As Team USA takes on the 2024 Paris Olympics, the American athletes have already made an impression at the summer games.
The 2024 Olympics kicked off on Friday, July 26, with an illustrious opening ceremony that took place entirely outdoors on the River Seine and featured performances from the likes of and . Additionally, basketball star and tennis champ took on the task of Team USA’s flagbearers for the opening ceremony.
Gauff, 20, shared in a Wednesday, July 24, episode of Today that she had “no words” after she was bestowed with the honor.
“I didn’t want to cry in front of my teammates,” she added. “When told me, I was holding it in, but when I called my mom, I started crying because I think it’s even more special that so many incredible people — even now I get emotional thinking about it — but so many incredible people just think that I am worthy of this. It means a lot, truly.”
While France has already won the first gold medal of the Olympic games, Team USA quickly nabbed its first few medals at the start of the games on Saturday, July 27. and both took home silver for synchronized diving, marking the United States’ first medal in Paris. Cyclist won the bronze medal for the Individual Women’s Time Trial in road cycling. Meanwhile, swimmer surprised fans when she lost the gold in the Women’s 400-meter Freestyle, but she still walked away with the bronze medal.
Team USA has won over 100 medals at every Olympic Games since 2004 and is now looking to exceed its winnings from the Tokyo Olympics, where it took home a total of 113 medals: 39 gold, 41 silver and 33 bronze.
The 2024 summer Olympics will continue until August 11. Watch the Paris Olympics on NBC and Peacock, and keep scrolling to see all of Team USA’s medals:
Cycling Bronze Medals
Chloe Dygert – Women’s Individual Time Trial
Swimming Silver Medals
Kassidy Cook, Sarah Bacon – Synchronized Diving
Swimming Bronze Medals
Katie Ledecky – Women’s 400-Meter Freestyle
