The United States won its first gold medal in the men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the Paris Olympics.

USA won its first gold medal Paris Olympics After a strong showing in Saturday’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay.

Team – Jack Alexi, Chris Giuliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caleb Dressel – finished 1.07 seconds ahead of silver medalist Australia. Italy won bronze.

Chris Culiano, Hunter Armstrong and Jack Alexey of the United States celebrate winning gold in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final on the first day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France.

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The US team has won gold in 10 of the last 13 Olympics. It was Dressel’s eighth Olympic gold.

Earlier Saturday, when the U.S. won its first medal in Paris, Sarah Bacon, 27, and Cassidy Cook, 29, He won silver in the 3m synchronized springboard competition. The American pair scored 314.64 points, firmly in second place behind China’s Zhang Yani and Chen Yiwen.

Katie Ledecky won bronze in the women’s 400m freestyle

Katie Ledecky won gold in the women’s 400m freestyle on Saturday after Australia’s Ariarne Titmus held off. Olympic title.

Tidmus, known as “The Terminator”, handed Ledecky his second consecutive defeat at the Paris La Defense Arena in an event won by the 27-year-old American in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

American Katie Ledecky (back) congratulates gold medalist Ariarne Titmus of Australia (front) after the women’s 400m freestyle final at the Paris La Defense Arena at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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With his fingernails painted Aussie yellow, Titmus led from start to finish. She faced her toughest challenge from Canadian event Summer McIntosh, but won easily in 3 minutes, 57.49 seconds.

McIntosh won the silver medal in 3:58.37 seconds. Ledecky took bronze in 4:00.86.

Silver medalist, Summer McIntosh of Canada, gold medalist, Ariarne Ditmus of Australia and bronze medalist, Kady Ledecky of the United States.

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After Saturday’s race, the highly decorated Ledecky has six individual gold medals — the most of all Female swimmer in Olympic history. The third-place finish was his 11th overall Olympic medal.

Titmus now has three individual Olympic victories on his growing resume. She is 200 and 400 free in TokyoBeating Ledecky, he wanted to pull off the same double in Paris.

Ledecky isn’t done yet. He avoided facing Titmus again in the 200 free, but the American looked to take gold in both. 800 and 1,500 species.

USA wins silver in women’s relay

Team USA lost to Australia in the 4x100m relay to win the silver medal. China won bronze.

USA’s Kate Douglas, Gretchen Walsh, Tori Huske and Simone Manuel celebrate their silver medal win in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay.

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The American relay team of Kate Douglas, Gretchen Walsh, Tori Huske and Simone Manuel set a new American record in 3:30.20 minutes. That was less than 2 seconds off Australia’s 3:28.92, a new Olympic record and the country’s fourth consecutive Olympic title in the event.

The Aussie, who set a world record in the event, also held the previous Olympic record time of 3:29.69 in Tokyo.

So far, the U.S. has won five medals: one gold, two silver and two bronze. American cyclist Chloe Tigert won bronze in the women’s individual time trial in road cycling.

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