Paris Olympics spotlight shines on Suni Lee, swimming and track and field on Sunday
More medals will be handed out at the Summer Games on Sunday, August 4, as track and field athletes enter the field of play and swimmers head to pool. Suni Lee also returns to action on the uneven bars.
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A United States Olympic shooter is reflecting on the future of the sport following her second consecutive run at the Olympic Games.
Mary Tucker, a Florida native currently residing in the Czech Republic, qualified to represent Team USA in the Women's Air and Smallbore Rifle competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
"It's nice to come from a country that takes so much pride in sports," Tucker told Fox News Digital. "I always say that I like representing the U.S.A. because it's one of those powerhouse countries in sports, in most things, but in sports especially."
Tucker, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021, soared over shooting’s viewership at the 2024 Games, though she is concerned about the future of the Olympic sport.
"There is always talk of whether [shooting] is going to be taken out of the Games," she said. "That's kind of something that always looms. I think it's important for people to realize, and especially people who are fans of sports, that sport shooting and other types of shooting are fairly different."
Tucker said "it's a very safe sport" despite similarities to the basic principles.
This is an excerpt from a report by Gabriele Regalbuto.
The opening ceremony of the Olympics was immediately under criticism, and it "saddened" Pope Francis.
A statement released by the Vatican Saturday evening said there should be "no allusions ridiculing the religious convictions of many people."
"The Holy See was saddened by certain scenes during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games and can only join the voices that have been raised in recent days to deplore the offence caused to many Christians and believers of other religions," the statement said.
"At a prestigious event where the whole world comes together to share common values, there should be no allusions ridiculing the religious convictions of many people. The freedom of expression, which is clearly not called into question here, is limited by respect for others."
The ceremony turned heads when it included a headless Marie Antoinette early on, then a ménage à trois.
However, what made critics most angry was when the ceremony appeared to depict a mock Last Supper with people dressed in drag.
This is an excerpt from a report by Ryan Morik.
Simone Biles is just trying to soak in the moment.
Biles has further cemented her legacy as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time after she took home the gold medal in the women’s vault final on Saturday, marking her third gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Biles will be 31 by the time the Los Angeles games come around, and while she's shown no signs of slowing down in Paris, that's certainly considered "elderly" in gymnastics.
But again, Biles is still rewriting the history books, and just wants to enjoy it. So, she took a subtle shot at, perhaps, the media and just about everyone else who asks a specific question.
"you guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics. let us soak up the moment we’ve worked our whole lives for," the now seven-time Olympic gold medalist posted on X Sunday.
It sure remains to be seen what Biles' future holds, and it is intriguing to wonder what is next, considering her continued dominance.
But one can't blame her for wanting to take it all in.
This was an excerpt from a report by Ryan Morik.
Scottie Scheffler shot a bogey-free course record 62 at Le Golf National on Sunday for a come-from-behind gold medal victory.
Sure, the impact of the victory will have on his all-time legacy may not be up there with his two green jackets or even his two Ryder Cup victories. But it's no secret that this was his most emotional reaction to a victory.
While standing on the podium for the medal ceremony, Scheffler burst into happy tears during the playing of the national anthem.
"I get emotional in general. Usually, I have a bit more time after a tournament to kind of reflect and compose myself, but with this one, you kind of go from one thing to the next," Scheffler told NBC shortly after the win. "You don't really reflect until you're standing up there on the podium. …"
"That was a pretty special moment I'll remember for a long time: Standing up there on the podium with the gold medal around my neck," he said.
The 27-year-old entered the clubhouse with a share of the lead at -19, but Tommy Fleetwood bogeyed 17 to drop a shot and couldn't chip in to force a gold-medal playoff. Jon Rahm, who owned a share of the 54-hole lead, double-bogeyed late to all but put himself out of contention.
Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-Ting, who previously failed a gender test, was guaranteed an Olympic medal from the Paris Games after the fighter defeated Bulgaria’s Svetlana Kamenova Staneva via unanimous decision in the quarterfinals.
Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif have as faced scrutiny over a disqualification from the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Championship. Both will now be at least bronze medal winners as there is no other match for losing semifinalists.
Lin was knocked to the canvas twice during the bout while Staneva took several punches to the face. Staneva faced boos during the bout and Lin was cheered following the announcement of the result, according to The Sun.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach defended having Lin and Khelif fight in the women’s division on Saturday.
"What is going on in this context in the social media with all this hate speech, with this aggression and abuse, and fueled by this agenda, is totally unacceptable," Bach said.
Amid the controversy, Lin received support from former Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on social media Friday. Lin defeated Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova via unanimous decision.
This is an excerpt from a report by Ryan Gaydos.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) slammed the gender tests at the center of a controversy with two boxers fighting in the women’s division – Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting.
The International Boxing Association (IBA) said in 2023 that Khelif and Lin were disqualified from the tournament for testing positive for "XY chromosomes" and have maintained that both fighters have an unfair advantage in the women’s division.
But IOC spokesman Mark Adams said Khelif and Lin were "carted off and tested" during the 2023 boxing world championships because "there were suspicions against them."
"There’s a whole range of reasons why we won't deal with this," Adams said. "Partly confidentiality. Partly medical issues. Partly that there was no basis for the test in the first place. And partly data sharing of this is also highly against the rules, international rules.
"The whole process is flawed. From the conception of the test, to how the test was shared with us, to how the tests have become public, is so flawed that it’s impossible to engage with it."
Khelif and Lin are both onto the next round of their competition and are both guaranteed medals in the Olympics.
This is an excerpt from a report by Ryan Gaydos.
Brazil's Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci hits by Netherland's Steven van de Velde in a beach volleyball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
The Dutch Olympic men’s volleyball team consisting of Steven van de Velde, who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl, and Matthew Immers were eliminated from Olympic medal contention on Sunday.
Brazil defeated the Netherlands with a 21-16, 21-16 straight set win.
Van de Velde had been booed in every match he played in on Paris’ sandy court in front of the Eiffel Tower. He was convicted of raping a 12-year-old British girl in 2016 and served 13 months n prison over it. Dutch officials allowed him to compete for an Olympic spot regardless.
Van de Velde didn’t walk through the mix zone to talk to reporters.
“It was an emotional roller coaster. I see it that way,” Immers said. “We fought. We enjoyed every moment. So I’m really proud of that. It was the coolest stadium I ever played in. ... I’m sad that we couldn’t show our level. But everything around it, I enjoyed it.”
Immers said he and Van de Velde will remain a team with several tournaments still to come this year.“We still got a ninth on our first Olympics. And I’m proud of that,” Immers said. “And we keep on going.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
France, Saint-Denis: Olympics, Paris 2024, athletics, Stade de France, 100 m, men, final, winner Noah Lyles from the USA celebrates after the race. (Getty Images)
Noah Lyles finally has his Olympic gold medal.After talking the talk for quite some time, the Gainesville, Fla., native is now walking the walk, as he won the men’s 100-meter final on Sunday in Paris.
Lyles crossed the finish line in 9.79784 seconds, a personal best, and winning by five-thousandths of a second.It appeared at first that Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson had secured the win. The NBC broadcast even declared Thompson the winner until track officials reviewed the finish.
Lyles got his torso across the the line first before Thompson or his Team USA teammate Fred Kerley. Lyles is the first American to win the event at the Olympics since Justin Gatlin did so in 2004.
Lyles faced a tremendous amount of pressure after finishing behind Jamica's Oblique Seville in the second heat before the Olympic race. But pressure creates diamonds and for Lyles, it has led to gold.
Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, of Ukraine, competes in the women's high jump final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the country’s first individual gold medal of the Paris Olympics on Sunday and an intense duel with Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers.
