Paris Olympics highlights: Biles, Ledecky further their GOAT status

The Paris Olympics rolled on Saturday with some of Team USA’s biggest names winning gold to cement their legacies as all-time greats.

Gymnast Simone Biles took gold in the women’s all-around for the second time in her career, her seventh gold and 10th medal overall. And she’s not ruling out competing in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

In the pool, Katie Ledecky won her fourth consecutive Olympic gold in the 800-meter freestyle, completing her week with her fourth medal in Paris and 14th in her Olympic career. In track, American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson won silver in the 100, losing out to Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred –  who claimed her country’s first-ever Olympic medal.

Elsewhere, the U.S. women’s soccer team advanced to the semifinals with an extra-time win over Japan and the men’s basketball team routed Puerto Rico.

Torri Huske secures win for Team USA mixed 4×100 medley relay

NANTERRE, France — Relays at the Paris Olympics have galvanized the crowd at Paris La Défense Arena, and Saturday’s mixed 4×100-meter medley relay was no different, as the United States stormed ahead to win gold.

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The Americans finished first with a time of 3:37.43 in a world record, while China won silver in 3:37.55 and Australia won bronze in 3:38.76.

The world record previously belonged to Great Britain at 3:37.58.

The mixed medley relay — added to the Olympic swimming lineup at the 2021 Tokyo Games — requires a bit more strategy than the others with two men and two women competing on each team. For Saturday’s final, Team USA’s lineup was Ryan Murphy (backstroke), Nic Fink (breaststroke), Gretchen Walsh (butterfly) and Torri Huske (freestyle).

— Michelle Martinelli

Katie Ledecky wins gold in 800-meter freestyle

NANTERRE, France —Katie Ledecky, the greatest female swimmer of all time, won her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle Saturday night, completing her week with her fourth medal in Paris and 14th in her Olympic career. 

Ledecky’s time of 8:11.04 defeated Australian Ariarne Titmus. American Paige Madden took the bronze.

This was a victory of the moment, but also one 12 years in the making. Ledecky first won the Olympic 800 in a big surprise as a 15-year-old water bug in London in 2012. She won it by a mile in Rio in 2016. She held off Titmus to win it again in Tokyo in 2021. And now this, the four-peat, the first time a woman has won any swimming race in four consecutive Olympics.

Michael Phelps is the only other person to do it, in the men’s 200 individual medley, from 2004-2016. – Christine Brennan

US women reach 3×3 hoops semifinals

PARIS – Their Olympics couldn’t have started any worse, but the U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team has turned its fortunes around just in time to chase a medal.

The U.S. has won five straight games since an 0-3 start and beat China, the world’s No. 1-ranked team, twice on Saturday.

“Those first couple games I just didn’t think our effort was where it needed to be,” Cierra Burdick said after the women’s first win Saturday. “3×3 is a different sport. As much of it can come down to schemes and tactics, a lot of it is just effing wanting it more and gritting it out and working harder and tougher than your opponents and I think we lacked that the first couple games and I think now we’re starting to realize how hard it is to actually get wins.” — Dave Birkett

Why was Alex Walsh disqualified in the 200-meter?

American Alex Walsh originally finished in bronze medal position but was disqualified after officials ruled she made a bad turn on her backstroke leg. Walsh won a silver medal in the 200 IM at the Tokyo Olympics. – Michelle R. Martinelli

Olympic swimming: Kate Douglass earns silver in 200-meter IM

NANTERRE, France — Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh won her fourth medal and third gold at the Paris Olympics, finishing first in the women’s 200-meter individual medley Saturday at Paris La Défense Arena. 

McIntosh out-touched Americans Kate Douglass and Australia’s Kaylee McKeown, winning in an Olympic-record time of 2:06.56. Douglass earned silver with a time of 2:06.92 and McKeown bronze in 2:08.08. – Michelle R. Martinelli

Americans Ryan Crouser, Joe Kovacs finish with gold and silver

SAINT-DENIS, France — Ryan Crouser told USA TODAY Sports he was going for the Olympic three-peat. He did just that and cemented himself as the best shot putter of all time.

