The Paris 2024 Olympic Games competition ended with 13 competitions that awarded the last medals, essential to settle the fight between the United States and China for the leadership of the general medal table. Finally, the victory of the US women’s basketball team by a tight 67-66 against the local team gave its country the 40th gold medal, which allowed it to equal the Chinese delegation and thus win by having more silver medals, in addition to more than 30 medals in total.
Argentina, which won a gold medal with Maligno Torres in BMX, a silver medal with Eugenia Bosco and Mateo Majdalani in sailing, and the bronze medal won by Las Leonas in hockey, closed its participation with the women’s marathon: Florencio Borelli was 21st and Daiana Ocampo completed the course in 41st place.
It should be noted that among the 13 disciplines that had decisive activity, the United States had an advantage over China as it defined two gold medals in team sports. The women’s basketball team beat France in the final and the women’s volleyball team fell by a resounding 3-0 to Italy in the key match.
The final day began with the Asians ahead in the medal table with 39 gold medals, while the Americans are behind with 38 gold medals. Beyond that, two new conquests for the USA were key to reaching 40 gold medals, equaling the Chinese delegation and finishing ahead with 44 silver and 44 bronze for a total of 126 podiums. In the case of China, they added 27 silver and 24 bronze to finish with 91 in total.
Two gold medals gave Japan the last place on the medal podium (20 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze), which overtook Australia (18 gold, 19 silver and 16 bronze). In fifth place were the locals, France (16 gold, 26 silver and 22 bronze), followed by the Netherlands (15 gold) and Great Britain (14 gold).
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