This record tally includes both Summer and Winter Games and was helped Tuesday by Team USA's historic performances in Paris in swimming events, which yielded four medals.
This record tally includes both Summer and Winter Games and was helped Tuesday by Team USA's historic performances in Paris in swimming events, which yielded four medals.From left, U.S. silver medalist Regan Smith, Australian gold medalist Kaylee McKeown and U.S. bronze medalist Katharine Berkoff pose with their medals following the women's 100-meter backstroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Tuesday.
Among the highlights were Regan Smith claiming silver in the women's 100-meter backstroke and her teammate Katharine Berkoff capturing bronze. Australian Kaylee McKeown defended her Olympic title, setting a new record of 57.33.But it was Berkoff's bronze that earned the distinction not only of marking the 3,000th medal ever for Team USA, but also the 600th Olympic medal earned by a U.S. swimming athlete.Torri Huske missed a medal by 1/100th of a second in Tokyo.
Rounding out the individual swimming events was Team USA's Bobby Finke silver medal in the men's 800-meter freestyle. Irishman Daniel Wiffen, who claimed his nation's first medal this Olympics with his win, bested Finke in a time of 7:38.19. Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri won bronze. It wasn't, however, only individual wins for Team USA; the men's 4X200 freestyle relay team comprising the quartet of Luke Hobson, Carson Foster, Drew Kibler and Kieran Smith won the silver medal with a time of 7:00.78, 1.35 seconds behind Great Britain, which won the gold. Australia won the bronze.to reclaim the gold medal over Italy in the all-around competition.
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