2024 Paris Olympics: United States holds medal count lead, China takes lead in gold after Day 10

The 2024 Paris Olympics medal count was updated near the end of Monday with quite the battle for most gold this summer.

The United States maintained its large lead in the total medal count, leading second place China by 24 medals. However, the latter has the lead in gold medals by a slim margin.

The race for gold could be a two-country race but others are making a run after Day 10.

Here’s a look at the top 10 in the medal count through Monday.

1. United States: 20 gold, 29 silver, 28 bronze (77)
2. People’s Republic of China: 21 gold, 18 silver, 14 bronze (53)
3. France: 12 gold, 15 silver, 18 bronze (45)
4. Great Britain: 12 gold, 13 silver, 17 bronze (42)
5. Australia: 13 gold, 11 silver, 8 bronze (32)
T6: Republic of Korea: 11 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze (26)
T6. Japan: 10 gold, 5 silver, 11 bronze (26)
T6. Italy: 9 gold, 10 silver, 7 bronze (26)
9. Canada: 5 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze (17)
10. Netherlands: 6 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze (16)

Most recently, the United States added a bronze medal to the count with a win in the third place game in women’s 3×3 basketball.

Dearica Hamby, Cierra Burdick, Hailey Van Lith and Rhyne Howard defeated Canada 16-13 to earn the hardware. The win came after the United States fell to Spain in overtime in the semifinals earlier in the day.

Winning the bronze medal marked quite the turnaround for Team USA, which lost its first three games of pool play at the Olympics.

However, Hamby, Burdick, Van Lith and Howard continued to get better and better the more they played together. The United States had won five straight games heading to the semifinals, before falling to Spain.

Hailey Van Lith led the way for Team USA in the bronze medal game, scoring 6 points and pulling down 2 rebounds. Rhyne Howard added 4 points, while Dearica Hamby and Cierra Burdick each scored 3.

While Brazil wasn’t in the top 10 after Day 10, Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade took home gold in the women’s floor exercise. Americans Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles took silver and bronze respectively. Heck, they even bowed to the winner.

In addition to the team victory for the USA, Biles also won gold in the women’s all-around final, with Andrade earning the silver. The two also finished 1-2 in the women’s vault final, with Biles once again coming out on top.