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PARIS 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS

2024 Paris Olympics: Men's 5x5 Basketball Standings
Leaders
Group A
Canada (3 - 0)
Group B
Germany (3 - 0)
Group C
United States (3 - 0)

2024 Paris Olympic: Men's 3x3 Standings
Medal Round
Gold
Netherlands
Silver
France
Bronze
Latvia
 

Joel Embiid laughs off jeers, leads U.S. rout into Olympic semis​

If there's one thing Joel Embiid has learned during the Olympics, it's that the French can boo him but no one here can stop him from doing the crotch chop. The American center's comfort level dealing with adversity mirrored that of the rest of his teammates Tuesday as Team USA put on a clinic in a 122-87 quarterfinal victory over Brazil. The team is now two wins from a fifth consecutive gold medal and is set up for another meeting with Serbia in the semifinals Thursday. Kevin Durant added 11 points for Team USA, passing legend Lisa Leslie for the most points in American Olympic history. Durant's record total sits at 494.

Not only did Embiid laugh his way through the jeers from those still annoyed that he passed on France's offer to join its national team, but he was all too happy to pull out one of his favorite celebrations with the WWE-inspired chop maneuver. Embiid has been fined twice -- for $60,000 -- for it by the NBA, but on this night league commissioner Adam Silver was at Bercy Arena only as a fan. In 12 devastating minutes of work in the first half, Embiid put in 14 points with seven rebounds. Brazil was helpless in dealing with him as he made 5 of 6 shots, including two 3-pointers. The boos from the fans ebbed, which only seemed to encourage Embiid to ask for more of them before he took the second half off.

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France ousts Canada to reach men's Olympic basketball semis​

France had an ugly couple of days after its loss to Germany in the teams' group stage finale. It turned those ugly days into possibly its prettiest performances of the Olympic tournament so far. Guerschon Gabusele scored 22 points after being inserted into the starting lineup, Victor Wembanyama had 12 rebounds and France beat Canada 82-73 on Tuesday to advance to its second straight men's Olympic basketball semifinals. Wembanyama finished with 7 points, 5 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. Isaia Cordinier added 20 points for France, which is looking to add to its medal haul after winning silver in the Tokyo Games in 2021. It will meet Germany, a winner over Greece, on Thursday. French coach Vincent Collet pulled four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier from the starting lineup. Gobert played just three minutes after suffering an unspecified injury in practice. Fournier didn't see the court until late in the first quarter. His benching came after Collet took issue with some critical comments by Fournier after the Germany loss. Fournier finished with 15 points, saying afterward that there is no ongoing issue with his coach.

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Nikola Jokic, Serbia reach Olympic semis with OT win vs. Australia​

Nikola Jokic had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Serbia surged back to beat Australia 95-90 in overtime Tuesday to reach the Olympic basketball semifinals. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 17 for points for Serbia, which rallied from a 24-point first-half deficit to set up a meeting with either the U.S. or Brazil. Serbia is aiming for its first Olympic medal since the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, where it took silver. That was the first Olympics for a then 21-year-old Jokic. Bogdanovic acknowledged doubting whether they'd complete the comeback.

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Silver
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Bronze

Total Medals By Country
United States: (25 Gold - 32 Silver - 32 Bronze) -.89
China: (23 Gold - 22 Silver - 16 Bronze) - 61
France: (13 Gold - 16 Silver - 19 Bronze) - 48
Great Britain: (12 Gold - 16 Silver - 20 Bronze) - 48

Total Medals By Athletes
Zhang Yufei, China (1 Silver...5 Bronze)
9 with athletes with -5
**Tom Huske, United States (3 Gold - 2 Silver) - Regan Smith, United States (2 Gold - 3 Silver)**
 

Australia women's basketball advances to Olympics semifinals​

Jade Melbourne scored 14 of her 18 points by halftime and Australia advanced to the Paris Olympic semifinals in women's basketball by routing Serbia 85-67 Wednesday. The Opals had to win their group play finale to reach the elimination round, and they got a bit of revenge beating the country that stunned them in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Rio Games. Australia came into these Games ranked third in the world, and the Opals are looking for their first Olympic medal since taking bronze at the 2012 London Games. Their semifinal opponent Friday will be either the U.S. or Nigeria, who play later Wednesday. The Americans are the reigning Olympic champs looking for an unprecedented eighth gold. Nigeria opened these games by beating the Opals for the country's first Olympic win since 2004 in Athens. Alanna Smith scored nine of her 22 points in the third quarter, and Australia pushed its lead to 28 at one point. Cayla George added 17 and Sami Whitcomb had 15 for the Opals. Jovana Nogic led Serbia with 17 points. Angela Dugalic added 14 and Ivana Raca 10.