The U.S. shot putter won his third consecutive Olympic gold medal with a throw of 75 feet, 1¾ inches. He’s the only shot put thrower in history to win three Olympic gold medals in the event.

Team USA’s Joe Kovacs finished second, throwing 69 feet, 4¾ inches and Jamaica’s Rajindra Campbell came in third with nearly an identical mark but it wasn’t enough to overtake Kovacs.

U.S. loses 4×400 mixed relay in heartbreaking fashion

SAINT-DENIS, France — The U.S. mixed relay lost the 4×400 mixed relay – but just barely.

The Netherlands’ Femke Bol used a tremendous kick in the last 100 to pull in front of American Kaylyn Brown just before the finish line, finishing in 3:07.43. The Americans, a team made up of Vernon Norwood, Shamier Little, Bryce Deadmon and Brown, settled for silver after running 3:07.74.

Great Britain finished third, claiming the bronze, at 3:08.01.

Fans excited for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s 400-meter hurdle race are likely familiar with Bol. Bol is also a 400 hurdlers, and McLaughlin-Levrone’s biggest competition for gold in Paris. – Lindsay Schnell

Gretchen Walsh advances to 50-meter freestyle final, angling for third medal

NANTERRE, France — American swimmer Gretchen Walsh advanced to Sunday’s women’s 50-meter freestyle final, touching the wall in 24.17 seconds in Saturday’s semifinals at Paris La Défense Arena. The 21-year-old first-time Olympian enters the final seeded second, behind Swedish swimmer and world record holder Sarah Sjöström.

Sjöström, who won the 100 freestyle earlier this week, set an Olympic record in the second semifinal with a time of 23.66. Sjöström now owns the six fastest 50-meter times in history.

Walsh already has two silver medals at the Paris Olympics, her first Games, in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay and the 100-meter butterfly behind fellow American and gold medalist Torri Huske. She finished eighth in the 100-meter freestyle.

Three-time Olympian Simone Manuel swam earlier Saturday in the 50 free prelims, but with her time of 24.87, she tied for 18th, missing the top 16 semifinals in her only individual event. Manuel, who turned 28 Friday, is a seven-time Olympic medalist, including winning two silver medals at the Paris Olympics in the women’s 4×100 freestyle and 4×200-meter freestyle relays. – Michelle Martinelli

Hailey van Lith comes through for Team USA 3×3 women’s basketball

Hailey van Lith scored six points and made a big 3-pointer with just under 3 minutes to play as the U.S. women beat China, 14-12, for their fourth straight win in three-on-three basketball Saturday.

With the win, the women advance to bracket play, where they’ll face China in a play-in game later tonight.

The U.S. opened the Olympics with three straight losses but has rallied for consecutive victories over Spain, France, Canada and China.

They finished 4-3 in pool play, in a four-way tie for second behind top-seeded Germany.

The winner of tonight’s U.S.-China game will play Spain in a semifinal game Monday.

‘I think I was probably the most frustrated out of the group (with our start),’ Cierra Burdick said. ‘But just trying to stay optimistic and knowing that when I look back on our World Cup last year, we lost our first game against Canada, too, and I just saw the strides that we made in the time that we were together. So I looked back on that experience and i just believed that the same would happen with this group as we continued to get more reps and chemistry and time together. I knew that we would find a flow and some momentum.’

Dearica Hamby added four points and five rebounds for the U.S. – Dave Birkett

American Jahmal Harvey confused by quarterfinal defeat

VILLEPINTE, France — Team USA boxer Jahmal Harvey lost his featherweight quarterfinal to Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu of Kyrgyzstan but left the ring bewildered by the result.

