Team USA is now at 77 total medals, winning only one gold today as Valarie Allman defended her title in the women's discus throw. Simone Biles missed the podium on balance beams after a fall and took the silver on the floor exercise with a calf injury, but told the media she was not disappointed with her Paris Olympics.
American Allman Wins 2nd Successive Women's Discus Title
Valarie Allman of the United States captured her second consecutive Olympic women's discus gold medal on Monday, unleashing a 69.50-meter effort on her fourth throw.The 29-year-old's mark was nearly two meters better than China's Feng Bin, who took silver with 67.51.
Former double Olympic and world champion Sandra Elkasevic of Croatia also threw 67.51 but had to settle for bronze because Feng's second-best effort topped the Croatian's.
Allman followed her Tokyo gold with back-to-back world titles in 2022 and 2023 and is unbeaten this season.
Women’s 3x3 Basketball Team Takes Bronze
Germany won gold in the women's 3x3 basketball by beating Spain 17-16 in the final at the Paris Olympics on Monday.Canada Sends USA Packing in Beach Volleyball
In an upset, Canada eliminated the USA from women’s beach volleyball with a straight-set victory in the round of 16. The match was a closely contested battle, with both teams fighting for every point.Spain Upsets USA, Claims 3x3 Title
In a heart-stopping overtime finish, Spain stunned the defending United States to capture a gold medal in women’s 3x3 basketball. The game was tied at 16 after regulation.New Zealand Wins Men's Kayak Cross Gold
New Zealand's Finn Butcher won the gold medal in the men's kayak cross at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium on Monday.Australia Takes Kayak Cross Gold in Inaugural Event
Australia's Noemie Fox won the gold medal in the women's kayak cross, a new Olympic event.Fox's sister Jessica won gold in the canoe slalom and kayak slalom events earlier before losing out to her sister in the kayak cross heats. That's three gold medals between the two sisters at this Olympics.
Angèle Hug of France won the silver medal, while Britain's Kimberley Woods took the bronze.
Athletes Propose at the Olympics
The Paris Olympic Games have witnessed several proposals over the last few days.USA Takes Silver in Skeet Mixed Event
Team USA’s Vincent Hancock and Austen Jewell Smith took silver in the skeet shooting mixed event, losing to Team Italy’s Diana Bacosi and Gabriele Rossetti by only one point in the match for the gold.USA’s Budinger, Evans out in Beach Volleyball
Team USA's Chase Budinger and Miles Evans lost to Norway in two sets in the beach volleyball Round of 16, eliminating them from the competition. Norway’s Berntsen Anders Mol and Christian Sandlie Soerum advance to the quarterfinals.Team USA still has three beach volleyball duos competing.
Simone Biles Finishes Off Her Return to the Olympics With a Silver on Floor Exercise
Simone Biles didn't get the golden sendoff she hoped.Biles earned silver in the floor exercise finals on Monday after a routine that included a couple of costly steps out of bounds.
Brazil's Rebeca Andrade became the first gymnast to beat Biles in a floor final in a major international competition, posting a score of 14.166 that finished just ahead of Biles at 14.133.
Jordan Chiles, a longtime friend of Biles, earned the bronze.
Simone Biles Slips off the Balance Beam during Event Finals to Miss the Olympic Medal Stand
No medal for Simone Biles on the balance beam this time.The American gymnastics star slipped and fell off the apparatus at the end of her acrobatic series during the beam finals Monday, denying her an opportunity to add to the bronzes she won on the event at the 2016 and 2020 Games.
Wearing a blue-and-white leotard featuring over 5,000 crystals, Biles was more than halfway through her set when she couldn't quite keep her balance. She hopped off the beam and onto the mat while thousands inside a packed Bercy Arena let out an audible “ohhh.”
Biles received a score of 13.100, tied with U.S. teammate Sunisa Lee for fourth.
There was an extended wait for her score to be posted. At one point, Biles rolled her eyes in seeming annoyance knowing she wasn't going to finish on the medal stand.
Alice D'Amato of Italy took the gold with a score of 14.366. Zhou Yaqin of China earned silver with a 14.100, just ahead of bronze medalist Manila Esposito of Italy.
Biles finished in a tie for fifth with Lee, whose hopes for a gold on beam she's long coveted ended in the middle of her routine when she fell during the end of her acro series, just like Biles did a few minutes later.
Seine Back in Focus
Germany won the Olympic triathlon mixed relay, which took place as planned in Paris on Monday. The United States secured the silver medal, while Britain took bronze.Golden Day at 3x3 Basketball
Reigning champions the United States, Canada, Spain, and Germany, are battling for a medal in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament, with the semi-finals and final also scheduled for Monday.Kayak Cross Olympics Debut
The first-ever medals in kayak cross will be handed out at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, with the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals all taking place on Monday.Simone Biles Returns on Beam and Floor Finals
American gymnastics star Simone Biles is on the floor at Bercy Arena for the final day of competition.Biles is in both the balance beam and floor exercise finals, where she will try to add to the three golds ( team, all-around and vault ) she's already won in Paris.
The 27-year-old will begin on beam, where she is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and a four-time world champion. Biles was second in qualifying behind China's Zhou Yaqin last week. She will go next-to-last in an eight-woman final that includes U.S. teammate Sunisa Lee and Brazilian standout Rebeca Andrade.
Biles will then move to the floor later Monday, an event where she's never lost a major international competition, including a gold in Rio de Janeiro eight years ago.