US men’s basketball, women’s soccer aim for Olympic gold in Paris

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Chile’s original score of 13. 666 was restored and relegated to fifth position. Romania’s Ana Barbosa, who first finished third before research was done to improve Chile’s score, climbed to third position with a score of 13. 766. The announcement did not specify the prestige of Chiles’ medal.  

Golden State Warriors superstar Steph Curry hit four 3-pointers in the final two minutes and 11 seconds of the gold medal game against France to lead the United States to a 98-87 victory.

For Curry, this is his first Olympic medal in his first Olympic appearance. In total, Curry hit 8 three-pointers for 24 points.

This is the fifth consecutive gold medal for the United States at the Olympics and the eighth at the last Olympics.

Lyles finished third in the men’s 200m final on Thursday despite being a heavy favorite, and after collapsing on the track and needing medical attention after the race, it was reported that Lyles tested positive for COVID-19 the day before the race. career.

“I woke up early, around five o’clock on Tuesday, and I felt really bad. I knew it was more than just pain from the 100,” Lyles told NBC. “In fact, I would say it had a negative effect on me. “I’ve certainly never been so proud of myself to be able to come here and win a bronze medal. At the last Olympic Games, I felt very disappointed. This time, maybe I wouldn’t be prouder. “

Lyles then announced on social media that his Paris Olympics were “probably over” and withdrew from the men’s 4×100 relay on Friday.

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LeBron James led the United States to an eight-point halftime lead over Victor Wembanyama and France.

Wembanyama has thirteen problems, while Guerschon Yabusele leads France with 15. Yabusele rang the buzzer late in the part to cut the lead to 10.

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Now it is up to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) who will win the medal.

If Chiles has her bronze medal stripped of her, she will be the third gymnast in history to have an Olympic medal taken away and the first to have a medal stripped of her for violating a rule.

The two were Dong Fangxiao of China and Andreea Răducan of Romania, who both lost their medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.  

Kerr emerged victorious in the tiebreaker and McEwan took silver. This is McEwan’s first Olympic medal.

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The United States achieved its victory in athletics at the Paris Olympics with gold in the women’s 4×400 relay.

His time of 3:15. 27 set a new American record.

Jamaica crashed out of the race in the second round, paving the way for the Netherlands to take silver and Great Britain the bronze.

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The United States won gold in the men’s 4×400 relay with an Olympic record of 2:54. 44. Raj Benjamin capped the United States’ record-breaking performance a day after winning an individual gold medal in the men’s 400-meter hurdles.

Benjamin overtook Botswana gold medalist Letsile Tebogo, who beat Noah Lyles for the gold medal in the men’s 200m final, in the final leg to take the victory.

For the United States, it marks a victory over Tebogo, who made a sophisticated critique of Lyles, after being asked about fitting in on the men’s track following his victory in the 200m final on Thursday. Tebogo advised Lyles to be “arrogant” and “loud” after the 200-meter final, in which Lyles won bronze after testing positive for covid and having a fever of 102 degrees.  

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U. S. gymnast Jordan Chiles could lose her Olympic bronze medal after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the event’s jury improperly awarded an event that raised Chiles’ score, propelling her to win the bronze medal against Romania’s Ana Barbosu.

The Court of Arbitration has now ruled that Chiles scored 13. 666 in that event, which would have placed her in fifth place, just shy of the Olympic podium.  

Chiles posted a series of emotional stories on Instagram on Saturday in reaction to the decision, adding one showing a series of heartbroken emojis and adding his announcement that he would be leaving social media.  

“I am taking this time and myself off of social media for my intellectual health,” Chiles wrote.  

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The American long-distance runner won a bronze medal in the men’s 5,000-meter final on Saturday, completing Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who won gold with a season-best time of 13:13. 66.  

It is Fisher’s second medal of the Games: he upset the boxer in the men’s 10,000 meters final to win bronze. It is the first time an American has won a medal in any of the events.  

Fisher took a step forward in his Olympic career in Tokyo, where he finished runner-up in both events, but failed to win a medal.  

USA’s Masai Russell is the Olympic champion after narrowly winning the women’s 100m hurdles final on Saturday, beating France’s Cyrena Samba-Mayela by a hundredth of a second.  

She on Saturday with a time of 12. 33.  

Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, protective champion in Tokyo, placed third with an official time of 12. 36 seconds.  

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The United States women’s soccer team regained the prestige of its gold medal with a 1-0 victory over Brazil in the women’s final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday.

It is the first gold medal for the American team since the 2012 London Games, and the fifth overall. Brazil has so far won three silver medals, each time without a name from the United States.

Mallory Swanson put the United States on the board, ending nearly 60 minutes of purposeless soccer with a game-changing goal in the second half of Saturday’s gold medal game against Brazil.

The goal temporarily replaced the dynamic of the game, shaking hands with the American team.

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The halftime score of the gold medal match between USWNT and Brazil stood 0-0 after six minutes of added time, but Brazil entered the locker room afterward with a dominant performance.  

Brazil had 54 consistent shots with penny ownership and 4 shots against their American counterparts, keeping the goalkeeper consistent with Alyssa Naeher and defender Naomi Girma on their feet for much of the game.  

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The American enthusiasts at the Parc des Princes in Paris held their breath Saturday at the start of the first part of the gold medal match between the USWNT and Brazil after two-time Olympian Ludmila discovered the back of the net.

The Americans were facing a 1-0 score, but the referees waved the offside flag.  

The squad was reviewed and no goals were conceded.  

The USWNT is aiming for a record fifth Olympic gold medal.  

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After a ball in the water on the 15th hole and a triple bogey on the hole, Korda’s medal hopes are on life support.

The number one golfer in the world ranking has struggled with the last 4 holes of the course all week. At one point in the second round, he had sole ownership of the second position before a quadruple bogey on the 16th hole followed him for a bogey on the 17th. hollow.

Barring an ordinary event, Korda is unlikely to win a medal at the women’s Olympic golf tournament.

Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.

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Nevin Harrison, the reigning gold medallist in the women’s canoe two-hundred-meter, returns home with a silver medal after narrowly missing out on the most sensible podium spot to Katie Vincent of Canada on Saturday.  

Harrison, 22, finished one-hundredth of a second behind Vincent, who set the world record with his time of 44. 12 seconds.  

In Tokyo, 19-year-old Harrison is the first American woman to win gold in canoeing and the second-youngest woman in Olympic history to win a name in the sport.  

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Two-time Olympian Brooke Raboutou returns home with an Olympic medal after winning silver in women’s bouldering and the lead final on Saturday. She took a step forward in her fifth-place finish in Tokyo to finish in Paris with 156. 0 points.  

Raboutou, 23, the first American to win a medal in the event, who made his Olympic debut in 2021.  

Janja Garnbert of Slovenia effectively defended her Olympic gold medal, scoring 168. 5 points.  

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They will face Brazil on Saturday in a rematch of the 2008 and 2004 Summer Olympics, where Brazil settled for silver medals in finals against the United States.

Brazil has never won a gold medal, but hopes to do so with star forward Marta in what will be her farewell.

The action is scheduled to begin at 11 a. m. ET.

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