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Olympics Update: America’s standing after the first week
After a week of the Olympics in Tokyo, it’s worth reflecting on where Team USA currently stands in comparison to other Olympic teams. The top three medal earners at the moment are China, Japan, and the US, respectively. However, the US leads with 41 total medals.
The following shows each of the three’s current medals in order:
- China: 18 Gold, 9 Silver, 11 Bronze. Total: 38
- Japan: 17 Gold, 4 Silver, 7 Bronze. Total: 28
- U.S.: 14 Gold, 16 Silver, 11 Bronze. Total: 41
American Medals
Here is a list of the medals earned by Team USA this week. Americans are dominating the pools of Tokyo, and are doing solid at the shooting ranges as well.
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Basketball
Women’s 3×3 Basketball: Gold
Gymnastics
Women’s All-around Artistic Gymnastics (Suni Lee): Gold
Women’s Team Artistic Gymnastics: Silver
Baseball/Softball
Softball: Silver
Diving
Men’s Synchronized 3m Springboard: Silver
Women’s Synchronized 10m Platform: Silver
Equestrian
Dressage Team: Silver
Fencing
Women’s Foil Individual (Lee Kiefer): Gold
Shooting
10m Air Rifle Men (William Shaner): Gold
Skeet Men (Vincent Hancock): Gold
Skeet Women (Amber English): Gold
Trap Women (Kayle Browning): Silver
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team: Silver
Skateboarding
Men’s Street Skating (Jagger Eaton): Bronze
Surfing
Surfing Women (Carissa Moore): Gold
Swimming
Men’s 100m Freestyle (Caeleb Dressel): Gold
Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: Gold
Men’s 400m Individual Medley (Chase Kalisz): Gold
Men’s 800m Freestyle (Robert Finke): Gold
Women’s 100m Breaststroke (Lydia Jacoby): Gold
Women’s 1500m Freestyle (Katie Ledecky): Gold
Men’s 200m Backstroke (Ryan Murphy): Silver
Men’s 400m Individual Medley (Jay Litherland): Silver
Women’s 1500m Freestyle (Erica Sullivan): Silver
Women’s 200m Breaststroke (Lilly King): Silver
Women’s 200m Butterfly (Regan Smith): Silver
Women’s 200m Individual Medley (Alex Walsh): Silver
Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: Silver
Women’s 400m Freestyle (Katie Ledecky): Silver
Women’s 400m Individual Medley (Emma Weyant): Silver
Men’s 100m Backstroke (Ryan Murphy): Bronze
Men’s 400m Freestyle (Kieran Smith): Bronze
Women’s 100m Backstroke (Regan Smith): Bronze
Women’s 100m Breaststroke (Lilly King): Bronze
Women’s 200m Breaststroke (Annie Lazor): Bronze
Women’s 200m Butterfly (Hali Flickinger): Bronze
Women’s 200m Individual Medley (Kate Douglass): Bronze
Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: Bronze
Women’s 400m Individual Medley (Hali Flickinger): Bronze
Taekwondo
Women -57kg (Anastasija Zolotic): Gold
Triathlon
Women’s Individual (Katie Zaferes): Bronze
Paralympics
While there is one week left in the Olympics, the Paralympics are set to begin on August 24th. Team USA is sure to make waves during the Paralympics as well.
