Team USA’s swimmers produced a dominant display to win the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay heat.

Abbey Weitzel, Simone Manuel, Erika Connolly and Kate Douglass clocked in at 3.33.29, almost three seconds ahead of Great Britain in second place.

But the U.S. will have to overcome reigning champions Australia in the final this evening to take home gold.

The first of the medals in Paris have already been dished out, but what exactly are athletes getting their hands on?

As usual, Olympic gold medals are actually made from mostly silver, with just six grams of gold used as coating.

But unique to this year's Games, the medals have a hexagon-shaped center forged using metal scrapped from the Eiffel Tower.

The back of the medal features Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, alongside the Acropolis in Athens, an homage to the Games’ Greek origins. 

Team USA men's gymnastics are going along nicely in the qualifiers at Bercy Arena with Stephen Nedoroscik nailing his pommel horse routine.

The Penn State graduate had a huge smile on his face after posting a statement score of 15.200, out of 16. That will almost certainly be enough to get him into the pommel horse final and put the 2021 world champion in medal contention in what will likely be a stacked field — Max Whitlock of Great Britain, who has won gold in the last two games posted a score of 15.166.

Americans Fred Richard and Paul Juda are also on track to qualify for the individual all-around final, sitting third and fourth respectively after five of the six rotations. Team USA last medalled in the individual all-around in 2012.

American swimmer and seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky has won her first race of the games, finishing just ahead of Australian world record holder and reigning Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus in the women’s 400m freestyle heats.

The two will go head-to-head again in the final this evening.

Snoop Dogg has shared his experience carrying the Olympic torch through the streets of Paris yesterday as part of the opening ceremony.

“It’s too hard to put in words, baby,” he said. “I was waving, shaking hands, kissing the babies. Doing what I do. We here for peace, love and unity, and great sportsmanship, that’s what we here for.”

The men’s and women's tennis singles start this morning on the familiar clay courts of Roland-Garros.

The iconic venue hosts the French Open Grand Slam each year, but this summer athletes can also win an Olympic gold on the hallowed red dirt.

The women's singles has just started with Polish world number one Iga Swiatek going up against Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu. Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Coco Gauff are also in action today.

And once the tennis is over on August 4, organizers have 36 hours to transform Court Phillipe-Chatrier into a boxing arena, with the venue hosting the semi-finals and finals of the women’s and men’s events.

Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon have won silver in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard event, bringing home America’s first medal of the games.

The gold was taken by reigning world champions Chang Yani and Chen Yiwen from China, who win their second gold of the games. It is the sixth Olympics in a row that a Chinese team has won the event.

Team GB’s Yasmin Harper and Scarlett Mew Jensen took bronze for a first British women’s Olympic diving medal since 1960.

Badminton can often be a fast and frantic game, requiring lightning-speed reflexes and incredible hand-eye coordination. It is also one of the few sports the U.S. has never medalled in.

Team USA pair Jannie Gai and Vinson Chiu got their mixed doubles campaign underway earlier this morning but were beaten by Chinese medal contenders Huang Dongping and Feng Yanzhe, who were at the top of their game in this frenetic point from this morning's match.

U.S. swimmer Torri Huske has made a strong start in her bid for Olympic gold in the 100-meter Butterfly event, producing a solid display to take first place in heat 3 and move through to the semi-final round later today.

The 2022 world champion is among the favorites to take gold in the final, which takes place tomorrow.

But she faces stiff competition from compatriot and world record holder Gretchen Walsh.