US breaks through on the medal table of the 2024 Paris Olympics

American stars Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles both shined to bring home gold medals on August 3, in the women's 800m freestyle and the gymnastics vault, respectively. This gold medal helped Ledecky equal Michael Phelps' record of winning four consecutive gold medals in the same event. Biles raised her record to 7 Olympic gold medals of all time.

The US also won three more gold medals, thanks to Ryan Crouser in the men's shot put, Vincent Hancock in the flying discus and Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske in the men's 4x100m medley relay. The team set a world record.

Winning more gold medals than any other team on the day, the United States overtook France and Australia to return to second place. However, China did not stop there, winning three more gold medals, from Zheng Qinwen in women's singles, Zheng Siwei and Huang Ya Qiong in mixed doubles, and Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan in men's 3m platform doubles.

The Paris Olympics have passed the halfway point, but Vietnam has had 13 athletes eliminated, with only 3 remaining to compete: cyclist Nguyen Thi That, canoeist Nguyen Thi Huong and weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh. The team has yet to win any medals and is at risk of repeating the empty-handed result of the previous Tokyo event.

Nguyen Thi Thatwill compete in the only event, the women's mass start cycling final, at19hToday, August 4, Hanoi time. This event has 93 cyclists competing, including defending champion Anna Kiesenhofer, for a distance of 158 km.

Medal hopeful Trinh Van Vinh will compete on August 7, while Nguyen Thi Huong will race on August 8.