Olympics 2024: USA takes lead with 122 medals

The 2024 Paris Olympics comes to a close Sunday, with the United States going into the final day of competition with the most medals, 122.

China will start Sunday, which includes competition and the closing ceremony, with the most gold medals, 39, compared to Team USA’s 38. China has the second-most total medals, 90, as counted at the end of today.

Today, the last full day of competition, saw the United States add 11 medals to its total. They include five gold, three silver, and three bronze. It was the second-best day for medals for Team USA, bested only by Aug. 3’s take of 18 medals.

The day’s count was fueled in part by gold in women’s soccer, Masai Russell’s gold in women’s 100-meter hurdles, gold in both men’s and women’s 4×400-meter relay and gold in men’s basketball.

Brooke Rabatou won silver in the inaugural boulder and lead sport climbing event, Nevin Harrison in women’s canoe sprint C-1 and silver in men’s high jump for Shelby McEwen.

The bronze medals came in breaking, the men’s 5,000 and the men’s freestyle wrestling 74kg — Victor Montalvo, Grant Fisher and Kyle Dake, respectively.