medals, including 34 golds. china has a total of 77, 36 of them gold. and russian federation is third in the medal count with 52 including 11 gold medals. so we are up by four now. hopefully starting to pull away. and only down by two golds. leading overall, but not in golds. we ll change that. i m sure. we knew the u.s. would get the gold in women s beach volleyball. we didn t know which u.s. team it would be. misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings did it again. they beat jen kessy and april ross in a u.s./u.s. finale. a third straight gold for treanor-jennings. they say this is their last games. always go out on top. i like that. more medals for team usa. this time in track and field. women s 200 meters.
81 medals, including 34 golds. china has a total of 77, 36 of them gold. and russian federation is third in the medal count with 52 including 11 gold medals. so we are up by four now. hopefully starting to pull away. and only down by two golds. leading overall, but not in golds. we ll change that. i m sure. we knew the u.s. would get the gold in women s beach volleyball. we didn t know which u.s. team it would be. misty may-theanor and kerri walsh jennings did it again. they beat jen kessy and april ross in a u.s./u.s. finale. a third straight gold for treanor-jennings. they say this is their last games. more medals for team usa this time in track and field, women s 200 meters. allyson felix won her first individual olympic gold. and carmelita jeter won the bronze.
ever to win gold in that event. she leaves here with two gold medals and a bronze. the other coming in the team competition and she did it to the smooth sounds of hav hava nagila. gabby douglas struggled but leaves with two gold medals including the prestigious all around. remember aly raisman s parents become sort of international celebrities for the way they re cheering on aly. here they are last night. watch the guy behind aly s dad rick, telling him down in front. rick saying you got to be kidding me. that s my daughter out there. i m not sitting down. good for them. beach volleyball, we have a huge show down tonight all-american final, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings, the legends of this sport looking for their third consecutive gold medal beat a chinese pair yesterday to get to the final, but the big upset came when americans jen kessy and april ross upset a brazilian team over there at horse gardens parade.
aly to gold. beach volleyball, misty may-treanor and kerri walsh jennings looking for their third consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball and they re in the gold medal match. they beat a chinese pair yesterday. this will be their last olympics they ve said and they want to go out on top the best beach volleyball duo in the world. in a bit of an upset, jen kessy and april ross upset a brazilian team yesterday. that means tonight at horse guards parade where they ve dumped 5,000 tons of sand for beach volleyball, an all-american final, should be exciting tonight. back on the track, lolo jones, remember big disappointment in beijing, she was winning the 100 meter hurdles in beijing and clipped the second to last one, finished in seventh. she s been waiting four years to get redemption. and did not get it. lolo jones finishing in fourth place, just off the medal podium. more disappointment for her. she does say she s going to try to come back for real, she said, i am crushed.
see. dropping 432 on his own neck he s okay. china and the united states far ahead in the medal count, china leading the u.s. not by much. great britain coming on strong, every day another gold, 48 total medals and 22 gold. south korea turning in impressive games with 12 gold medals so far. tonight, what you want to watch on nbc prime time, see that all-american beach volleyball final between the two-time gold medalists and upstarts april ross and jennifer kessy. in prime time, sanya richards-ross, allyson felix and carmelita jeter face a tough field in the 200 women s final. nbc sports network, catch the dream team, taking on australia in the first game of the single elimination knockout round. that s it from london. up next, send it back to washington for mika s must-read opinion pages. you re watching morning joe brewed by starbucks.