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Team USA women's basketball beats Germany at Paris Olympics​

When playing the U.S. women's basketball team, you have to deal with its star power, size and tremendous offensive talent. But so far in Paris, playing against this group of Americans has been extremely uncomfortable because of their defense. The international game is always much more physical, and there's often a bit of a culture shock for American teams when they enter that playing field. But this version of Team USA has embraced it with both arms and used it as a weapon against its competition. The U.S. played smothering and relentless physical defense Sunday against a reasonably strong Germany team to win 87-68 in Lille, France, despite not having its best offensive game. That's 58 Olympic wins in a row and the No. 1 seed in the medal round, which begins Wednesday in Paris as Team USA goes for its eighth consecutive gold medal. Next up for the U.S. is Nigeria, the first African team to ever make it that far at the Olympics. The draw was announced late Sunday night. Against Germany, Jackie Young led the U.S. with 19 points, with A'Ja Wilson contributing 14 and Breanna Stewart 13. Those offensive numbers are just for the record; they were far from the story of the game.

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Germany wins women's 3x3 gold at Olympics; U.S. gets bronze​

Sonja Greinacher hit a tiebreaking 2-pointer with 30 seconds left as Germany beat Spain 17-16 for the gold medal in women's 3x3 at the Paris Olympics on Monday night. The U.S. won five straight games after an 0-3 start. It made it to the semifinals before falling to Spain 18-16 in overtime earlier Monday.

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Hampton Morris wins 1st U.S. men's weightlifting medal in 40 years​

Hampton Morris does not have a driver's license. He does have an Olympic bronze medal. The 20-year-old who trains in his garage at home in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday became the first U.S. men's weightlifter to take home a medal of any color at the Games in four decades. Narrowly missing out on a world record that would have gotten him silver, Morris followed Mario Martinez and Guy Carlton from Los Angeles in 1984 as the most recent American men to medal at the Olympics.

Li Fabin of China defended his Olympic weightlifting title after going in as the overwhelming favorite to repeat. The 31-year-old set a Games snatch record by lifting 143 kilograms (315 pounds) on his third and final attempt, paving the way for gold when he got to 167 kilograms (368 pounds) in the clean and jerk for a score of 310.

Cambei earned silver in her country's return to the Games after its ban from Tokyo in 2021 for past doping cases, and Thailand's Surodchana Khambao was at 200 for bronze. American Jourdan Delacruz was fifth.

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Lin Yu-ting into gold medal featherweight bout amid gender dispute​

Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan has advanced to the gold medal bout in the women's featherweight division, winning her third consecutive bout while dealing with widespread scrutiny regarding misconceptions about her gender at the Paris Olympics. Lin defeated Esra Yildiz Kahraman of Turkey 5-0 on Wednesday night. Lin will fight for gold Saturday. Lin, 28, is a veteran amateur boxer who won world championships in 2018 and 2022 during a solid decade at the top level of the sport. She is usually taller and more slender than her opponents, winning her bouts through solid technique and savvy use of her reach rather than power.

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Quincy Hall comes from behind in 400, wins Olympic gold for U.S.​

Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback Wednesday night, sprinting from far behind in the 400 meters to reel in three runners and capture the gold medal. Hall, buried in fourth place as the runners rounded the last bend, outran the runner on his outside, then two more to the inside to cross the line in 43.40 seconds, the fourth-fastest time ever, then dropped to the track to do snow angels to celebrate. Hall beat Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith by .04 seconds -- that's now the fifth-fastest time in history -- and Muzala Samukonga of Zambia finished third for bronze. Hall is the first American since LaShawn Merritt in 2008 to capture gold in the one-lap race. His victory came an evening after American Cole Hocker came from behind late to beat the favorites in the men's 1,500 meters.

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U.S. exits beach volleyball in Paris sans medal after men's QF loss​

Miles Partain and Andy Benesh couldn't stop the slide, so the United States is leaving beach volleyball at the Paris Olympics without a medal for the first time. The 21-14, 21-16 loss to the Qatari team of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan in the quarterfinals on Wednesday made it the first American medal shutout since the sport was added to the Olympic program at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Partain and Benesh carried American hopes with both women's teams and the other men's team already out of the tournament. In Thursday's semifinals, the Brazilians will face the Australian team of Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy -- silver medalists in Tokyo -- while the Canadians take on Nina Brunner and Tanja Huberli of Switzerland.

