Swimming alongside her top rival in the event, Australian Ariarne Titmus, Ledecky swam a consistent race as Titmus pulled out to an early lead. But Ledecky outkicked her over the final 50 meters to pull out the win by 0.1 seconds.
The USA’s Paige Madden also qualified for the final by swimming the sixth-fastest time in her heat. — Steve Gardner
The quarterfinal round of the men’s and women’s single sculls is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
CHATEAUROUX, France —Team USA will have to wait for its first medal of the Paris Olympics .
Both American pairs entered in the 10-meter air rifle mixed competition failed to advance past the qualifying stage Saturday at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre.
Mary Tucker and Rylan Kissell finished 13th in the qualifying round with a combined score of 626., and Sagen Maddalena and Ivan Roe were 18th with a score of 624.9.
Tucker was part of Team USA’s silver medal performance in 10-meter mixed at the Toyko Games, along with Lucas Kozeniesky.
All four American shooters have two events remaining in this year’s games, the 10-meter rifle individual and 50-meter rifle three position. — Dave Birkett
PARIS — The rain didn’t stop Friday night’s opening ceremony , but the gloomy conditions that continued into Saturday impacted at least one sport’s competition.
The men’s street skateboarding preliminaries and finals – both scheduled for Saturday – have been postponed to Monday due to the inclement weather. It will be held Monday, July 29.
The U.S. has a pair of medal contenders in six-time world champion Nyjah Hutson and Tokyo bronze medalist Jagger Eaton. Chris Joslin is the other American competing in men’s street.
The women’s street preliminary and final rounds are scheduled for Sunday at Place de la Concorde. — Chris Bumbaca
Here are some Olympic schedule highlights (all times Eastern). Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds in Paris.
Swimming Qualification in men’s gymnastics is in three subdivisions, the first at 5 a.m., the second at 9:30 a.m., the third at 2 p.m. The U.S. is in subdivision 1. NBC is airing qualification.
The men’s street final in skateboarding
Men’s basketball Men’s soccer including the U.S. — throughout the day.Other sports in action: Tennis, fencing , boxing, beach volleyball , badminton , canoe slalom, cycling road, diving , handball , field hockey , judo , rowing , rugby sevens , shooting , surfing , table tennis , volleyball , water polo .
NBC is airing and streaming the Paris Olympics from all angles: Peacock is streaming every sport and event live as it unfolds; NBC, USA Network, CNBC and E! are carrying various live events and replays throughout the day. Here are 6 tips and tricks for getting the most out of Peacock during the Olympics .
The first medals of the 2024 Paris Olympics will be won in shooting . We’ll be updating our medal count tracker throughout the Games.
(All times Eastern)
The U.S. men’s gymnastics team competes in qualification starting at 5 a.m. NBC airs it.
The U.S. competes in men’s beach volleyball against Cuba at 8 a.m. NBC airs it.
The U.S. women’s water polo team plays Greece in group play at 9:35 a.m. USA Network airs it.
The USMNT faces New Zealand in group play at 1 p.m. USA Network airs it.
The U.S. men’s volleyball team plays Argentina in pool play at 3 p.m. USA Network airs it.
The U.S. women’s field hockey team plays Argentina in group play at 1:45 p.m.
The U.S. competes in women’s beach volleyball against Canada at 4 p.m. NBC airs it.
(All times Eastern)
Heats for the following events start at 5 a.m.: women’s 100m fly, women’s 400m free, men’s 100m breaststroke, men’s 400m free, women’s 4x100m free relay, men’s 4x100m free relay.
Semifinals for the following events start in the afternoon: women’s 100m fly (2:30 p.m.), men’s 100m breaststroke (3:15 p.m.)
Today’s finals: men’s 400m free (2:42 p.m.), women’s 400m free (2:55 p.m.), women’s 4x100m free relay (3:37 p.m.), men’s 4x100m free relay (3:50 p.m.).
American Maria Laborde scored a 10-0 victory over China’s Guo Zongying to open the 48-kg women’s judo competition. Laborde scored a waza-ari 1:07 into the bout and cruised to the victory. But Laborde lost to Assunta Scutto of Italy in the round of 16. Scutto scored an ippon at 3:23 to end the contest.
The mixed doubles team of Vinson Chiu and Jennie Gai were defeated in their opening match of the 2024 Olympics by China’s Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping, 2-0 (21-11, 21-14), at the La Chapelle Arena in Paris.
Chiu and Gai will continue pool play on Sunday with a match against Tang Jie Chen and Ee Wei Toh of Malaysia.
The U.S. men seek their first Olympic team medal in 16 years. The Americans will open qualifying in Subdivision 1 which includes Germany, Great Britain, Canada, and gymnasts from other countries that did not qualify an entire team. The USA’s path to an Olympic medal in the team event got easier when the European gymnastics federation voted against allowing Russian and Belarussian gymnasts to return to international competition.
The first medals in the sport will be awarded in the women’s synchronized 3-meter springboard event. China dominated diving at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, winning seven of the eight gold medals.
Will Team USA’s first Olympic medal of the Paris Games come in shooting? The first medals in the sport will be contested in the mixed team air rifle event. In Tokyo, Americans Lucas Kozeniesky and Mary Tucker won silver.
Katie Ledecky leads the U.S. team in her fourth Olympics. She is a medal contender in the women’s 400-meter freestyle, an event she won silver in at the Tokyo Olympics behind Aussie Ariarne Titmus. In Rio, Ledecky won gold in the 400 free.
After not qualifying for Tokyo, the U.S. women open the tournament against Argentina. Goalkeeper Kelsey Bing was instrumental in getting the Americans through qualifying and was Player of the Match in a 1-0 upset of India.
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