Sydney McLaughlin beat out U.S. teammate and defending Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad in the women’s 400-meter hurdles for the gold, breaking her own world record to finish in 51.46 seconds. Muhammad’s time of 51.58 also beat the world record, but she had to settle for silver.
Femke Bol of the Netherlands won bronze.
American middle-distance runner Athing Mu won the gold medal in the women’s 800 meters. Keely Hodgkinson of Great Britain won silver and fellow American Raevyn Rogers took bronze.
U.S. wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock won gold in women’s wrestling in the 68 kg. final, beating Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria, who took silver.
Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica won gold in the women’s 200 meters, after having also won the 100 meters. This is the second Olympics in a row that she swept the two sprint races, after also doing it in 2016 in Rio. Christine Mboma of Namibia won silver and American Gabby Thomas took the bronze.
The U.S. baseball team defeated the Dominican Republic 3-1 to advance to the semifinals.
The U.S. women’s basketball team has advanced to the semifinals after beating Australia 79-55 in the quarterfinals. The U.S. will play Serbia in the semis, after they beat China in their quarterfinal.
The U.S. women’s team will play in the volleyball semifinals after beating the Dominican Republic in the quarterfinals. They will play the winner of the Serbia-Italy quarterfinal.
MEDAL COUNT: (As of 3:30 a.m. ET) – The U.S. is in first place with 76 medals, followed by China with 69 and the Russian Olympic Committee with 52. In the gold medal count, China leads with 32, the U.S. is second with 25, and Japan is third with 20.
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