Yang Wang of Slovakia in action during his round of 64 match in Men’s singles table tennis against Chuqin Wang of China on July 28, 2024. (Paul Childs/Reuters)
The opening weekend of the 2024 Paris Olympics is in the books and the games are now in full swing. United States Olympic legends such as swimmer Katie Ledecky — who won bronze in the 400m Freestyle — and gymnast Simone Biles have already competed and are slated to continue their respective chases for more gold medals.
Biles, who suffered from the “Twisties” — a condition that interrupts the mind-body connection for a gymnast while they’re in the air — in 2021, also suffered a calf injury in the early stages of the 2024 Olympics. However, she is still expected to be in the lineup for all four events in the team final portion for the U.S. on Tuesday night.
Over 200 countries are represented at this year’s Olympics and over 1,000 medals are up for grabs. As of Monday afternoon, Japan is in the lead with six gold medals, and the Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic of China are in the second with five gold medals, while France and Australia are rounding out the top five. The U.S., which has historically finished the Olympics with the most medals, is currently in sixth place when it comes to gold medals, but is at the top of the leaderboard for overall medals with 17 so far, half of which are silvers.
Competitions for Olympic sports, like surfing and skateboarding, are also underway. So far, Americans Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston have taken home the silver and bronze medals in men’s street skateboarding, respectively, while Japan’s Yuto Horigome won gold in the event.
The Olympic Games will run for the next two weeks and finish on Aug.11. The next summer Olympics will take place in 2028 in Los Angeles, marking the third time the city will play host to the games.
Brazil’s Filipe Toledo exits the barrel in the 8th heat of the men’s surfing round 2, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Teahupo’o, on the French Polynesian Island of Tahiti, on July 28, 2024. (Jerome Brouillet/AFP via Getty Images)
Simone Biles of United States in action on the Balance Beam during the women’s qualification round on July 28, 2024. (Hannah Mckay/Reuters)
Canada’s #07 Stephen Timothy Maar serving during the men’s preliminary round volleyball match between Slovenia and Canada during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the South Paris Arena 1 in Paris on July 28, 2024. (Sebastien Berda/AFP via Getty Images)
Jiayu Xu of China in action during the Men’s 100m backstroke heats on July 28, 2024. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters)
Trinity Rodman of United States in action with Felicitas Rauch of Germany during their Women’s Group B match on July 28, 2024 in Marseille. (Luisa Gonzalez/Reuters)
Athletes in action during the Men’s Skiff sailing competition in Marseille on July 28, 2024. (Andrew Boyers/Reuters)
Konstantin Kharkov of Croatia in action against Montenegro during the Water Polo Men’s Preliminary Round in St. Denis on July 28, 2024. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)
An overview shows Algeria’s Dounia Khelif (in red) fighting against Serbia’s Natalia Shadrina in the women’s 60kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on July 29, 2024. (Pool via AFP via Getty Images)
Ruoteng Xiao of China in action on the Vault during the Artistic Gymnastics Men’s Qualifications on July 27, 2024 in Paris. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
Summer McIntosh of Canada in action during the Women’s 400m Individual Medley heats on July 29, 2024. (Marko Djurica/Reuters)
Alexa Moreno of Mexico falls from the balance beam during the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Qualification on July 28, 2024 in Paris. (Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)
Mohamed Elsayed of Egypt celebrates after winning his bronze medal bout against Tibor Ferenc Andrasfi of Hungary for Fencing – Men’s Epee Individual Bronze Medal Bout on July 28, 2024 in Paris. (Maye-E Wong/Reuters)
Kimberley Woods of Britain reacts after competing in women’s kayak single finals during the canoe slalom at the 2024 Summer Olympics, on July 28, 2024, in Vaires-sur-Marne, France. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
Manika Batra of India in action during her round of 64 Table Tennis – Women’s Singles match against Anna Hursey of Britain on July 28, 2024. (Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters)
Mollie O’Callaghan, right, of Australia, and Barbora Seemanova, of the Czech Republic, compete during a heat in the women’s 200-meter freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 28, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (David J. Phillip/AP)
Lilia Cosman, of Romania, competes on the balance beam during a women’s artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (Abbie Parr/AP)
Simone Biles, of United States, performs on the vault during a women’s artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (Morry Gash/AP)
Coco Gauff of United States celebrates her victory over Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia during the women’s singles tennis competition, at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (Manu Fernandez/AP)
United States’ Lee Kiefer, competes with Italy’s Alice Volpi, top, in the women’s individual Foil semifinal match, at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (Christophe Ena/AP)
Kauli Vaast, of France, leaps over a wave during the second round of the 2024 Summer Olympics surfing competition on July 28, 2024, in Teahupo’o, Tahiti. (Gregory Bull/AP)
Andy Murray and Daniel Evans of Britain celebrate after defeating Kei Nishikori and Toro Daniel of Japan in the men’s doubles tennis competition, at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (Andy Wong/AP)
Austria’s Alexander Horst hits over the outstretched arms of Brazil’s Evandro Goncalves Oliveira Junior in a beach volleyball match at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 28, 2024, in Paris, France. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)
Hungary’s Liza Pusztai reacts at the end of the women’s individual Sabre round of 32 competition against Italy’s Michela Battiston during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais on July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
China’s Lian Junjie and Yang Hao compete in the men’s synchronised 10m platform diving final at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 29, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
Daniel Wiffen, of Ireland, competes during a heat in the men’s 800-meter freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics on July 29, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (Bernat Armangue/AP)
Guilherme Costa of Brazil ahead of the Swimming – Men’s 800m Freestyle heat. (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)
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