PARIS OLYMPICS OUT OF THE POOL: BILES WINS REVERSE VAULT GOLD, RICHARDSON WINS 100M SILVER

The Paris Olympics kicked off Saturday and some of Team USA’s most celebrated athletes won gold, cementing their status as the greatest female athletes of all time.

Gymnast Simone Biles won gold in the women’s all-around for the second time in her career, her seventh gold medal and 10th medal overall. And she hasn’t ruled out competing in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

In the pool, Katie Ledecky won her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle, ending her week with her fourth medal in Paris and the 14th of her Olympic career. In track and field, American sprinter Sha’Karri Richardson won silver in the 100m, behind St Lucia’s Julien Alfred, who won her country’s first ever Olympic medal.

Elsewhere, the US women’s soccer team advanced to the semi-finals with an extra-time win over Japan, while the men’s basketball team crushed Puerto Rico. Nanterre, France – The relays at the Paris Olympic Games galvanized the crowd in Paris La Defense Arena, and the mixed relay of 4×100 meters on Saturday was not different, because the United States stormed in front to win gold.

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The Americans finished first with a world record time of 3:37.43, while China took silver in 3:37.55 and Australia took bronze in 3:38.76. The mixed medley relay added to the Olympic swimming program at Tokyo 2021 requires a bit more strategy than the others, with two men and two women competing on each team. In Saturday’s final, the U.S. team included Ryan Murphy (backstroke), Nick Fink (breaststroke), Gretchen Walsh (butterfly) and Torrey Huske (freestyle). —

NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky, the greatest female swimmer of all time, won her fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday night, capping the week with her fourth medal in Paris and the 14th of her Olympic career.

Ledecky clocked 8:11.04, ahead of Ariarne Titmus of Australia. American Paige Madden won bronze.

It was a victory of the moment, but also a victory that had lasted 12 years. Ledecky surprised everyone when she first won the 800 meters at the 2012 London Olympics as a 15-year-old. In 2016, she won in Rio by a mile. She would win again in Tokyo 2021, beating Titmus, for the fourth time and becoming the first woman to win at four consecutive Olympic Games. Michael Felps -Another person who does it with individual mediation of men in 2004 from 2004 to 2016. -Cristina Brennan

The United States, Women, Hoop 3X3 reached the semifinals

Paris. Their Olympiads could not get worse, but the US 3X3 basketball team was in time to continue medals. Dearrica Hamby scored nine points as the U.S. beat China 21-13 in pregame play Saturday at La Concordia and will face second-seeded Spain in Monday’s semifinals. The United States has won five straight games after starting 0-3 and beat China, the world No. 1 team, twice on Saturday.

“Those first few games, I just didn’t think our effort was where it needed to be,” Sierra Burdick said after the women’s first win on Saturday. “3×3 is a different sport. A lot of it comes down to formations and tactics, but a lot of it is just wanting more, giving your all and working harder and tougher than your opponent. I think we lacked that in the first few games, and I think now we’re starting to realise how hard it is to win.” — Dave Birkett

Why was Alex Walsh disqualified in the 200m? American Alex Walsh finished in bronze but was disqualified after officials ruled she had made a wrong turn on her backstroke. Walsh won a silver medal in the 200m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics. – Michelle R. Martinelli

Olympic swimming: Kate Douglass wins silver in 200 individual medley

NANTERRE, France — Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh won her fourth medal and third gold of the Paris Olympics by finishing first in the women’s 200-meter individual medley on Saturday at Paris La Défense. McIntosh beat American Kate Douglas and Australian Kayleigh McKeon in an Olympic record time of 2:06.56, with Douglas winning the silver medal in 2:06.92 and McKeon winning the bronze medal in 2:08.08. –Michelle R. Martinelli

Americans Ryan Crowther and Joe Kovacs finish with gold and silver

SAINT-DENIS, France — Ryan Crowther told USA TODAY Sports he’s aiming for a triple Olympic gold medal. He did just that and established himself as the greatest shot putter of all time.

The American shot putter won three consecutive Olympic gold medals.