2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. women will try for soccer gold; Gabby Thomas claims 200m victory
There are 23 medal events tomorrow, starting bright and early with the race walk mixed relay. The first medals of these Games will be handed out today in sport climbing, weightlifting, artistic swimming and taekwondo.
Thanks to Cole Hocker and Gabby Thomas in track and field and Amit Elor in wrestling, the U.S. pulled ahead of China in gold medals.
The countries had been tied in gold medals. Today, Team USA won three golds to take the lead, with 24, to China’s 22.
The U.S. continues to lead in the overall medal count and now has 86 — 24 gold medals, 31 silver medals and 31 bronze medals.
China is also second when it comes to overall medals, with 59.
Soccer stars Sophia Smith, Mallory Swanson and Trinity Rodman are getting a lot of love from all over the world as they dominate in goals for Team USA, but potentially no one is more adoring than their own team.
The U.S. women's soccer team declared them the "best American trio since Destiny's Child." Any comparison with Beyoncé is high praise indeed.
Together, Swanson, Smith and Rodman have scored nine of 11 goals for the U.S. at the Olympic tournament. Fans and game analysts have tried to give them a nickname, cycling through options such as "The Big Three," the "Trinity" and the "Trifecta."
NBC's commentators seemed to land on the "Trident" during today's win over Germany.
Sophia Smith, the woman with the winning goal in Team USA's semifinal against Germany, gifted herself the promise of an Olympic medal for her birthday.
The U.S. women's soccer team has its final match of the Paris Games against Brazil on Saturday, which also happens to be Smith's 24th birthday.
She's guaranteed a silver medal after the U.S. won today, but there's no doubt that she and the rest of the American women will be fighting for gold.
For the fans, the U.S.’ quarterfinal win over Brazil might have looked easy, but Stephen Curry insists it was anything but. “No matter what the score was at the end of the game, it’s very hard to win,” he told reporters afterward. “We might make it look easy, but it’s really, really difficult what we do.”
This tournament has been dominated by talk of just how strong the men’s roster is, with comparisons to the Dream Team of 1992. “There’s a lot of noise, and everybody has an opinion about how the games are going to turn out,” said Curry, the Golden State Warriors star. “But we don’t really invest into that. We just know if we play well, we can beat anybody.”
Though he may be the NBA’s 3-point king, Curry, 36, is making his Olympic debut in Paris. “I’m having blast: as a player, as a fan, going to see a bunch of different events all around, different athletes,” he said. “So there’s a lot of pride being here able to represent Team USA.”
Earlier, hosts France caused an upset by dumping Canada out of the men's competition. “That’s the beauty of single-elimination tournament basketball, right?” Curry said. “Like, any given night, you never know what could happen. It just reminds you how hard it is to win a gold medal, let alone a medal of any kind. So we don’t need any other reminders.”
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2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. women will try for soccer gold; Gabby Thomas claims 200m victory
There are 23 medal events tomorrow, starting bright and early with the race walk mixed relay. The first medals of these Games will be handed out today in sport climbing, weightlifting, artistic swimming and taekwondo.
Thanks to Cole Hocker and Gabby Thomas in track and field and Amit Elor in wrestling, the U.S. pulled ahead of China in gold medals.
The countries had been tied in gold medals. Today, Team USA won three golds to take the lead, with 24, to China’s 22.
The U.S. continues to lead in the overall medal count and now has 86 — 24 gold medals, 31 silver medals and 31 bronze medals.
China is also second when it comes to overall medals, with 59.
Soccer stars Sophia Smith, Mallory Swanson and Trinity Rodman are getting a lot of love from all over the world as they dominate in goals for Team USA, but potentially no one is more adoring than their own team.
The U.S. women's soccer team declared them the "best American trio since Destiny's Child." Any comparison with Beyoncé is high praise indeed.
Together, Swanson, Smith and Rodman have scored nine of 11 goals for the U.S. at the Olympic tournament. Fans and game analysts have tried to give them a nickname, cycling through options such as "The Big Three," the "Trinity" and the "Trifecta."
NBC's commentators seemed to land on the "Trident" during today's win over Germany.
Sophia Smith, the woman with the winning goal in Team USA's semifinal against Germany, gifted herself the promise of an Olympic medal for her birthday.
The U.S. women's soccer team has its final match of the Paris Games against Brazil on Saturday, which also happens to be Smith's 24th birthday.
She's guaranteed a silver medal after the U.S. won today, but there's no doubt that she and the rest of the American women will be fighting for gold.
For the fans, the U.S.’ quarterfinal win over Brazil might have looked easy, but Stephen Curry insists it was anything but. “No matter what the score was at the end of the game, it’s very hard to win,” he told reporters afterward. “We might make it look easy, but it’s really, really difficult what we do.”
This tournament has been dominated by talk of just how strong the men’s roster is, with comparisons to the Dream Team of 1992. “There’s a lot of noise, and everybody has an opinion about how the games are going to turn out,” said Curry, the Golden State Warriors star. “But we don’t really invest into that. We just know if we play well, we can beat anybody.”
Though he may be the NBA’s 3-point king, Curry, 36, is making his Olympic debut in Paris. “I’m having blast: as a player, as a fan, going to see a bunch of different events all around, different athletes,” he said. “So there’s a lot of pride being here able to represent Team USA.”
Earlier, hosts France caused an upset by dumping Canada out of the men's competition. “That’s the beauty of single-elimination tournament basketball, right?” Curry said. “Like, any given night, you never know what could happen. It just reminds you how hard it is to win a gold medal, let alone a medal of any kind. So we don’t need any other reminders.”