Paris 2024 Olympics results: Simone Biles and Suni Lee advance, U.S. teams dominate in soccer and basketball

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Sunday’s Olympics also saw the debut of a star-studded men’s basketball team, featuring big-name American athletes Simone Biles and Suni Lee, while the U.S. women’s national soccer team advanced to the knockout stages.

The U.S. women won gold and silver in two separate events, making it a strong day on the medal tally for Team USA. Here are some of the biggest highlights from Sunday in Paris.

Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee advance to USA Gymnastics final

It was another good day for the USA Gymnastics Team, with strong performances across the board and an easy advance to the team final. Simone Biles was still dominant today despite a leg injury, taking first place in the all-around.

Tokyo 2020 individual all-around champion Sunisa Lee also advanced to the final after narrowly beating Jordan Childs to take second place for the United States. The showdown between Lee and Biles will mark the first time in Olympic history that two individual all-around champions will compete in the individual all-around final.

USA Men’s Basketball Dominates Serbia to Open Game with Victory

The U.S. men’s basketball team got off to a strong start in their quest for a fifth straight championship with a 110-84 win over Serbia. Kevin Durant, who had been sidelined with a calf injury, returned to the team and played well in the opening group stage game, hitting 5-of-5 from three-point range and scoring 23 points, 21 of which came in the first half.

Durant came off the bench and flourished after the U.S. fell behind early, 10-2.

LeBron James also had a big game, nearly scoring a triple-double with 21 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, but it was Durant who really made the game tick, helping the U.S. overcome an early deficit to build a lead and never look back.

The U.S. women’s national team advances to the group stage with a crushing 4-1 victory over Germany

After beating Zambia 3-0 in their opening Group B match, the U.S. Women’s National Team handily defeated Germany on Sunday, winning 4-1 behind two goals from Sophia Smith. Smith scored two goals in the first half, the second on a deflected shot that hit the post and deflected wide.

The front line of Smith, Mallory Swanson and Trinity Rodman worked perfectly, with the three of them performing well against a strong European team, with Rodman providing a great assist for Smith’s first Olympic goal, Swanson scoring a goal and then assisting substitute (and former substitute) Lynn Williams for the fourth goal that all but sealed the win.

The win gave the U.S. Women’s National Team three more points and officially qualified for the knockout stage regardless of the result of Wednesday’s match against Australia, but the second big win gave the U.S. more confidence going into the rest of the tournament in its quest for the gold medal.

U.S. women’s team wins gold and silver in multiple events

U.S. swimming continued its battle for dominance in the pool on Sunday when Tori Huske won the 100-meter butterfly to claim the U.S. team’s first individual gold medal. Huske beat U.S. teammate Gretchen Walsh by just 0.04 seconds to claim her first Olympic gold medal.

Walsh took home the silver medal a day after his record-breaking performance in the semi-finals, but Husk had a sweet moment putting his teammate at the top of the podium.

In the foil, Lee Keefer and Lauren Scruggs advanced to the semifinals and secured a 1-2 finish for the U.S. team by meeting in the final on Sunday.

When the match began, Kiefer had the advantage. The women’s foil individual gold medalist in Tokyo allowed Scruggs the first touch. But she took control from there and won a commanding 15-6 victory to defend her Olympic title. She became the first woman in U.S. history to win two Olympic gold medals in fencing. She did so at age 30 and in her fourth Olympics.

Meanwhile, Scruggs won a silver medal in his Olympic debut at age 21. The Harvard fencer has a bright future and could have a shot at many more Olympic medals in the future.

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Today’s highlights

Stephen Curry, on the Team USA bench, did his best to copy Durant’s dance moves on the court.