‘I don’t know what (the judges) seen,’ Harvey said. ‘I thought I fought a good fight. Used my jab, check-hooked him off. I stuck to the game plan. I did what I needed to do. I thought I won every round. I controlled it. That’s boxing.’

Harvey, a 21-year old who won gold at the 2021 World Championships in Serbia and the 2023 Pan Am Games in Chile, believed he had a good shot at becoming the first American men’s boxer to win Olympic gold since Andre Ward in 2004. 

Instead, his run ends with three of the five judges scoring it 29-28 for Seitbek Uulu while two had Harvey as the winner. 

‘He held so much, he just lunged in with all his punches,’ Harvey said. ‘He landed no clean shots. Even if he did land something clean it didn’t mean nothing because he jumped in and held. It’s not a clean in your stance punch.’

Despite being disappointed in the judging, Harvey said he was proud of his performance and would consider trying again in 2028. – Dan Wolken

Sha’Carri Richardson advances to finals in 100 meter

The women’s 100 semifinal featured a couple major surprises.

Sha’Carri Richardson got a slow start in her heat and had to play catch-up. Richardson caught most of the other sprinters but Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia was too far in front. Alfred led the race from start to finish and crossed the line in first with a time of 10.84.

Richardson placed second at 10.89 to get the second qualifying spot.

However, the biggest shock was a late scratch from Jamaican sprint legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. – Tyler Dragon

When does Sha’Carri Richardson run 100 semifinals?

The semifinals in the women’s 100 is at 1:50 p.m. ET. There are three heats in the semifinal. The top two in each heat, plus the next two fastest times advance to the final. USA TODAY Sports is providing live updates and more from Richardson’s semifinal heat.

U.S. sprinter Melissa Jefferson won her heat to head to the finals.

Will Simone Biles compete in 2028 Olympics? ‘Never say never’

PARIS — Simone Biles lives rent-free in the heads of her critics. And she’s considering re-upping her lease.

Minutes after winning gold on vault – that’s her third of the Paris Olympics, for those counting, and seventh overall – Biles left the door open to competing at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. Or, rather, she didn’t close it.

“Never say never. The next Olympics is at home, so you just never know,” she said Saturday night, before starting to laugh. “But I am getting really old.” – Nancy Armour

USA vs. Puerto Rico: Team USA moves on in dominant fashion

A balanced scoring attack led by six players in double figures delivered the U.S. men’s 5×5 basketball team to a 104-83 victory over Puerto Rico Saturday in the final game of Group C play for both teams. Anthony Edwards scored a team-high 26 points, Joel Embiid had 15 points, Kevin Durant had 11 and Jayson Tatum and Anthony Davis each 10 points. LeBron James added 10 points, eight assist and six rebounds.

A 44-41 U.S. lead in the second quarter ballooned to 64-45 at halftime, and the U.S. kept tacking on the points while limiting Puerto Rico. The U.S. finished 3-0 in Group C and likely will play Brazil in the quarterfinals. – Jeff Zillgitt

Team USA men’s water polo stays hot, advance to quarterfinals

The U.S. men’s water polo team advanced to the quarterfinals with a 12-7 over Montenegro in group play Saturday. Hannes Daube scored five goals in the Group A match to lead the Americans. – Ellen Horrow

Olympic beach volleyball: Budinger, Evans can advance to elimination rounds

In beach volleyball, Americans Chase Budinger and Miles Evans will play Australia’s Thomas Hodges and Zachery Schubert in the “Lucky Loser” round on Saturday at 2 p.m. PT (11 p.m. in Paris). If they win, they advance to the elimination rounds.

American Stephen Nedoroscik wins bronze on pommel horse

Stephen Nedoroscik became just the fourth American man since World War II to win an Olympic medal on pommel horse Saturday, barely holding on to win bronze.