Mahuchikh cleared 2.00 meters to finish just ahead of Olyslagers. The Australian jumper cleared 2.00 but failed at three attempts at 2.02.Mahuchikh intended to jump one more time and break the record of 2.10 that she set prior to the Olympics but didn’t need to.
The gold medal is extra special for Mahuchikh as she had fled her country due to Russia’s war, which started in 2022. She’s from the city of Dnipro, which sits about 60 miles from the front lines of the war.She won a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
A'ja Wilson (9), of the United States, shoots over Luisa Geiselsoder (15), of Germany, in a women's basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, Pool)
The United States women’s basketball team picked up its 58th consecutive Olympic victory on Sunday – this time with an 87-68 victory over Germany.
Jackie Young had 19 points after coming off the bench to help secure the top seed in their pool. A’ja Wilson added 14 points.
Team USA head coach Cheryl Reeve credited the team’s depth as to why the team has been so good for more than 30 years. The Americans’ winning streak dates to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
“We’re not the USA dynasty without it,” Reeve said. “I think it’s what defines the dynasty is the depth of talent that the USA has.”
The United States have all the momentum behind them for an eighth consecutive gold medal. The team will learn who they are playing in the quarterfinals later tonight.
Germany has also made it to the quarterfinals as they finished 2-1 in pool play.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Jimmer Fredette #5 and Kareem Maddox #9 of Team United States react after their team's loss during a Men's 3x3 basketball pool round game between United States and Latvia on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Esplanade Des Invalides on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)
The United States men’s 3x3 basketball team was knocked out of medal contention at the Paris Olympics on Sunday with a 21-6 loss to the Netherlands.
The Americans had struggled after Jimmer Fredette suffered a leg injury in the second game of pool play against Poland. Fredette didn’t play in the final game against the Dutch. Fredette, Canyon Berry, Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis represented Team USA.
The U.S. went 2-5 with losses to Serbia, Poland, Latvia Lithuania and the Netherlands. The team had wins over China and France.3x3 basketball was introduced at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The United States didn’t have a men’s team in the tournament.
Latvia is the reigning gold-medal country. The Russian Olympic Committee received a silver and Serbia picked up a bronze medal.
Torri Huske, US' Regan Smith, US' Lilly King and US' Gretchen Walsh celebrate after winning the final of the women's 4x100m medley relay swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on August 4, 2024. (Getty Images)
Team USA won the race for swimming superiority in the Paris Olympics as the women’s 4x100-meter medley team won gold in the final event of the Summer Games.
Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh, and Torri Huske took home the gold in world-record fashion.It was Huske's third Olympic gold of the Games, having also won the women's 100m butterfly (Walsh got silver), while she and Walsh were part of the world-record mixed 4x100 medley team on Saturday.
Smith got credit for a gold as a reserve, and it's also Lilly King's first gold medal since the Rio games.
The Americans topped Australia in gold medals with the final win. The two countries had built a long-lasting rivalry ahead of the Olympics.
Fox News' Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
Caeleb Dressel of United States of America competes in the swimming 100m Butterfly Men Heats during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena. Paris (France), August 2, 2024. (Getty Images)
The United States added to its medal count on Sunday with silver-medal finish in the 4x100-meter medley relay at the Paris Olympics.
It was the first time the Americans missed out on gold when they participated in the event. The team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Caeleb Dressel and Hunter Armstrong will take home the medals.
They were just 0.55 slower than China, who won gold. The team of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun and Pan Zahnle had a time of 3:27.46.
France’s team of Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, Leon Marchand, Maxime Grousset and Florent Manaudou won the bronz medal in the race.
Bobby Finke of Team United States prepares to compete in the Men's 1500m Freestyle Final on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 04, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (AP)
American Bobby Finke is still the king of the men’s 1500-meter freestyle.
