i really want my legacy to be one of someone who fought for women. you know, i think if you had asked me that question years ago, it would have been records on the track or how fast i ran. but now i think that it is really about having some impact on my sport and some impact on change for women so that they have had an easier battle than myself. u.s. women s basketball team will play for a seventh straight gold medal after crushing serbia and extending their win streak to 54 games. they have won gold at every olympics dating back to 1996. griner leading the team with 15. they will face either japan or france in the final. the a team of april ross and alix klineman are bringing beach volleyball gold back to
and epidemiology, now she can add an olympic bronze to her resume. meanwhile in the field, chris nelson won silver for team usa in the men s pole vault final, clinching a final spot clearing a height of 19.5 feet. history made on the wrestle as tamera mensah-stock the first woman ever to win gold in the sport. the u.s. is now a step closer to gold medals in a slew of team sports. competing in the win or go home baseball section of the bracket after monday s loss to japan, team usa defeated 3-1 the u.s. women s basketball team defeating australia 75 to 49.
ledecky s win completes a sweep of the distance swimming contests in tokyo. on the olympic hardwood, the u.s. women s basketball team remains unbeaten in 52 straight olympics games after defeating france 92-53 this morning as they advance to the quarter finals. on the pitch the u.s. women s soccer team is out of gold medal contention after falling to canada 1-nil in this morning s semifinal match. team usa can still take home the bronze, though. the track and field competition continues in tokyo this morning after american kenny harrison won the silver in the 100 meter hurdles and fred kerley sprinted to the gold earlier. raven saunders picked up the
don t really know how to cope with that pressure, so that is the best that i could have done in this situation. how disappointed am i? i mean, i m disappointed in every loss but i feel like this one sucks more than the others. and in just under an hour from now, all eyes will be on the women s gymnastics team final where simone biles and the u.s. are looking for a three-peat, but it may not be as much of a slam dunk as many thought before the games. the americans were more than a point behind the russian olympic athletes in qualifying but all those scores are now kreeerased. and the women s basketball team opening its run with an 81-72 win over nigeria. they were down three after the first quarter, but they extended the winning streak to 50 games. az i ace i next up is host nation japan on friday. and finally, carissa moore
for team usa american diving duo delaney schnell and jessica parratto won silver in the 10 meter this morning, the first time american women have medaled in the event. and the women s basketball team opened with a victory, defeating nigeria and defending its olympic streak to 50 wins, dating back to the bronze medal game in 1992. the women had a win. they did. sue bird and diana turassi are each eyeing a fifth gold medal, something no basketball player, man or woman, has ever achieved before. here s a look at the current medal count, the united states is on top with 22 total medals and is tied with china and japan for the most gold with nine. all right. and coming up, new york city is giving municipal employees an