Less than a week after becoming an internet phenomenon with his medal-clinching performance in the team final, Nedoroscik turned in a largely clean routine in the apparatus final to record a score of 15.300 – one tenth of a point better than Max Whitlock of Great Britain, the two-time defending Olympic champion in this event.

While Nedoroscik’s difficulty score of 6.400 wasn’t quite as high as the men who took gold and silver – Rhys McClenaghan of Ireland and Nariman Kurbanov of Kazakhstan – his execution score of 8.900 was good enough to secure the bronze. – Tom Schad

USA vs. Puerto Rico basketball: Team USA up big at half

The U.S. owned a 64-45 lead against Puerto Rico at halftime of their men’s 5×5 basketball Group C game. Puerto Rico kept the score close for much of the half with solid shooting and owned a 25-17 lead in the first quarter. But the U.S. talent and depth began to wear down Puerto Rico. The U.S. bench outscored Puerto Rico’s reserves 27-16, and the U.S. closed the final four minutes of the second quarter on a 20-4 run.

Anthony Edwards has 12 points, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and Jayson Tatum each have eight points, and LeBron James has eight points, six assists and four rebounds. Jose Alvarado leads Puerto Rico with 13 points. – Jeff Zillgitt

USA women’s soccer beats Japan, advance to semifinal

The USWNT is one step closer to securing their first Olympic gold medal since 2012.

They only needed one goal to seal the win over Japan on Saturday: It was off the left foot of Trinity Rodman in extra time, sending Team USA to the semifinals on Tuesday.

Simone Biles adds vault gold medal to trophy room; Jade Carey medals

Fresh off winning the all-around gold medal for the second time, further cementing her status as the greatest gymnast of all time, Simone Biles turns her focus on the individual disciplines.

On Saturday, Biles secured the gold medal in the vault event, holding off rival Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in the event. Team USA’s Jade Carey finished third for bronze.

USA men’s basketball tips off against Puerto Rico

LeBron James, Kevin Durant and the rest of the United States men’s hoops squad faces off against Puerto Rico in group play on Saturday afternoon. USA TODAY Sports provides live updates, highlights and more from the tilt.

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USWNT heads to extra time vs. Japan

PARIS — We are going to extra time at Parc de Princes. After five minutes of extra time in the second half and 90 other minutes, there has yet to be a goal. The next will likely decide which squad moves on to the semifinals.

If there is no goal, then the competition will move to penalty kicks. The U.S. had a flurry of chances in the box during stoppage time but couldn’t move any of the shots around Japanese defenders and threaten the goalkeeper.

Trinity Rodman was knocked down in the box on a chance that would have been the best chance of the game for the U.S. but the ref kept her whistle in her pocket. 

Olympics soccer overtime rules

Knockout stage soccer games at the Paris Olympics go to 30 minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves) if a match finishes tied. If things remain tied after the additional 30 minutes, the winner is determined by penalty kicks.

In recent years, the USWNT was eliminated in penalties in the 2023 World Cup and the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics, but won a shootout in the quarterfinal of the Tokyo Games.

Americans secure a bronze medal in boxing

American boxer Omari Jones ensured himself of winning no less than a bronze medal after a second straight dominating victory in the men’s ‘welterweight division as he advanced to the semifinals.

In Olympic boxing, each losing semifinalist is awarded a bronze medal.

But on Saturday, after a beating Bulgaria’s Rami Kiwan on points by unanimous decision in the quarterfinals, Jones expressed confidence about becoming the first American boxer to win gold since Andre Ward did it in 2004.

“It’s my turn now,’’ he said.

Jones, a 21-year-old from Florida, opened the tournament with a victory by unanimous decision over Taiwan’s Chia Wei Kan in the round of 16.

On Tuesday, will face Uzbekistan’s Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev in the semifinals in the 157-pound division. – Josh Peter

American Vincent Hancock makes Olympic history on Saturday

American skeet shooter Vincent Hancock entered the pantheon of Olympic icons on Saturday.