Finke defended his gold medal in world-record fashion on Sunday at the Paris Olympics. He finished with a time of 14:30.67, breaking the mark set by China’s Sun Yang in 2012.
Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri won the silver and Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen picked up the bronze.The seven golds ties USA with Australia for the most in swimming, although they've had a much higher success rate, as they've earned just 17 total medals.
Finke failed to go back-to-back in the 800-meter free earlier in the Games, settling for the silver by just over half a second.
Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
Kristen Faulkner celebrates her victory with a US flag in front of the Eiffel Tower after winning the women's cycling road race during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, on August 4, 2024. (Getty Images)
American Kristen Faulkner added to Team USA’s gold medal total on Sunday with a victory in the cycling women’s road race at the Paris Olympics.
Faulkner beat out Dutch rider Marianne Vos and Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky. Faulkner won the event by nearly 1 minute and finished with a time of 3:59.23.
The Alaska native competed in the Olympics for the first time in her career. She came into the Paris Games with victories in the Omloop van het Hageland and a second overall finish in the Trofeo Ponente in Rosa earlier this year.
Now, Faulkner can call herself a gold medalist.
She’s the first American to win a gold since Connie Carpenter did it in 1984 – the first-time women’s road cycling was in the program. Rebecca Twig won a silver the same year.
Gretchen Walsh of United States (R) looks on before the Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinal on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 3, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Getty Images)
American Gretchen Walsh missed out on a medal at the Paris Olympics in the 50-meter freestyle on Sunday.
Walsh finished in fourth place with a time of 24.21. She was one one-hundredth of a second slower than China’s Zhang Yufei, who finished with the bronze.Sweden’s Sarah Sjoestroem won gold and Australia’s Meg Harris took home the silver.
Walsh was in search of her fouth gold medal of the Olympics. She had won gold in the 4x100-meter mixed relay and silvers in the 100-meter butterfly and 4x100-meter freestyle.
Sjoestroem won the third gold medal of her Olympic career and second of the Paris Games. She won the 100-meter freestyle earlier in the games.
US' Scottie Scheffler greets Belgium's Thomas Detry's caddie after completing the course in round 4 of the men's golf individual stroke play of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, south-west of Paris on August 4, 2024. (Getty Images)
Scottie Scheffler held on for Olympic gold on Sunday at Le Golf National and added to Team USA’s tally over the entirety of the Summer Games in Paris.
He shot a 62 in the final round with no bogeys to achieve the incredible feat. It was the first time he’s won an Olympic medal in his golfing career and it was the first time he’s represented Team USA.
He won the Masters for the second time in his career earlier this year. Overall, with the gold at the Olympics, he’s won seven tournaments this year.
He’s the first player to enter the Olympics ranked No. 1 in the world and win gold.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after a point against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during the Men's Singles Gold Medal Match on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Roland Garros on August 4, 2024 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic further solidified his greatness on Sunday with a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) win over Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the gold-medal match at the Paris Olympics.
It’s the first gold medal Djokovic’s career and he completed his quest to capture the one award that’s eluded him in his entire career.
Djokovic was jubilant as he scored the final tie-break point.Each point needed to be perfect. Djokovic and Alcaraz were both on the top of their games during the match. Each volley had to be just out of the reach of the other player for a winner.
Djokovic and Alcaraz slid across the court several times, played through the incredible Parisian heat to come through.
The Serbian star was in tears as he held up his country’s flag to those at Roland Garros.
Djokovic hadn’t won a tournament all year long. He exited the French Open due to an injury. He played through to reach the Wimbledon final last month but lost to Alcaraz for the second straight season.
Now, Djokovic can all himself an Olympic champion.
Austen Jewell Smith of Team United States looks on while competing in the Shooting Skeet Women's Final on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on August 04, 2024 in Chateauroux, France. (Getty Images)
Austen Jewell Smith added to Team USA’s medal count on Sunday with a bronze-medal finish in women’s skeet shooting.