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Quincy Hall comes from behind in 400, wins Olympic gold for U.S.​

Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback Wednesday night, sprinting from far behind in the 400 meters to reel in three runners and capture the gold medal. Hall, buried in fourth place as the runners rounded the last bend, outran the runner on his outside, then two more to the inside to cross the line in 43.40 seconds, the fourth-fastest time ever, then dropped to the track to do snow angels to celebrate. Hall beat Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith by .04 seconds -- that's now the fifth-fastest time in history -- and Muzala Samukonga of Zambia finished third for bronze. Hall is the first American since LaShawn Merritt in 2008 to capture gold in the one-lap race. His victory came an evening after American Cole Hocker came from behind late to beat thefavorites in the men's 1,500 meters.

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China wins 6th diving gold, on pace to sweep 8​

China won its sixth gold medal in diving Thursday at the Paris Olympics as it stays on track for an unprecedented sweep of all eight at the Games. China has dominated diving for decades but never has taken all eight golds. Xie Siyi took the gold on the 3-meter springboard and teammate Wang Zongyuan won silver, repeating their finish in the event three years ago in Tokyo. Osmar Olvera of Mexico took bronze. Xie scored 543.60 points in six dives, Wang had 530.20, and OIvera finished with 500.40. American Carson Tyler was fourth with 429.25. Olvera took silver earlier in the Olympics in men's 3-meter synchronized while paired with Juan Celaya. Mexico has won 17 medals in diving, its highest total in any event. Mexico came close to upsetting China in the men's 3-meter synchronized earlier when Olvera and Celaya took silver behind Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan. China won with 446.10 points to 444.03 for Mexico.

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U.S. women's hoops crushes Nigeria, reaches Olympic semis​

A'Ja Wilson and Breanna Syewart have proved to be a devastating combination for the Team USA women, to the point where there is a case developing that they could share the Olympics Most Valuable Player award. But there's a new duo emerging, though not a surprising one, that has proved to be a big boost as the Americans work toward another gold medal in basketball. Las Vegas Aces teammates Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young have stepped up to be difference-makers in France, and they played key roles in Team USA's 88-74 victory over Nigeria in the quarterfinals. The win marked the team's 59th consecutive Olympic victory, and it sets up a semifinal matchup against Australia -- which won on Wednesday over Serbia -- on Friday at 11:30 a.m. ET.

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Allyson Felix wins athlete election to join IOC as member​

Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix won an election Thursday to represent athletes at the IOC for the next eight years. Felix, the retired United States sprinting great, got the most votes -- 2,880 of the 6,576 ballots cast by athletes at the Paris Olympic-- of four athletes elected by their peers, the International Olympic Committee said. The other winners from a slate of 32 candidates were Germany gymnast Kim Bui, Australa canoeist Jessica Fox -- who is a double gold medalist in Paris -- and New Zealand tennis player Marcus Daniell. One of the four athlete IOC members they will replace, who all were elected at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, is Yelena Isinbayeva, the Russian holder of the world record in women's pole vault.

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Noah Lyles wins 200m bronze; COVID diagnosis revealed after race​

Moments after he finished in third place during Thursday night's 200-meter Olympics final, American sprinter Noah Lyles told reporters he ran the race with COVID-19, after having been diagnosed with the illness two days earlier. The moment the test came back positive, Lyles left the Olympic Village and was quarantined at a nearby hotel, he said. He also said he was administered whatever medications he could legally take without causing problems during postrace drug testing. Paxlovid was among the medications he took, a USA Track & Field spokesperson confirmed.

One day after losing the 200-meter semifinal to Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, Lyles was unable to surpass him once again in the final Thursday night. Tebogo ran an African-record 19.46 to earn the 200-meter gold medal. Finishing just behind him with silver was American Kenny Bednarek, who posted a 19.62. Bednarek was pleased to have received a second silver, having earned one in the 200 at the Tokyo Games, but he believed he had more he could have shown Thursday.

During Thursday's race, all eight runners got off to a somewhat even start. Lyles was in the hunt early. Around the 100-meter mark, Lyles' 200-meter showing followed his 9.79-second, personal-best effort in Sunday's close 100-meter dash. He earned the gold medal in the closest 100-meter final since at least Moscow in 1980 -- or perhaps ever. Back then, Great Britain's Allan Wells narrowly beat Silvio Leonard in 10.25 seconds in an era when timing didn't go down to the thousandths of a second.

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