, women’s vault, men’s pommel horse: finals

Athletics

🥇 1:35pm: Men’s shot put: final

🥇 2:20pm: Women’s triple jump: final

🥇 2:55pm: Mixed 4x400m relay: final

🥇 3:20pm: Women’s 100m: final

🥇 3:45pm: Men’s decathlon: 1500m final

Cycling (Road)

🥇 5:00am-12:15pm: Men’s road race

Equestrian

🥇 4:00am-10:30am: Dressage Grand Prix special team final

Fencing

🥇 1:00pm-3:10pm: Women’s sabre team: medal finals

Judo

🥇 10:00am-1:00pm: Mixed team: medal rounds

Rowing

🥇 3:30am-5:40am: Women’s single sculls, men’s single sculls: finals C/B and medal final; women’s eight, men’s eight: medal finals

Shooting

🥇 3:30am-4:50am: Women’s 25m pistol: finals

🥇 3:00am-11:05am: Women’s skeet: qualification day 1; Men’s skeet: qualification day 2 and finals

Swimming

🥇 2:30pm-4:30pm: Men’s 100m fly: final; women’s 50m free: semi-finals; women’s 200m individual medley: final; women’s 800m free: final; mixed 4x100m medley relay: final

Table Tennis

🥇 7:30am-10:00am: Women’s singles: medal finals

Tennis

🥇 6:00am-1:00pm: Men’s singles: bronze medal final; women’s singles, men’s doubles: gold medal finals

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Goals from Soufiane RahimiI, lias Chakkour, Achraf Hakimi and El Mehdi Maouhoub gave Morocco a famous win against the USYNT, who had looked imperious at times in the group stages.

They beat New Zealand and Guinea to set up their knockout tie but the Africans were just too talented for them.

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We saw track and field enter the, er, field of play yesterday, with various heats setting up the latter rounds of the competition.

While it is incredibly exciting, it can also be somewhat confusing, with the large amount of abbreviations used getting tricky pretty quickly.

Luckily, Pablo was on hand to give you this superb explainer on just what they all mean.

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Welcome!

Hello and welcome to the AS USA live coverage of Day 8 of the medal count at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

We are officially into week two of the Games and the medals are flying in, so stay tuned for all the latest updates on how each nation is getting on.

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