Hancock, competing in the men’s skeet shoot, earned his fourth medal in the individual skeet shooting event. He becomes the sixth Olympian in history to earn a medal in an individual event, and just the fourth American to do so.

Americans Michael Phelps (200 meter individual medley), Carl Lewis (long jump) and Al Oerter (discus) each earned four medals in their individual events. The others: Paul Elvstrom (Denmark, sailing one-person class) and and Mijain Lopez (Cuba, Greco-Roman heavyweight) round out the exclusive club.

Earlier, Hancock called his shot.

“I know that, if I do my absolute best, I’m going to win. There’s no doubt that what I’ve done in practice and what I’ve done in past competitions has led me to understand and believe that (if) I come out here and shoot perfect, or as close to perfect as possible, then nobody’s going to beat me,’ Hancock told USA TODAY Sports. ‘But, I still have to go out there and just do it, right? That’s kind of the whole thing about it – you’ve got to go out there and do it.”

Do it he did.

American swimmer Katie Ledecky can also join the club on Saturday when she performs in the 800 meter freestyle.

USA women’s soccer tied with Japan 0-0 at halftime

PARIS — A scoreless first 45 minutes in the quarterfinals here at Parc de Princes means that whoever moves on to the semifinals between the United States and Japan will be decided in the second half – or extra time or penalties. 

The U.S. managed four shots with two on net, but rarely put together their successful attacking combinations into legitimate success. Japan’s first shot came in the 34th minute and it had another golden chance three minutes later during a nervy sequence for the Americans, but they came away unscathed. 

Midfielder Rose Lavelle has been a bright spot for the U.S., while team captain Lindsey Horan continues to struggle, particularly with her passing. – Chris Bumbaca

Snoop Dogg in attendance for USWNT vs. Japan

PARIS — The most popular man of the (unofficial) Team USA delegation, Snoop Dogg, was in attendance for the U.S. women’s soccer match vs. Japan.

Around the 12th minute, “D-O-Double-G” appeared in the mezzanine section near midfield. The crowd of American fans nearby went berserk and started chanting “King Snoop!” – Chris Bumbaca

Olympic skeet shooting: Pair of Team USA shooters advance to final

Americans Connor Prince and Vincent Hancock are heading to the gold medal stage of skeet shooting.

Prince finishes at the top of the chart with a score of 124 to head to the final, while Hancock’s 123 ranked fourth.

Hancock has an opportunity to win his fourth gold medal in skeet shooting, which would make him the sixth Olympian to win four gold medals in the same individual event. He would join Carl Lewis (long jump), Al Oerter (discus) and Michael Phelps (swimming) as the only Americans to accomplish that feat. Katie Ledecky, who races in the 800 meter freestyle on Saturday night, can also join those ranks.

120-year US men’s swimming streak on the line

Bobby Finke qualified for the 1500 meter freestyle final with a six-place finish (14:45.31). The final is scheduled for Sunday night. If the reigning Olympic champion in the event doesn’t win, the American men will go without an individual Olympic swimming gold medal for the first time since 1900. The exception, of course, is the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which the U.S. boycotted.

Meanwhile, Gretchen Walsh swam the third fastest time in the morning 50 meter freestyle (24.37) to advance to this afternoon’s semifinal.

American’s take home silver in men’s doubles tennis

PARIS — Team USA’s Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram had to settle for silver in tennis men’s doubles, losing Saturday’s final to Australia’s Matt Ebden and John Peers in a tiebreaker.

Krajicek and Ram seemed to have control of the match, up a set and a break, but couldn’t close the door. That meant the match was decided in a third set tiebreaker, which didn’t go well for the Americans.

Digging an early hole with uncharacteristic errors, the Americans couldn’t quite come all the way back and Australia celebrated a 6-7, 7-6, 10-8 victory.

