2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. wins first gold on Day 1 of the Summer Games in swimming relay
Paris Olympics highlights: USA wins first gold medal, Katie Ledecky gets bronze Saturday
2024 Paris Olympics: U.S. wins first gold on Day 1 of the Summer Games in swimming relay: The United States took home five medals on Saturday at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including gold in the 4×100 men’s freestyle swimming relay.
The race was won by Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, and Caeleb Dressel together, and the United States women took silver in the 4×100. American Olympic legend Katie Ledecky won bronze in 400m free-form, Chloe Dygert took bronze in ladies’ time preliminary cycling and Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook won silver in plunging.
Here is a glance back at Saturday’s Olympic activity in France:
The 4×100 men’s freestyle relay team of Team USA wins their first gold medal at the 2024 Olympics. NANTERRE, France — After qualifying fourth, the men’s 4×100 freestyle relay team of Team USA had a lot of work to do to win gold in Saturday night’s final. At the Pars La Défense Arena, the Americans put on a show with the fastest relay in the pool by changing the lineup between the prelims and finals sessions.
The group of Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Tracker Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel posteda rankling 3:09.28 opportunity to win gold however shy of world record assumptions. Italy won bronze, and Australia won silver.
The 3:08.24 world record – having a place with Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Storm, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak – from the 2008 Beijing Olympics stayed in one piece, in spite of Phelps, Jones and Lezak all foreseeing it would at long last fall 16 years after the fact in Paris.
US boxer Jajaira Gonzalez defeats French gold medalist PARIS – The first round of the Olympics in Paris has begun, and the Americans prevail over the French.
The 2016 Olympic gold medalist from France, Jajaira Gonzalez, defeated Estelle Mossely on Saturday night in the first round of the boxing tournament.
Gonzalez, 27, who is competing in her Olympic debut, stated, “This might sound a little cocky, but I don’t fear anyone.” I don’t care what they’ve accomplished or won. I very much prefer to feel that I’m awesome. Yes, they may have won something or other, but I’m here now.
– Josh Peter
Group USA wins silver award in ladies’ 4×100 meter free-form transfer
NANTERRE, France — The American ladies’ 4×100-meter free-form hand-off group of Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske and Simone Manuel won silver with a period of 3:30.20, while Australia won gold and China took the bronze.
In a time of 3:28.92, the Australians set an Olympic record Mollie O’Callaghan led the way and never gave up. Australia wins the event for the fourth time in a row, but it falls well short of their world record of 3:27.96.
Tennis, Olympics: Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcarez win in pairs
PARIS — It can never be like it used to be hanging around for Rafael Nadal, where it seemed like no one could contact him for just about twenty years.
However, Philippe Chatrier Court may host a different kind of celebration over the next week or so: One for his country, one for his scrapbook, one for – and with – his tennis successor.
So it started on Saturday night: A maturing, easing back, going bald 38-year old Nadal with his right thigh bound and his body in a general condition of dilapidation, taking to the court at his last Olympics close by 21-year old peculiarity Carlos Alcaraz, who has proactively assumed control over the game with four Huge homerun titles.
Nadal stated, “It has been an emotional night, an electrifying night, and an amazing crowd.” Furthermore, to play with Carlos in this court have been so unique. We are extremely pleased with the victory and the opportunity to continue.
– Prior to the race, Ariarne Titmus and Katie Ledecky get mixed up. Before she almost stole a lane, Katie Ledecky may have won the gold.
Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus won the gold decoration in the 400 meter free-form by an agreeable edge, holding off Summer McKenzie and American Katie Ledecky in transit to the equipment. But before she won the race, the cameras caught a little confusion: Titmus strolled to Path 4, which really had a place with Ledecky. The double cross gold decoration victor told Titmus, cordially, that she was in some unacceptable spot. Before the start time, it appeared that the two swimmers were laughing about it.
Djordje Mihailovic, Walker Zimmerman, and Gianluca Busio scored in the first half, and Paxten Aaronson scored in the second to help USA Soccer win 4-1 against New Zealand. This is the first Olympic victory for USA Soccer since 2008.
The victory is USA Soccer’s first Olympic victory since the 2008 Beijing Games, and the four goals scored are a record for the Olympics. Deen, Safid