Gabby Thomas is golden 👩🏾⚕️🥇
Your Olympics essentials.
- What happened yesterday: Gabby Thomas won gold in the 200 meter sprint! Brittany Brown took home bronze! Amit Elor became the youngest U.S. wrestler to ever win gold! Cole Hocker shocked the world to win gold in the 1,500! The USWNT made it to the gold medal match! The U.S. men’s hoops team crushed Brazil in the quarterfinals! We made an Olympics bingo card for you! Check out all the day’s highlights.
- What’s happening today: The U.S. women’s basketball team plays Nigeria in the quarterfinals! Men’s skateboarding park prelims and finals! A U.S. beach volleyball duo are in the quarterfinals! Katie Moon in the women’s pole vault final! More track and field finals! More speed sport climbing! Follow all the day’s action.
- The latest medal count: Entering Wednesday, the U.S. led the medal count with 86 (24 golds, 31 silvers, 31 bronze) and led the gold medal count, no ties.
Résumé check, Lane 7.
Gabby Thomas, a self described late-bloomer, turned on the burners in the 200 meter sprint last night and jetted her way to gold. And good for her. She gives off a decidedly "stars, they’re just like us!" vibe. But check the résumé.
- She went to Harvard to study neurobiology.
- She has her master’s degree in public health with a concentration in epidemiology.
- When not training, she volunteers at an Austin, Texas, health clinic.
- She’s competing in her second consecutive Olympics.
- She's now an Olympic gold medalist.
"I never would have imagined in my wildest dreams that I would become an Olympic gold medalist and I am one," Thomas said after winning. "I’m still wrapping my head around that."
Meet wrestling’s young GOAT.
Amit Elor, 20, became the youngest U.S. wrestler to win an Olympic gold medal. She hasn’t lost an international match since 2019. That is, count 'em, 41 straight dubs. Her coach calls her a generational talent. She is considered the sports young GOAT.
But her journey has not been an easy one. In 2018, she mourned the death of her older brother Oshry, who was killed at his house during an attempted robbery. Then, in 2022, her father Yair died suddenly and unexpectedly, under heart-wrenching circumstances in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. She won her first match of these Games on Monday, which would’ve been her dad’s 67th birthday.
"I think I have a little bit of imposter syndrome," Elor said after winning. "I still feel like that little kid who just started wrestling. But currently, I just became an Olympic champion."
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Other highlights from yesterday.
- Devin Booker’s performance against Brazil is the latest example of Team USA's insane offensive depth.
- USWNT coach Emma Hayes calls Naomi Girma the "best defender I've ever seen — ever."
- Meet Bryce Wettstein, the flower-loving, glitter-wearing, ukulele-playing USA skater who cherished these Games.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo's first Olympics ended with Greece's defeat in the quarterfinals.
- U.S. women's water polo grinded out a win for a spot in the semifinals vs. Australia.
- A Cuban wrestler won his fifth consecutive Olympic gold and then immediately retired.
- U.S. beach volleyballers Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng lost to the Swiss.