What to Know
- USA's Kenny Bednarek won silver and Noah Lyles bronze in the men's 200m; Letsile Tebogo of Botswana took the gold.
- Lyles' mother told NBC Sports that her son was diagnosed with COVID two days ago, but opted to run anyway. After the race, he lay down on the track and appeared to be breathing heavily, and he left the arena in a wheelchair.
- Tokyo gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone defended her title in the women's 400m hurdles, winning another gold and setting a new world record.
- Team USA men's basketball was struggling against Serbia, but came back late in the fourth quarter to secure the semifinal win and advance to the gold medal game.
- It was a 1-2 for USA in the men's 110m hurdles, with Grant Holloway taking gold and Daniel Roberts silver.
- Team USA women advanced to the gold medal round after defeating Brazil in volleyball.
- Sam Watson won speed climbing bronze and set a new world record in the process with a blistering time of 4.74.
- Fourteen-time Olympic medalist Katie Ledecky and gold medalist Nick Mead will lead Team USA as flag bearers at the Closing Ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
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