Ram and Krajicek hadn’t dropped a set the entire tournament before Saturday, collecting a commanding and historic win over Spanish superstars Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in the process. − Dan Wolken

Is Simone Biles competing today? Live updates

Yes. Simone Biles will compete in the vault final today at 10:20 a.m. ET. Biles, who is considered one of the top vaulters in the world, has had a busy week. She started with a gold medal performance Tuesday in the women’s gymnastics team final and then followed that up with a gold medal Thursday in the individual all-around. Follow along here.

USWNT without top defender again

PARIS – For the second straight game (really 2.5 matches total), the U.S. will be without one of its top defenders. 

Tierna Davidson will miss the quarterfinals as she continues to heal from a leg contusion she suffered against Germany halfway through the second match of the tournament. Emily Sonnett has taken her place in one of the center back positions. 

In positive injury news for the U.S., reserve Jaedyn Shaw is back after missing the group stage with a leg injury. Croix Bethune, who’d replaced Shaw on the 18-person roster, is back to being a reserve. − Chris Bumbaca

IBA says it will award prize money to Italian boxer

PARIS — The International Boxing Association says it will award Italy’s Angela Carini $50,000 after the Italian boxer abandoned her bout against Algeria’s Imane Khelif at the Olympics.

The abrupt conclusion of the fight, which ended 46 seconds into the bout and with Carini in tears Thursday, inflamed controversy over gender eligibility that has ensnared Khelif at the Paris Games.

The Russian-backed IBA, which made the announcement of the award for Carini on Saturday, has helped stoke controversy over gender eligibility for the women’s boxing competition at the Olympics. Carini said after the fight that she got hit too hard by Khelif to continue. − Josh Peter

USA women’s soccer team vs. Japan: Live updates

The United States women’s national soccer team opens the knockout rounds of the 2024 Paris Olympics today with a match against Japan. The Americans are looking to win their first Olympic gold since 2012, and so far USA’s big three of Mallory Swanson, Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith have been producing big results and look to keep that up today. Follow along here.

Team USA men’s beach volleyball players part ways with coach mid-Games

PARIS − In a stunning move, Team USA beach volleyball teammates Andy Benesh and Miles Partain have parted ways with coach Mike Placek in the midst of Paris Olympics.

At some point after the duo defeated Morocco 2-0 in preliminary Pool D play on Tuesday, and before their 2-1 win over Brazil on Thursday, a decision was made for Placek to step aside. Benesh and Partain defeated Brazil’s George Wanderley and Andre Loyola 21-17, 14-21, 15-8 in afternoon play without Placek. − Chase Goodbread

Noah Lyles gets second in surprising 100 opening heat

SAINT-DENIS, France — After receiving the loudest ovation of any sprinter in the race, Noah Lyles got a surprising second in the opening round of the 100 with a time of 10.04. Lyles didn’t get a good start and had to play catch up for much of the race.

Louie Hinchliffe of Great Britain won the race in 9.98, Lyles placed second and Shaun Maswanganyi of South African finished third (10.06).

The top three in each heat, plus the next three fastest times advance to the semifinals on Sunday. − Tyler Dragon

Noah Lyles to run in opening round of 100

SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles is set to make his Paris Olympics debut Saturday.

The U.S. sprinter will run in the opening round of the men’s 100. Lyles is slated to run in the third heat. He will run in lane six.

Lyles is a gold-medal contender in both the 100 and 200 in Paris. He is the defending world champion in both events.

Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville are also threats to win the 100. Thompson’s 9.77 is the top time in the world this year. Defending Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy and Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala should be in the mix for a spot on the podium as well.

The opening round of the men’s 100 is scheduled for 5:55 a.m. ET.

Before his first race, Lyles tweeted he is ready to go. 

Team USA rowing men’s eight takes bronze medal

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France − Team USA rowing picked up its second medal of the Games on Saturday when the men’s eight team took bronze with a time of 5:25.28 to reach the podium along with Great Britain (gold, 5:22.88) and the Netherlands (silver, 5:23.92) at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium.

