What to know
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- Katie Ledecky won her eighth Olympic gold medal, triumphing in the 1,500-meter freestyle and tying the record for most gold medals by a U.S. woman. The women's and men's 100-meter freestyle and men's 200-meter butterfly are also scheduled for today.
- The men's gymnastics individual all-around competition featured Frederick Richard and Paul Juda for Team USA.
- The women's triathlon took place this morning, and the men's event is now underway. That's after the men's race was rescheduled when organizers determined the Seine was unsafe for swimming. BMX park finals are also set for today.
- Stream every moment and every medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Games and the athletes competing in Paris.
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What to expect tomorrow
Eighteen gold medals are up for grabs at the Paris Games tomorrow.
USA gymnast Simone Biles will compete in the Women’s Individual All-Around, and a USA swimming team that includes Katie Ledecky will be in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay.
Here are some of the events and when to watch:
Track and Field
The Men’s 20km Race Walk starts at 1:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. Paris
Women’s 20km Race Walk is 3:20 a.m. ET/9:20 a.m. Paris
Shooting
Men’s Smallbore Rifle, Three Positions is at 3:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. Paris
Rowing
Women’s Double Sculls is at 5:18 a.m. ET/ 11:18 a.m. Paris
Men’s Double Sculls, 5:30 a.m. ET/11:30 a.m. Paris
Women’s Four, 5:50 a.m. ET/11:50 a.m. Paris
Sailing
Men’s Skiff, 8:43 a.m. ET/2:43 p.m. Paris
Women’s Skiff, 9:43 a.m. ET/3:43 p.m. Paris
Judo
Men’s Half Heavyweight (100 kg/220 lbs.), medal rounds begin, 11:18 a.m. ET/5:18 p.m. Paris
Women’s Half Heavyweight (78 kg/172 lbs.), medal rounds begin, 11:49 a.m. ET/5:49 p.m. Paris
Canoe Slalom
Men’s (K-1) Kayak Single, 11:30 a.m. ET/5:30 p.m. Paris
Gymnastics
Women’s Individual All-Around, 12:15 p.m. ET/6:15 p.m. Paris
Fencing
Women’s Team Foil, medal bouts, 1:10 p.m. ET/7:10 p.m. Paris
Swimming
Women’s 200m Butterfly, 2:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. Paris
Men’s 200m Backstroke, 2:38 p.m. ET/8:38 p.m. Paris
Women’s 200m Breaststroke, 3:11 p.m. ET/9:11 p.m. Paris
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay, 4:03 p.m. ET/10:03 p.m. Paris
USA ends the day with another gold, now has 30 total medals
Ledecky dominated the 1,500-meter freestyle to bring the total of top medals for Team USA to five, and the total Olympic medals for the country rose to 30 after Day 5 of the Paris Games.
The U.S. remains first among countries when it comes to overall medals but is seventh when counting gold only.
The U.S. has five gold medals, 13 silver and 12 bronze.
China has the most gold medals, nine, and has excelled in diving and shooting with three gold medals each in those categories.
France and Japan are tied for second in gold medals, at eight, after Day 5. France has done well in swimming, and Japan has the most golds in judo.
Snoop plays the classics traveling with USA basketball team, but some aren’t moved
It’s only natural that hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg would play music while traveling with some of the best NBA players in America who are now in the Olympics. But Father Time waits for no one.
He was at first playing the “Super Fly” soundtrack, a classic by Curtis Mayfield released in 1972.
“LeBron, naturally, nodded his head, because he understands old school,” Snoop said.
“But I had to switch it up, I had to put on some rap, because [22-year-old Timberwolves player] Anthony Edwards was sitting right next to me, and he’s not moving. Let me get him to move,” Snoop said.
Snoop, a special NBC Olympics correspondent for the Paris Games, said that even though the men’s basketball players are on different and competing teams in the NBA, “I felt a lot of brotherhood, of camaraderie. I felt them ego-checking themselves at the door.”
“I think they know what this is. They know that this team was put together reminiscent of ‘The Dream Team,’ the spirit of having the best of the best represent the country,” he said. “It’s not about me; it’s about we.”
Ledecky's not done with her hunt for gold
Bethesda, Maryland, native Katie Ledecky is looking to add to her record-setting medal collection. She could add hardware in the 4x200-meter free relay tomorrow and the 800-meter freestyle Friday at Paris La Défense Arena.
Just what is that odd-looking Paris Olympics mascot?
Many Paris Olympics fans have wondered just what is the smiling red mascot of the games. Its roots go back centuries in French history.
At last, a world record is set in the pool
There's a new gold medalist — and a new world record — in the men's 100-meter freestyle.
Pan Zhanle of China claimed the first world record of the Paris Games when he touched the wall at 46.40, taking four-tenths of a second off the previous world record, which he set in February.
He came in more than a second ahead of Kyle Chalmers of Australia. (Chalmers won this event in Rio and claimed silver in Tokyo.)
David Popovici, the self-proclaimed "Chlorine Daddy" from Romania, ended with bronze, his second medal of the Paris Games. (He won gold in the 200-meter free.)
USA swimmer Ledecky ‘honored’ after historic gold medal achievement
After confidently winning 1,500-meter freestyle at the Paris Games, Katie Ledecky tied for the most Olympic gold medals and the most overall Olympic medals of any American woman.
“I’m just so honored to represent our country,” Ledecky said. “Those women that have set the standard for so many years have inspired me.
“They inspired me when I first started swimming, so, thank you to them. Thank you to everyone,” she said.
Ledecky won her eighth career Olympic gold medal with her win, and she also won the bronze in the 400-meter freestyle at these Paris Games — with more events to go.
She tied Jenny Thompson’s record for the most Olympic gold medals by a U.S. woman in Olympic history.
She also now has 12 Olympic medals overall, tying her with Thompson, Dara Torres and Natalie Coughlin for the most ever by an American female swimmer.
Swimming: Marchand marches into the history books
With his winning swims in the 200M breaststroke and 200M butterfly, Leon Marchand becomes the first person to win two individual swimming gold medals on the same day since 1976. (The last person to do it was East German swimmer Kornelia Ender.)
Marchand is the fourth person to ever accomplish the feat, and the first man since Australia's Freddie Lane won two golds in the same day at the 1900 Paris Olympics.
Lane’s two events were the 200m freestyle and the 200m obstacle (see photo below). Both races took place in the Seine.
Team USA’s Naomi Girma is a formidable defender and a women’s soccer team leader
The daughter of immigrants from Ethiopia, Naomi Girma learned to play soccer when her father started a soccer club for Ethiopian kids in San Jose, Calif. Girma discusses the journey that led her to professional soccer and the Paris Olympics.
The Ledecky lineup: All of her Olympic medals
Katie Ledecky continues to etch her name into Olympic history books. Earlier today, she tied the records for most gold medals (eight) and most medals overall (12) ever won by a female American swimmer.
A look at her medal-winning races:
London 2012
- Gold in 800m free
Rio 2016
- Gold in 200m free
- Gold in 4x200m free relay
- Gold in 400m free
- Gold in 800m free
- Silver in 4x100m free relay
Tokyo 2020
- Gold in 1500m free
- Gold in 800m free
- Silver in 4x200m free relay
- Silver in 400m free
Paris 2024
- Gold in 1500m free
- Bronze in 400m free