The final day of the 2024 Paris Olympics is highlighted by the U.S. women’s basketball team facing France as the Americans go for the eighth straight gold medal.
Elsewhere, the U.S. and Italy face off in the women’s volleyball gold medal match, men’s water polo and men’s handball settle their bronze and gold medal games, and wrestling holds nine medal events.
USA TODAY Sports will bring you live results, coverage, highlights, medal wins and more throughout the day. Follow along.
Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon
Sifan Hassan — who won the bronze medal in both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter race — completed an incredible 2024 Paris Olympics by winning the women’s marathon on Sunday, finishing in an Olympic record time of 2:22:55.
2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
It required a late sprint to the finish for the track star, who out-paced Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa to the finish line of the 26.2-mile race.
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri won the bronze.
Dakotah Lindwurm was the top American finisher, placing 12th in a time of 2:26:44. American Emily Sisson finished 23rd in a time of 2:29:53.
American Dakotah Lindwurm drops off lead pace in marathon
Dakotah Lindwurm managed to stick with the lead runners through the 13.1-kilometer halfway point, but has since dropped off the pace set by the lead pack.
Through 30k, Lindwurm — the lead American runner — was 46 seconds behind the leaders. Another America, Emily Sisson, was more than two minutes behind the leaders.
Still attached to the lead group of Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands, winner of the bronze medals in the 5,000m and 10,000 at Stade de France. The lead group also included three Kenyan runners (Sharon Lokedi, Peres Jepchirchir and Hellen Obiri), two Ethiopians (Tigst Assefa and Amane Beriso Shankule), Romania’s Delvine Relin Meringor, Japan’s Yuka Suzuki and Bahrain’s Eunice Chebichii Chumba. Lokedi clocked in with the top time through 30k at 1:43:59.
American Dakotah Lindwurm pacing with lead group in marathon
The women’s marathon is underway in Paris, and 29-year-old American Dakotah Lindwurm was right in the mix with the lead group through the halfway point of the race.
Lindwurm was in third place with a time of 1:13:25 at the 13.1-kilometer mark, with Australia’s Jessica Stenson just ahead in first place at 1:13:22. Lindwurm was among 20 runners that comprise the lead group.
The Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan, who also won bronze medals in the women’s 5,000- and 10,000-meter races at the 2024 Paris Olympics, also is among those runners in the lead group.
Fellow American Emily Sisson was 27 seconds off the lead. A third American in the race, Fiona O’Keeffe, dropped out of the race during the opening miles.
Olympics schedule today
Here are some Olympic schedule highlights. Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds in Paris.
(All times Eastern)
- Closing ceremony begins at 3 p.m. and runs through 6 p.m. (NBC)
- Women’s basketball wraps up with the USA vs. France gold medal game (9:30 a.m., NBC) and the Australia vs. Belgium bronze medal game (5:30 a.m., USA Network).
- Men’s water polo has the bronze medal match between the USA and Hungary at 4:35 a.m. with the gold medal match between Croatia and Serbia at 9:35 a.m. (NBC).
- Women’s volleyball holds the gold medal match between the USA and Italy at 7 a.m. (NBC).
- The women’s marathon opens the day with a 2 a.m. start. USA Network is airing.
- Men’s handball features the gold medal match between Denmark and Germany (7:30 a.m., USA Network) and the bronze medal match between Slovenia and Spain (3 a.m.).
- Men’s water polo holds the gold medal match between Croatia and Serbia (8 a.m., USA Network) and the bronze medal match between the USA and Hungary (4:35 a.m., USA Network).
- Wrestling holds nine different medal events, starting at 6 a.m. and running through 7:45 a.m.
- Cycling holds four medal events, starting 6:45 a.m. and running through 7:56 a.m.
- The women’s modern pentathlon wraps with one last event at 5 a.m.
How to watch Olympics today
NBC is airing and streaming the Paris Olympics from all angles: Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds; NBC, USA Network, CNBC and E! are carrying various live events and replays throughout the day. Here are 6 tips and tricks for getting the most out of Peacock during the Olympics.
Medal count today
Our 2024 Paris Olympics medal count tracker updates after every single medal event.
