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Team USA racks up more gold

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Updated Aug. 8, 2024, 12:23 AM UTC
By NBC News
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On the track, Team USA’s Quincy Hall came from behind late to take home gold in the 400-meter final.
Three American sprinters — Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton — advanced to tomorrow’s 200-meter final.
Defending American gold medalist Katie Moon took home silver in the pole vault.
In basketball, the Team USA women topped Nigeria to advance to the semifinals.
The U.S. men fell to Poland in a volleyball semifinal.
U.S. artistic swimmers are bringing home a medal for the first time in 20 years after their silver medal-worthy performance in the pool today.
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Skateboarding: 51-year-old Olympic newcomer says he had the time of his life competing in Paris
Gina Vivinetto, TODAY
Andy Macdonald of Team Great Britain practices at Place de la Concorde in Paris on Friday.
Garry Jones / Getty Images
Andy Macdonald may have spent decades as a professional skateboarder, but the veteran athlete was an excited newcomer at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Macdonald, 51, was cheered on today by fellow skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, 56, as he became the oldest skateboarder to compete in an Olympic Games. Macdonald went pro in 1994 and is decades older than his fellow Team Great Britain skateboarders, 16-year-olds Sky Brown and Lola Tambling.
Macdonald, a 23-time X Games champion, zipped through the skate park during the preliminaries, showing off flashy moves, including a Madonna and a body varial 540.
While he didn’t win a medal, Macdonald called the experience the thrill of his professional career.
“I could have fallen on every run and just be as happy as I am now. It doesn’t matter,” Macdonald told Olympics.com after the event. “It’s just been the experience of a lifetime.”
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A gold medal ceremony years in the making for skaters
Stephanie Gosk
Reporting from Paris
It wasn’t the typical medal ceremony at the Summer Olympics in Paris. But after 2½ years, the nine members of the U.S. figure skating team were awarded their gold medals today after the Russian team was disqualified.
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Team USA figure skaters finally get gold medals in Paris
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Ukrainian president praises athletes after two gold medals
Tim Stelloh
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised his country’s athletes today after a boxer scored a gold medal and a weightlifter won gold for Ukraine in the men’s middleweight class.
Macdonald, a 23-time X Games champion, zipped through the skate park during the preliminaries, showing off flashy moves, including a Madonna and a body varial 540.
While he didn’t win a medal, Macdonald called the experience the thrill of his professional career.
“I could have fallen on every run and just be as happy as I am now. It doesn’t matter,” Macdonald told Olympics.com after the event. “It’s just been the experience of a lifetime.”
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A gold medal ceremony years in the making for skaters
Stephanie Gosk
Reporting from Paris
It wasn’t the typical medal ceremony at the Summer Olympics in Paris. But after 2½ years, the nine members of the U.S. figure skating team were awarded their gold medals today after the Russian team was disqualified.
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