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  • Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles and Torri Huske (from left to right) are among the female athletes who brought home multiple medals for Team USA.
    Team USA has women to thank for more than half of its Olympic medals
    If American women were their own country, they would rank third in the 2024 Olympic medal count. Women brought home 67 of Team USA’s 126 medals, though one remains in contention.
  • A Canada fan dons an Olympic mascot Phryge hat before the women's quarter-final football match between Canada and Germany during the Paris Olympics.
    12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics
    A team of NPR journalists spent more than two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. Here are some of our highlight moments from seeing the Games up close.
  • Katie Ledecky scored two of America's forty Olympic gold medals in the Paris Summer Games. The U.S. tied with China for the most gold, but the U.S. dominated the overall count with 126 medals.
    The final Olympic medal tally puts the U.S. on top in Paris
    The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.
  • A'Ja Wilson #9 of Team United States shoots between Valeriane Ayayi (L) and Janelle Salaun of Team France during the Women's Gold Medal game Sunday at the Paris Olympics.
    U.S. women's basketball team defeats France to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal
    The United States struggled most of the game against a tenacious French team that was powered by a boisterous home crowd. The U.S. women's basketball team has not lost at the Olympics since 1992.
  • Jordan Chiles of the United States, poses with her bronze medal following the women's gymnastics floor exercise event final on Monday at the Paris Olympics. The International Olympic Committee says Chiles must return the medal following an arbitrator's decision that her initial scoring appeal came in four seconds too late.
    Court says it won't reconsider case that took away Jordan Chiles' bronze medal
    Chiles' bronze was awarded after a last-minute inquiry boosted her score. An arbitrator ruled the inquiry came seconds too late, but U.S. officials dispute that and say video evidence backs them up.
  • San Diego FC Chrome Ball Tour
    San Diego FC (SDFC) 2024 Chrome Ball Tour presented by Trust & Will is headed to the city of Chula Vista for the fifth and largest stop of the tour on Saturday, May 4. The Chrome Ball Tour in Chula Vista will kick off with a Chula Vista first responders tournament, featuring the Chula Vista Fire Department and players from the Chula Vista Police Department. The event will also feature a 3v3 street soccer tournament, a local car show, a Lucha Libre performance with Masked Republic, a San Diego FC Colors of the Community Fashion Show featuring a musical performance by Chula Vista natives Rossi Rock and Sebby OG, and musical acts featuring South Bay native DJ Beto Perez, world-renowned cumbia band Vilma Diaz y La Sonora, and San Diego native Lil Rob. Additionally, the Chrome Ball Tour stop in Chula Vista will have a beer garden and a kids area that will include face painting, inflatables and more. The event is free to the public and will run from Noon to 10 p.m. PT. The artwork for the Chrome Ball Tour stop in Chula Vista was created by local Chula Vista artists Josue Baltezar, Chikle! And Paola ‘Panca’ Villaseñor. The San Diego FC Colors of the Community Merchandise line will also drop on Saturday, May 4 and will be available to purchase exclusively first at the Chula Vista tour stop at the Eighteen Threads Merch Trailer. For more information visit: sandiegofc.com Stay Connected on Facebook and Instagram
  • Jordan Chiles, of the United States, competes during the women's artistic gymnastics individual floor finals Monday at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Chiles won bronze after a last-minute inquiry found the judges had underscored her by a tenth of a point. On Saturday, an appeals court vacated the inquiry, saying it had come four seconds too late.
    U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles may have to return Olympic bronze medal after ruling
    Chiles won bronze after a last-minute inquiry found the judges had underscored her by a tenth of a point. On Saturday, an appeals court vacated the inquiry, saying it had come four seconds too late.
  • Mallory Swanson celebrates scoring against Brazil in the women's Gold Medal match between Brazil and United States of America Saturday at the Paris Olympics.
    U.S. women's soccer team wins 5th gold medal, defeats Brazil 1-0 at Paris Olympics
    It's the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S. women's national team since 2012. The win against Brazil is another sign of the U.S. transformation after falling short in a string of major tournaments.
  • Members of Jamaica's men's 4x100-meter relay team react following their heat at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, in Saint-Denis, France.
    In Paris, Jamaican sprinters backslide in Olympic track rivalry with U.S.
    The Americans, unsurprisingly, have medaled in the fastest track events at the Paris Games. The Jamaicans? Hardly.
  • Imane Khelif of Algeria (L) defeated Liu Yang of China to win Olympic gold in the women's 66-kilogram boxing event.
    Algerian boxer Imane Khelif wins Olympic gold in face of political controversy
    For two weeks, political controversy and online harassment had loomed over Khelif's participation in the Olympics. On Friday, she claimed Olympic gold and called her critics the "enemies of success."
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