U.S. national soccer team's Carli Lloyd has announced her retirement. Lloyd has long hinted she would step away from the game following the Tokyo Olympics after a 16-year international career.
The Americans won 113 medals at the Olympics. It was the fifth straight Summer Games at which they finished with a double-digit lead over the next country.
The United States has its best weightlifting result at the Olympics for 21 years. Kate Nye took silver for the United States’ best result in the sport since 2000.
A’ja Wilson scored 22 points and Breanna Stewart added 17 to help the U.S. beat France 93-82. The win was the 52nd in a row for the U.S. dating back to the bronze medal game of the 1992 Olympics.
Jessie Fleming scored on a penalty kick in the 74th minute and Canada earned a 1-0 semifinal victory over the United States in the Olympic women’s soccer competition.
About 100 of the 613 U.S. athletes descending on Tokyo for the Olympics are unvaccinated, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s medical chief just before the Opening Ceremony.
American beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb is out of the Olympics after four positive COVID-19 tests. Tri Bourne will team up with four-time Olympian Jake Gibb.