Team USA held the third position after the 500-, 1,000- and 1,500-meter marks of the 2,000-meter race, but couldn’t make up the deficit on the Netherlands to take silver.

Team USA includes Henry Hollingsworth, Nick Rusher, Christian Tabash, Clark Dean, Chris Carlson, Peter Chatain, Evan Olson, Pieter Quinton. − Chase Goodbread

Olympics schedule today

Here are some Olympic schedule highlights. Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds in Paris.

(All times Eastern)

Gymnastics has individual finals for men’s floor exercise (9:30 a.m.), women’s vault (10:20 a.m.) and men’s pommel hose (11:16 a.m.). NBC is airing. See the latest Olympic gymnastics results and highlights.
Swimming heats start at 5 a.m. The finals, including Katie Ledecky in the women’s 800m free and Caeleb Dressel in the men’s 100m fly, are airing on NBC. USA Network is airing the heats. NBC is airing the finals.
Track and field prelims, heats, repechage rounds and qualifying rounds start at 4:05 a.m. and run through 2:10 p.m. Finals start with men’s shot put (1:35 p.m.) and pick back up at 2:20 p.m. with women’s triple jump, 4×400 mixed relay (2:55 p.m.), women’s 100m (3:20 p.m.) and men’s decathlon 1,500m (3:45 p.m.) E! is airing the morning session. NBC is airing the finals and semifinals.
Women’s soccer enters the quarterfinals today with four matches: 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Basketball has four group stage games, two on the women’s side first, then two on the men’s side to wrap the day: China vs. Puerto Rico (5 a.m.), Serbia vs. Spain (7:30 a.m.), U.S. vs. Puerto Rico (11:15 a.m., NBC), Serbia vs. South Sudan (3 p.m.). (Follow live updates, results and highlights of USA vs. Puerto Rico.)
Men’s golf continues play with Round 3 starting at 3 a.m.
The tennis slate includes gold medal match for women’s singles and men’s doubles as well as bronze medal match for men’s singles. All start at 6 a.m.
The 3×3 basketball slate has four pool play games starting at 11:30 a.m. and running through 1:05 p.m. Play-in games are later in the afternoon.
Other sports in action:Archery, badminton, beach volleyball,, boxing, canoe slalom, equestrian, fencing, field hockey, handball, judo, rowing, sailing, shooting, table tennis, volleyball and water polo.

How to watch Olympics today

NBC is airing and streaming the Paris Olympics from all angles: Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds; NBC, USA Network, CNBC and E! are carrying various live events and replays throughout the day. Here are 6 tips and tricks for getting the most out of Peacock during the Olympics.

Medal count today

Our 2024 Paris Olympics medal count tracker updates after every single medal event.

Which U.S. teams are playing at the Olympics today?

(All times Eastern)

The U.S. men’s basketball team plays Puerto Rico in group play at 11:15 a.m. NBC is airing.
The U.S. men’s golf team continues play with Round 3, which starts at 3 a.m. Round 3 tee times for American golfers: Wyndham Clark, 3:33 a.m.; Collin Morikawa, 5:17 a.m.; Scottie Scheffler, 6:06 a.m.; Xander Schauffele, 6:39 a.m. Golf Channel is airing.
The U.S. women’s field hockey team faces South Africa in pool play at 7:15 a.m. USA Network is airing.
The U.S. men’s water polo team faces Montenegro in group play at 10:35 a.m. USA Network is airing.
The U.S. women’s 3×3 basketball team faces China in pool play at 1:05 p.m.
The U.S. women’s soccer team plays Japan in the quarterfinals at 9 a.m. USA Network is airing.

What Olympic medals can be won today?