Smith scored a 45 in the final, finishing behind Chile’s Francisca Crovetto Chadid and Great Britain’s Amber Jo Rutter.
Smith had been gearing up for the Paris Olympics with solid showings in world championship events since the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Smith won three gold medals in skeet shooting competitions since then – team skeet in 2022 and 2023 and mixed team in 2023.
The 23-year-old finally has an individual award to add to her resume.
Sunisa Lee of Team United States looks on before competing in the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Uneven Bars Final on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 04, 2024 in Paris. (Getty Images)
American Olympian Suni Lee needed at least a 14.767 to get on the podium for the uneven bars final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. The pressure was on.
Lee swung herself back and forth on the bars in a solid performance on the apparatus. She nearly stuck the landing, hugged her Olympic colleagues and then awaited her scores.She got a 14.800 and wrapped up a bronze medal.
It was her sixth Olympic medal and tied with Aly Raisman for third most for an American female gymnast.
Algerian Kaylia Nemour stunned the crowd with an incredible performance. She scored a 15.700 on the uneven bars to top the score set by China’s Qiu Qiyuan.
Qiu put together an epic performance as well, scoring a 15.500.Nemour got the gold and Qiu got the silver.
Silver medalist of USA Brady Ellison poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the archery men's individual round of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris on August 4, 2024. (Getty Images)
Brady Ellison captured a silver medal in men’s archery on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.
Ellison lost the gold-medal match to South Korea’s Kim Woo-jin, 6-5, on a tiebreaker. It’s the second medal for Ellison at the Paris Olympics. He won bronze in the mixed team final with Casey Kaufhold.
Ellison has five medals in his Olympic career. He won silver in the team event at the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also scored a bronze in men’s final at the 2016 Games as well.
Kim has three gold medals at the Olympics in Paris. He won in team and mixed team earlier in the Games. He also won gold in the team event in 2016 in Rio and 2021 in Tokyo.
South Korea took home the bronze medal as well. Lee Wooseok topped Germany’s Florian Unruh, 6-0.
Noah Lyles, of the United States, prepares for his heat in the men's 100-meters at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Olympic legend Carl Lewis talked to Fox News Digital on Saturday and talked about Noah Lyles and the need for him to dominate at the Paris Olympics.
"I think the sport needs someone like him that’s a champion. He’s the defending champion, the fastest man in the world right now, and we need someone to grab onto. I think he’s the perfect guy to do that, and I’m excited about that," Lewis said in a recent interview.
"I think track does better when we do have a superstar. That’s why I think if Noah were to win, he would elevate the sport as well. As opposed to saying ‘I wonder who’s going to win,’ people want to say ‘I want him’ or ‘I don’t want him.’ They want to root for someone, or root against someone. I think it creates more intensity when you have someone that dominates, and that’s been throughout history. … People have really gravitated to the sport when people really dominated more."
Lyles will likely be competing in the 100-meter men’s final later today.
Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
outh Sudan's Nuni Omot, right, and South Sudan's Majok Deng walk off the court after being defeated by Serbia in a men's basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
South Sudan suffered a loss in Olympic men’s basketball at the hands of Serbia, 96-85, on Saturday and head coach Royal Ivey was upset with the officiating.
Ivey said the foul discrepancy during the game was evidence of bias in the game.“They shot 31 free throws; we shot six free throws?” Ivey said. “Let's tell the story. Let's tell the real story, because that's a travesty. How do they shoot 31 free throws and we shoot six free throws? How?”
South Sudan failed to make the knockout round because of the loss.
“My guys were out there giving their all -- blood, sweat and tears -- and you tell me how we shot six free throws? We shot one free throw in the second half,” Ivey added.
Luol Deng, federation president and former NBA star, questioned why there were no African referees at the Olympics.