Which U.S. teams are playing at the Olympics today?
(All times Eastern)
- The U.S. men’s water polo team plays Hungary in the bronze medal match at 4:35 a.m. USA Network is airing.
- The U.S. women’s volleyball team plays in the gold medal match against Italy at 7 a.m. NBC is airing.
- The U.S. women’s basketball team plays France in the gold medal game at 9:30 a.m. NBC is airing.
What Olympic medals can be won today?
(All times Eastern)
- Women’s hoops: Bronze medal game (5:30 a.m., USA Network), gold medal game (9:30 a.m., NBC)
- Marathon: women (2 a.m., USA Network)
- Modern pentathlon: women’s final laser run (6:40 a.m.)
- Wrestling: Nine medal matches (6 a.m.)
- Water polo: men’s bronze match (4:35 a.m., USA Network), men’s gold match (8 a.m., USA Network)
- Volleyball: women’s gold match (7 a.m., NBC)
- Handball: men’s bronze (3 a.m.), men’s gold (7:30 a.m., USA Network)
- Cycling track: women’s sprint (7:15 a.m.), men’s keirin (7:32 a.m.), women’s sprint (7:44 a.m.), women’s omnium points race 4/4 (7:56 a.m.)
Olympic basketball today: What to watch
The U.S. women have won a medal at every Olympics since women’s basketball was added to the program in 1976. If they make the final, they could send 42-year-old Diana Taurasi home with an unprecedented sixth Olympic gold.
Olympic volleyball today: What to watch
In Tokyo the U.S. women won their first Olympic gold in the sport of indoor volleyball, beating traditional power Brazil. Indoor volleyball has been on the Olympic program since 1964 and the U.S. has one gold, three silver and two bronze. Jordan Larson returns as captain of the team after being named MVP of the Tokyo Games.
Olympic marathon today: What to watch
It’s the women’s marathon day, which will take runners on a scenic route that includes Hotel de Ville de Paris, past the Eiffel Tower and Chateau de Versailles. For many years, the men’s marathon was held on the final day, bringing the Olympics to a close. In Paris, the women will be showcased on the final day of the Games, ending just a few hours before the closing ceremony.
Olympic closing ceremony today: What to watch
Unlike the opening ceremony, the closing ceremony will be held at the national stadium with NBC and Peacock offering live coverage beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Jimmy Fallon and Mike Tirico are slotted in as NBC’s hosts. The parade of athletes brings a party atmosphere with music and dancing. At the end, Paris will hand off to the organizers of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
Team USA has showed off its speed and strength at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Americans fared well in the pool, but dominated athletics.
The U.S. won by far the most medals in track and field with 34 overall, the most for the U.S. since winning 40 the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. — Jordan Mendoza
PARIS — If U.S. women were a nation unto themselves, their results at the 2024 Paris Olympics would make them one of the most dominant athletic countries on earth.
The exhilarating U.S. soccer victory over Brazil Saturday evening added an exclamation point to what already have been a fabulous Olympic Games for the American women.
They are winning medals at such a terrific rate that if they jettisoned the guys, they would be third in the overall medal standings, behind only the full U.S. team and China.
That means half of the U.S. team is performing better at the Paris Olympics than the full teams of about 200 other nations, including 85 countries that have won at least one medal. — Christine Brennan
PARIS — Victor Montalvo became the first Olympic bronze medalist in the history of men’s breaking Saturday night.
He knows he might also be the last.
Organizers for the next Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028 had the ability to propose new sports they wanted to include and opted for flag football, cricket and lacrosse over breaking − despite the dance’s deep history in the United States, including the fact its birthplace is the Bronx. — Tom Schad
PARIS − After the Paris Olympics conclude Sunday, the Paralympics will run Aug. 28 to Sept. 8, then the squash racket, lacrosse stick and cricket ball − all sporting additions to the 2028 Games − will be in Los Angeles’ court.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and and LA28 Olympic Games chair Casey Wasserman, who are in Paris as part of a U.S. presidential delegation to the Olympics that was led by First Lady Jill Biden, provided a few details Saturday to reporters about what sports fans − and Angelenos − can expect to see four years from now. — Kim Hjelmgaard
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