2024 Olympics in Paris medal count updates: who has won more? Tally by country on August 8
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Paris 2024 medal table
1. USA: Gold 27 Silver 35 Bronze 32 - Total 94
2. China: Gold 25 Silver 23 Bronze 17 - Total 65
3. Australia: Gold 18 Silver 13 Bronze 11 - Total 42
14 years of surfing dreams
What a fabulous post here from the Olympics social media team, highlighting the journey of a recent gold medal winner.
A few days ago, 22-year-old Kauli Vaast won the surfing competition which took place in Teahupo’o, Tahiti. And the fairytale has been a long time in the making.
Women's 4x100m relay hots up
It wasn't the smoothest of qualifiers for Team USA in the women's 4x100m but they came through a somewhat dodgy baton change to post the fastest time.
Team GB could well be the biggest threat to the US for gold while France and Germany may also be in the mix.
Women's heptathlon underway
The seven-sport event for the women is off to an impressive start with Adrianna Sulek-Schubert winning her 100m hurdles heat in a time of 13.32.
As European Athletics reminds us, the 25-year-old Polish athlete is a very recent new mother.
In the other heat, Annik Kaelin (SUI) hit a PB of 12.87, with Taliyah Brooks (USA) second with 13.00 and Belgium's Noor Vidts third with 13.10.
I mentioned the mascot for the 2024 Olympics in Paris earlier, as 'it' was handing out weightlifting advice, but how much do you about Phryge?
The red, white and blue character was unveiled at the end of 2022 and, as you would expect, everything about it is rather French.
Van Rouwendaal takes women's marathon swimming gold
The first gold medal of the day goes to the Netherlands' Sharon van Rouwendaal in the Seine.
With a time of 2:03:34.2 she adds to her gold in Rio 2016 and silver in Tokyo 2020. Incredible!
Silver here went to Australia's Moesha Johnson in 2:03:39.7 (bumping up the country's total in third place on the medal's table above) and bronze to Italy's Ginevra Taddeucci 2:03:42.8.
As well as the long swims in the Seine, action is also getting underway at Le Golf National. The women's individual golf competition begins its second round with France's Celine Boutier leading by three shots lead after she carded a seven-under 65 yesterday.
Talking of those confident gents that rarely miss a bus, we had a little chat ahead of the Paris Olympic sprints with the world record holder in both the 100m and 200m. The one and only Usain Bolt.
He had plenty to say, including talking about his mentor, Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo and more, but the initial focus was on the races. His 100m WR is still in tact, as he predicted, but he's less confident about today's 200m...
Lyles back for more
That 200m final (at 14:30p.m. ET) will see Noah Lyles line up with ambitions of following up his 100m gold with another... and the relay also ahead for a golden treble.
Could he really break Usain Bolt's 200m world record? He believes he can, but these sprinters are rarely talking down their abilities.
Weightlifting tips
Our Paris 2024 mascot has some advice for those lifting weights later today in search of a medal.
In case you missed it yesterday, with the help of a Michael Jackson-inspired routine that has since gone viral, USA Artistic Swimming was able to make it to the finals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris where it clinched its first medal in the event since the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
The team secured a silver medal.
Marathon swimming has morning focus
The River Seine (which has had some controversy over its rather dirty nature) has all our attention this morning. Well, it's more about the brave swimmers within it that we're keeping an eye on.
Long distance race medals will be the first confirmed of the day.
Thursday's medal events
I mentioned there were plenty of medal events (we are getting close to the end of these Games, I'm afraid) so here they all are laid out for you:
All times shown are Eastern Time (ET), which is six hours behind local time in Paris:
Athletics (track and field)
14:00: Women's long jump final
14:25: Men's javelin throw final
14:30: Men's 200m final
15:25: Women's 400m hurdles final
15:45: Men's 110m hurdles final
Boxing
15:30–16:01: Men's 57kg semi-finals
16:02–16:33: Women's 75kg semi-finals (losing semi-finalists win bronze)
16:34–16:50: Men's 51kg final
16:51–17:06: Women's 54kg final
Canoe sprint
07:30–07:40: Men's C-2 500m final A
07:40–07:50: Women's K-4 500m final A
07:50–08:00: Men's K-4 500m final A
Cycling (track)
13:11–13:17: Women's keirin final
13:27–14:00: Men's omnium points race
Diving
09:00–10:40: Men's 3m springboard final
Football
11:00–14:00: Men's bronze medal match
Hockey
08:00–09:45: Men's bronze medal match
13:00–14:45: Men's gold medal match
Marathon swimming
01:30–04:00: Women's 10km open water (Subject to water quality conditions)
Sailing
05:43–06:10: Mixed two-person dinghy medal race
06:18–06:38: Mixed multihull medal race
09:40–10:10: Men's kiteboarding final
10:37–11:07: Women's kiteboarding final
Sport climbing
06:54–07:00: Men's speed finals
Taekwondo
14:19–15:33: Men's -68kg medal contests
14:35–15:52: Women's -57kg medal contests
Weightlifting
09:00–11:08: Women's 59kg
13:30–15:38: Men's 73kg
Wrestling
13:30–14:05: Men's Greco-Roman 67kg medal finals
14:05–14:40: Men's Greco-Roman 87kg medal finals
14:50–15:25: Women's freestyle 53kg final
Welcome to Paris Olympics Day 13
Hello once again and I hope that you're ready for yet another day of incredible action.
Given that they don't come around as often as some other competitions, I'd almost forgotten just how intense the Olympic Games can be. Every day lines up another bunch of amazing athletes taking their abilities to the next level. Loving it!
So to today, Thursday, August 8, and we have 27 gold medal events! 27!!
So, let's get our coverage back on track (sorry!) as we kick off another day.