(All times Eastern)

Gymnastics: men’s floor final (9:30 a.m.), women’s vault final (10:20 a.m., NBC), men’s pommel horse final (11:10 a.m.)
Track & field: men’s shot put (1:35 p.m.) women’s triple jump (2:20 p.m.), 4x400m mixed relay 2:55 p.m.), women’s 100m final 3:20 p.m.), men’s decathlon 1,500m (3:45 p.m.) NBC is airing the finals.
Swimming: men’s 100m fly (2:30 p.m.), women’s 200m IM (2:59 p.m.), women’s 800m free (309 p.m.), mixed 4x100m medley relay (3:33 p.m.) NBC is airing the finals.
Tennis: men’s singles bronze, women’s singles gold, men’s doubles hold (6 a.m.)
Fencing: women’s sabre team bronze (1 p.m.), women’s sabre team gold (2 p.m., E!)
Equestrian: Dressage team grand prix special (4 a.m.)
Cycling road: men’s road race (5 a.m.)
Boxing: women’s 60kg semis (11:38 a.m. and 4:08 p.m.)
Badminton: women’s doubles bronze (9 a.m.), women’s doubles gold (10:10 a.m.)
Table tennis: women’s singles bronze (7:30 a.m.), women’s singles gold (8:30 a.m., USA Network)
Shooting: 25m pistol women’s final (3:30 a.m.), skeet men’s final (9:30 a.m.)
Rowing: women’s single sculls final A (4:18 a.m.), men’s single sculls final A (4:30 a.m.), women’s eight final A (4:50 a.m.), men’s eight final A (5:10 a.m.)
Judo: mixed team bronze A (10 a.m.), mixed team bronze B (10:40 a.m.), mixed team final (11:20 a.m.)
Archery: women’s individual bronze (8:33 a.m.), women’s individual gold (8:46 a.m., E!)

Olympic swimming schedule today

(All times Eastern)

Heats for the following events start at 5 a.m.: women’s 50m free and 4×100 medley relay; men’s 1,500m free and 4x100m medley relay
Semifinals for the following events start in the afternoon: women’s 50m free (2:37 p.m.)
Today’s finals: men’s 100m fly (2:30 p.m.), women’s 200m IM (5:01 p.m.), women’s 800m free (5:08 p.m.), mixed 4x100m medley relay (3:34 p.m.)

Olympic swimming today: What to watch

Olympic track and field schedule today

(All times Eastern)

Men’s decathlon events: 110m hurdles (4:05 a.m.), discus throw for group a (4:55 a.m.), discus throw for group b (6 a.m.), pole vault (7:40 a.m.), javelin throw for group a (1:10 p.m.),  javelin throw for group b (2:10 p.m.), 1,500m (3:45 p.m.)
Qualifications: Men’s pole vault (4:10 a.m.)
Preliminary rounds: Men’s 100m (4:35 a.m.)
Repechage rounds: Women’s 800m (5:10 a.m.), men’s 1,500m (1:35 p.m.)
Round 1s: Men’s 100m (5:45 a.m.)
Semifinals: Women’s 100m (1:50 p.m.)
Finals: Men’s shot put (1:35 p.m.), women’s triple jump (2:40 p.m.), 4x400m mixed relay (2:55 p.m.), women’s 100m (3:20 p.m.)

Olympic track and field today: What to watch

Medals in the women’s 100 meters will be decided along with the men’s shot put and men’s decathlon. In shot put, American Ryan Crouser has won the last two Olympic gold medals.

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Olympic gymnastics today: What to watch

In the women’s individual events, Simone Biles has a chance to add to her Olympic medal haul if she reaches the vault finals as expected.

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Olympic archery today: What to watch

Casey Kaufhold, a 20-year-old from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is a favorite to win a medal in the women’s individual event. She won gold at the Olympic test event in Paris last year and the Pan American championship in April.

Olympic gymnastics today: What to watch

In the women’s individual events, Simone Biles has a chance to add to her Olympic medal haul if she reaches the vault finals as expected.

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