PARIS OLYMPICS 2024: China, U.S. in tough contest over medal haul
As of the time this story was published, the medal standings for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games reflect a competitive atmosphere, particularly between the United States and China.
Here’s a detailed breakdown of the medal haul so far:
Current Medal Standings
China
Gold: 39
Silver: 27
Bronze: 24
Total Medals: 90
United States
Gold: 38
Silver: 42
Bronze: 42
Total Medals: 122
Australia
Gold: 18
Silver: 18
Bronze: 14
Total Medals: 50
Japan
Gold: 18
Silver: 12
Bronze: 13
Total Medals: 43
France (Host Nation)
Gold: 16
Silver: 24
Bronze: 22
Total Medals: 62
Other notable countries include Great Britain, Netherlands, South Korea, Germany, and Italy, each contributing to a diverse medal table.
The United States has showcased remarkable performances in gymnastics and swimming, with athletes like Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky making headlines.
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China has excelled particularly in shooting and diving events.
The competition is fierce as both nations vie for supremacy in gold medals while also accumulating overall totals.
The ongoing competition at the Paris Olympics is shaping up to be one of the most exciting yet, with both China and the USA leading the charge in terms of gold medals and total counts. As events continue through this festival of sport, updates will likely shift these standings further.
The 2024 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and branded as Paris 2024, is an international multi-sport event that are occurring from 24 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with the opening ceremony having taken place on 26 July. Paris is the host city, with events held in 16 additional cities spread across Metropolitan France, and one subsite in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017. After multiple withdrawals that left only Paris and Los Angeles in contention, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics to the two remaining candidate cities; both of the bids were praised for high technical plans and innovative ways to use a record-breaking number of existing and temporary facilities. Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924, Paris becomes the second city ever to host the Summer Olympics three times (after London, which hosted the games in 1908, 1948, and 2012).
Paris 2024 marks the centenary of Paris 1924 and Chamonix 1924 (which in turn marks the centenary of the Winter Olympics) and is the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three Summer Olympics and three Winter Olympics) and the first French Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. The Summer Games returned to the traditional four-year Olympiad cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Paris 2024 features the debut of breakdancing as an Olympic sport, and will be the final Olympic Games held during the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. The 2024 Games are expected to cost €9 billion.
