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Phryge, the mascot of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, cheers at the women's group B match between the U.
S.
and Zambia on Thursday.
The Paris Olympics are finally here.
More than 10,000 athletes have descended on the French capital for more than two weeks of competition, patriotism, and potential drama.
NPR’s own Olympic team will bring you recaps, coverage, and color—including on the ground in Paris—online and on air over the next few weeks.
Katie Ledecky scored two of America's forty Olympic gold medals in the Paris Summer Games.
The U.
S.
tied with China for the most gold, but the U.
S.
dominated the overall count with 126 medals.
PARIS—The United States led in the Olympic medal count in Paris, with a stunning total of 126 medals, including 40 gold.
The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals—considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize—came down to the wire and in the end, China and the U.
S.
tied with forty apiece.
Meanwhile, Russia, once a world powerhouse at both the Summer and Winter Olympics, was nearly invisible in Paris, fielding only about fifteen athletes and barely registering in the total medal count.
China, by contrast, garnered most of its gold medals from diving (8 gold), shooting (5 gold), table tennis (5 gold), and weightlifting (5 gold).
So while the two countries go head-to-head in the medal count, they often do it in very different sports.
It's pretty common for the Olympic host country to do well at the Summer Games and France was no exception.
One of the breakout stars of these Olympics was a young French swimmer, who captured four gold and one bronze medal.
Another country that performed exceptionally well was Australia.
With a relatively tiny population of just 26 million people, the Aussies racked up 53 medals, eighteen of them gold.
One final note: The International Olympic Committee fielded a team this year of refugee athletes to represent displaced persons around the world.
An earlier version of this story said China had won five gold medals in wrestling.
The sport with those results was weightlifting.