It’s the first stalemate in Summer Games history, and it took a nail-biting U.S. women's basketball win in the final action of Paris 2024 to make happen.
A detailed view of the Eiffel Tower which features the Olympic Rings during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris , France . China entered Sunday with a 39-38 edge on the U.S., with the Americans appearing to have a slight advantage as the U.S. was going for its eighth consecutive women's basketball gold and second straight women's volleyball title.
Gold medalist Noah Lyles of Team USA celebrates on the podium during the men's 100-meter medal ceremony at the Olympics in Paris on Monday.That set it up for the heavily favored U.S. women to take care of business, which they barely did to win their eighth straight gold. U.S. coach Cheryl Reeve wryly smiled and said she had known what was at stake coming into the France game but implied that she did not tell players.The last time the U.S. didn't win the most summer golds was in Beijing in 2008, when the hostsWhile there had been no gold medal ties in Summer Games history, there have been three draws in the Winter Olympics.the most medals since 1992
Gold medalist Simone Biles of Team USA poses during the artistic gymnastics women's all-around final medal ceremony on Aug. 1.The 40 golds out of 329 events work out to taking top honors 12.1 % of the time. That is up slightly from Tokyo but down from Rio and London .Silver medalist Anastasiia Kirpichnikova of France, gold medalist Katie Ledecky of the U.S.
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