US climbs to top of Paris 2024 Olympic medal table

On the 9th/15th official competition day of the Paris Olympics (August 4, 2024), the US team won 5 more gold medals. The most notable of these was Noah Lyles's 100m men's track and field championship. At the competition that ended early on the morning of August 5 ( Hanoi time), Noah Lyles won a dramatic gold medal when he finished in 9.784 seconds, just 5/1000ths of a second ahead of the runner-up, Kishane Thompson (Jamaica). Fellow American Fred Kerley won the bronze medal with a time of 9.81 seconds.

By winning 5 gold medals in two consecutive days, the US sports delegation surpassed China to take the top spot in the medal table of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Currently, they have 19 gold medals, 26 silver medals and 26 bronze medals.

Noah Lyles won the 100m gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Currently, the Chinese sports delegation has the same total of 19 gold medals but is behind the US in terms of total medals (15 silver medals and 11 bronze medals).

Coming in next are host France (12 gold, 14 silver and 18 bronze), Australia (12 gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze) and the United Kingdom (10 gold, 12 silver and 15 bronze).

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines climbed to 22nd place with its second gold medal. Gymnast Carlos Yulo was the one who achieved a "double gold" for the Philippines. Carlos Yulo brought the Philippines the second gold medal in the men's vault event of gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics. At this time, the two gold medals of Southeast Asian sports both belong to the Philippines and both belong to Yulo.

Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore... still have no medals.

Also on the 9th day of competition, Nguyen Thi That of Vietnam competed in the women's 158km road cycling event. The 31-year-old racer put in a great effort and finished 73rd with a time of 4 hours 10 minutes 47 seconds. Only 3 Asian athletes completed the 158km race with many passes. Nguyen Thi That finished 2nd in Asia after the Japanese athlete, in 26th place. The remaining Asian racer who completed the stage came from Thailand, in 78th place.

The Vietnamese sports delegation to the 2024 Olympics has 16 athletes, but after 8 days of competition, 14 of them have lost their chance to win medals. Currently, Nguyen Thi Huong (canoeing) and Trinh Van Vinh (weightlifting) are the last hopes of Vietnamese sports./.

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