Remember when the U.S. men's basketball team lost an exhibition to Nigeria? And then the Olympic opener against France?
All is forgotten, more or less, now that Kevin Durant has once again put the team on his back to clinch the team's fourth straight gold medal, a feat that is getting progressively more difficult as the NBA grows more international and the EuroLeague continues its growth, giving teams like France plenty of tough, experienced players who make things interesting. Durant and Jayson Tatum led the scoring as the USA withstood run after run to win 87-82. (STORY)
In 2012, playing alongside Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, Durant had 30 points and nine rebounds as the USA beat Spain 107-100 in the Olympic final. In the 2016 final, Durant again had 30 in a 96-66 win over Serbia. This time, if had just made the one free throw he missed (out of nine), he would've had 30 again.
Also repeating on Saturday: the U.S. women's water polo team, which routed Spain 14-5 to take gold behind a balanced attack and goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson. (STORY)
On the golf course, Nelly Korda gave up her lead with a double-bogey but rallied with three straight birdies and kept her poise after a thunderstorm delay to make it two wins in two events for the USA. (STORY)
The U.S. basketball team plays Japan for gold later today. The Dominican Republic took bronze. (STORY)
SEE MORE: Team USA men extend basketball gold medal streak to four
Track and field
Women's marathon: A bit of a pleasant surprise here, as the USA's Molly Seidel claimed bronze behind Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir and Brigid Kosgei. Kenya has won at least one women's marathon medal from 2000 forward. The USA hadn't earned a medal in the arduous event since 2004, and Seidel was running just her third career marathon. Imagine if Kevin Durant was playing just his third basketball game. (STORY)
The rest of the action, perfect for morning viewing if you're in the USA: women's 10,000m, men's 1500m, men's javelin, women's high jump and two 4x400m relays.
SEE MORE: Kenya wins marathon gold, silver; USA's Seidel earns bronze
Wrestling
Kyle Snyder will wrestle for gold and Sarah Hildebrandt will go for bronze later today.
SEE MORE: Breakthrough Moments: Steveson wins gold in final seconds
Around the Games
Beach volleyball: Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sorum became the youngest duo (and the first Norwegians) to win beach volleyball gold. (STORY)
Diving: China's Cao Yuan and Yang Jian finished 1-2 in the men's platform and British diver Thomas Daley, the bronze medalist in 2012 in his home country and a gold medalist in synchronized platform earlier in these Olympics, took another bronze. (STORY)
Modern pentathlon: American Amro Elgeziry set an Olympic record in the swim phase of the competition. (STORY)
SEE MORE: Norway's Mol, Sorum win men's beach volleyball gold
Medalists
Artistic swimming, team: tbd
Baseball: Gold/Silver - tbd (United States vs. Japan), Bronze - Dominican Republic
Basketball, men's: Gold - United States, Silver - France, Bronze - tbd (Slovenia vs. Australia)
Beach volleyball, men's: Gold - Mol/Sorum (NOR), Silver - Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy (RUS), Bronze - Cherif/Ahmed (QAT)
Boxing, men's flyweight: Gold - Galal Yahai (GBR), Silver - Carlo Paalam (PHI), Bronze - Tanaka Ryomei (JPN), Bronze - Saken Bibossinov (KAZ)
Boxing, women's flyweight: Gold - Stoyka Krasteva (BUL), Silver - Buse Naz Cakiroglu (TUR), Bronze - Huang Hsiao-Wen (TPE), Bronze - Namiki Tsukimi (JPN)
Boxing, men's middleweight: Gold - Hebert Conceicao (BRA), Silver - Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR), Bronze - Eumir Marcial (PHI), Bronze - Gleb Bakshi (ROC)
Boxing, women's welterweight: Gold - Busenaz Surmeneli (TUR), Silver - Gu Hong (CHN), Bronze - Oshae Jones (USA), Bronze - Lovlina Borgohain (IND)
Canoe/kayak, men's double canoe 500m: Gold - China, Silver - Ukraine, Bronze - Canada
Canoe/kayak, men's single canoe 1000m: Gold - Isaquias Queiroz (BRA), Silver - Liu Hao (CHN), Bronze - Serghei Tarnovski (MDA)
Canoe/kayak, women's kayak four 500m: Gold - Hungary, Silver - Belarus, Bronze - Poland
Canoe/kayak, men's kayak four 500m: Gold - Germany, Silver - Spain, Bronze - Slovakia
Cycling, men's madison: Gold - Denmark, Silver - Great Britain, Bronze - France
Diving, men's platform: Gold - Cao Yuan (CHN), Silver - Yang Jian (CHN), Bronze - Thomas Daley (GBR)
Equestrian, team jumping: tbd
Golf, women's: Gold - Nelly Korda (USA), Silver - Mone Inami (JPN), Bronze - Lydia Ko (NZL)
Handball, men's: Gold/Silver - tbd (France vs. Denmark), Bronze - Spain
Karate, women's 61+ kg: tbd
Karate, men's 75+ kg: tbd
Rhythmic gymnastics, individual: Gold - Linoy Ashram (ISR), Silver - Dina Averina (ROC), Bronze - Alina Harnasko (BLR)
Soccer, men's: Gold/Silver - tbd (Brazil vs. Spain), Bronze - Mexico
Track and field, women's marathon: Gold - Peres Jepchirchir (KEN), Silver - Brigid Kosgei (KEN), Bronze - Molly Seidel (USA)
Track and field, women's high jump: tbd
Track and field, women's 10,000m: tbd
Track and field, men's javelin: tbd
Track and field, men's 1500m: tbd
Track and field, women's 4x400m: tbd
Track and field, men's 4x400m: tbd
Volleyball, men's: Gold/Silver - tbd (ROC vs. France), Bronze - Argentina
Water polo, women's: Gold - United States, Silver - Spain, Bronze - Hungary
Wrestling, men's 65kg free: tbd
Wrestling, men's 97kg free: tbd
Wrestling, women's 50kg: tbd
SEE MORE: Queiroz finally gets gold with C–1 1000m victory
Results
Get all the details on:
- Artistic swimming: duet, team
- Baseball: overview and box scores
- Basketball: men's preliminary round, women's preliminary round
- Beach volleyball: men's tournament, women's tournament
- Boxing: men's fly, men's feather, men's light, men's welter, men's middle, men's light heavy, men's heavy, men's super heavy, women's fly, women's feather, women's light, women's welter, women's middle
- Canoe/kayak: all events
- Cycling: all events
- Diving: all events
- Equestrian: all events
- Field hockey: men’s tournament, women’s tournament
- Golf: women's tournament
- Handball: men's preliminary round, women's preliminary round
- Karate: all events
- Modern pentathlon: men's, women's
- Rhythmic gymnastics: individual, group
- Soccer: men’s tournament, women’s tournament
- Track and field: all events
- Volleyball: men's preliminary round, women's preliminary round
- Water polo: men's preliminary round, women's preliminary round
- Wrestling: all events
