The US women’s basketball team won the gold medal in the “last game”…surpassed China and ranked first | Dong-A Ilbo

The United States team won the gold medal in the final of the 2024 Paris Olympics and dramatically won the first place in the overall ranking. China has the same number of gold medals as the United States, but ranks second due to fewer silver medals.

On the morning of the 12th (Korea time), the US team defeated the French team 67-66 at the Bercy Stadium in Paris, France, and won the Paris Olympic Women’s Basketball Championship.

As a result, the US team won eight consecutive women’s basketball championships and ranked first in the overall ranking, winning 40 gold medals, 44 silver medals, and 42 bronze medals.

As a result, the United States won the first place in the Olympic Games overall score for the fourth consecutive time after the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

In a fierce competition with the United States for the first place in the overall ranking, the Chinese team won 40 gold medals, 27 silver medals, and 24 bronze medals, but fell to second place. The number of gold medals remained at 40, but the number of silver medals decreased by 17.

China’s dream of taking first place in the overall standings was shattered 16 years after the 2008 Beijing Olympics were held in their own country.

Li Wenwen showed overwhelming skill as China claimed its 40th gold in the women’s weightlifting 81kg and above category, leaving her two golds behind the United States.

The United States overtook China with Jennifer Valent winning gold in the cycling omniathlon points event, and then won the women’s basketball title.

Japanese athlete Yuka Kaga won the women’s freestyle wrestling 76kg championship and ranked third for the second consecutive year with 20 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 13 bronze medals.

The Japanese team achieved its best result at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago, winning 27 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 17 bronze medals. Based on this, the goal for this year’s Paris Olympics was to win 20 gold medals, and this goal has been achieved.

Australia ranked fourth, winning 18 gold medals (19 silver medals and 16 bronze medals), the most in the history of the Olympic Games. With the advantage of home court, host France also ranked fifth with 16 gold medals, 25 silver medals and 22 bronze medals, setting the best record since World War II.

The South Korean team, consisting of 144 athletes in 21 major events, performed better than expected, ranking 8th overall with 13 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 10 bronze medals.

These 13 gold medals are tied for the most gold medals in a single Olympics after the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. In addition, it is the first time in eight years that the team has entered the top 10 since ranking ninth in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

The North Korean team, which returned to the Summer Olympics after an absence of eight years, tied with Kyrgyzstan for 68th place with two silver medals and four bronze medals. This is the first time that North Korea has not won any gold medals at the Summer Olympics since the 2004 Athens Olympics.

(Paris = News 1)