“I don't know why there's no African referees in the Olympics. It's 2024,” he said. “If we're representing the continent, then we've got to be represented fully. That's something that we've got to keep working on. But if these referees aren't familiar with our game, with our style, then I don't know what the world championship or the Olympics is. Is it just a European basketball style and we're not allowed to be aggressive?”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
United States' Anthony Edwards, center, goes up for a dunk as Puerto Rico's Stevie Thompson Jr. watches during a men's basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Anthony Edwards emerged as a legitimate NBA star for the Minnesota Timberwolves over the course of the 2023-24 season and helped the team get to the conference finals.
This summer, his popularity has certainly risen as he’s made a name for himself on the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team in a pursuit of a gold medal. Not only that, but Edwards has had the luxury of playing with his basketball idol, Kevin Durant.
Edwards turned heads on Saturday with an incredible dunk during the team’s 104-83 win over Puerto Rico. Edwards led the way with 26 points in 17 minutes off the bench.
“I had already told K after the timeout. ‘Like, bruh, if I get a break, like, I’m going to windmill it,’” Edwards said. “I wanted to go between your legs, but I ain’t tried it in a minute. So I didn’t want to embarrass myself.”
He called playing in the Olympics with Durant and LeBron James on the same floor is ‘everything I ever dreamed of.”
“Him and Bron, they’re the best two people,” Edwards said. “Team players, they always want to see the person next to them shine. I’m the same way. So it’s perfect.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting celebrates after defeating Bulgaria's Svetlana Staneva in their women's 57 kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP)
Taiwanese Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting will move onto the semifinals of the 57-kilogram division in women’s boxing and guaranteed at least a bronze medal at the Paris Games.
Lin has been one of the two boxers caught up in a gender controversy. Lin defeated Bulgaria’s Svetlana Kamenova Staneva via unanimous decision in the quarterfinals. Lin was knocked down twice but threw a couple of jabs to Staneva’s face during the bout.
Lin was apparently booed after the contest, according to The Sun.
Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif have as faced scrutiny over a disqualification from the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Championship. Both will now be at least bronze medal winners as there is no other match for losing semifinalists.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach defended having Lin and Khelif fight in the women’s division on Saturday.
"What is going on in this context in the social media with all this hate speech, with this aggression and abuse, and fueled by this agenda, is totally unacceptable," Bach said.
Lin has maintained focus on the possibility of winning goal and has not mentioned the scrutiny.
Gold medalists Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of Team United States pose following the Swimming medal ceremony during the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 03, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Getty Images)
The United States entered Sunday with 61 medals to their count. The team has put together a performance at the Paris Olympics that included 14 gold, 24 silver and 23 bronze medals.
Vincent Hancock, Simone Biles, Ryan Crouser, Katie Ledecky and the team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske all took home gold medals on Saturday.
Hancock won the men’s skeet shooting final and Crouser defended his shot put gold. Biles took home another gold medal – this time in the women’s vault final. Ledecky won gold in the 800-meter freestyle. And the team of Murphy, Fink, Walsh and Huske won the 4x100 mixed medley final.
Team USA leads the medal count with France (41) and China (37 behind them.
When it comes to gold medals, though, the United States is still two off the pace against China. The Chinese have scored 16 gold medals. France is behind the U.S. with 12.
Sunisa Lee of Team United States competes in the uneven bars during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around Final on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)
American gymnast Suni Lee will be back in action later today when she goes for gold in the women’s uneven bar final.
Lee already secured a gold in the team final but has been fantastic in the uneven bars for Team USA throughout the Paris Olympics. Lee scored a 14.566 on the uneven bars during the team final. The score was below Italy’s Giorgia Villa and Alice D’Amato.
Lee picked up a bronze in the uneven bars in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She won gold in the all-around final and a silver in the team final.Simone Biles picked up another gold medal on Saturday in the women’s vault final after winning gold in the team and all-around finals. Lee finished behind Biles in the all-around and picked up a bronze medal.
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