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Here's what you should know from Day 16 — the final day of competition at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games:

• The U.S. women's basketball team topped hometown France in a thrilling matchup to win gold. 
• Sifan Hassan completed a "crazy" goal and won gold in the women's marathon.
• Jennifer Valente became the most decorated medalist in U.S. women's cycling history.
• 20-year-old Kennedy Blades becomes the second-youngest American woman to win an Olympic wrestling medal. 
• The U.S. women's volleyball team earned silver and the men's water polo team earned bronze.
• Finally, the U.S. won the Games with the most total medals of any country in Paris. 
  
  Read on for one final recap...

The U.S. women's basketball team topped France, 67-66, in a thrilling victory that came down to the final seconds to win an eighth straight gold medal.

At the very end of the game, it looked like France's Gabby Williams may have tied the score with a buzzer-beating 3-point shot but replays showed her foot on the line, allowing the U.S. to narrowly secure a historic win.

A'ja Wilson tallied a team-leading 21 points and 13 rebounds for the U.S and Kahleah Copper delivered a clutch fourth quarter. She finished the game with 12 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals. 

The U.S. women will leave Paris with a 61-game Olympic win streak in women's basketball. The last time the U.S. women lost in the Olympics was to the United Team in the semifinal of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. 

Diana Taurasi, who did not play in the gold medal game, is now the most decorated Olympic basketball player with six gold medals. At 42 years old, she is the oldest Olympic gold medalist in men's and women's basketball. 

Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young became the first athletes to win an Olympic gold medal in both 3x3 basketball and 5v5 basketball.

FULL BOX SCORE

Results: Women's basketball

🥇 United States (USA)
🥈  France (FRA)
🥉 Australia (AUS)

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan turned heads when it was announced that she would be competing in the 5K, 10K and marathon at these Paris Games. These events add up to about 38.6 miles over nine days. 

In Olympic history, only Emil Zátopek of Czechia has earned a medal in the Games’ three longest races.

Throughout each race, Hassan maintained the calm but determined style of running that she is known for, finishing with a bronze medal in the 5K and the 10K. 

Entering the marathon, Hassan said that she just wanted to finish. 

But then on the final day of the Paris Games, Hassan won the marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:22.55. She beat the previous Olympic record, set by Ethiopia’s Tiki Gelana at the 2012 London Games in 2:23.07.

"I was never more focused in my life, until that moment," Hassan said afterwards. "For two hours, I was focused every step."

RESULTS

Results: Women's marathon

🥇 Sifan Hassan (NED)
🥈 Tigst Assefa (ETH)
🥉 Helen Obiri (KEN)

Team USA's Jennifer Valente won gold in the track cycling - women's omnium event on Sunday for her fifth Olympic medal in three Games. Valente also won gold in the women's team pursuit earlier in Paris.

Valente passes Chloe Dygert and Sarah Hammer to become the most decorated medalist in U.S. women's cycling history.

The U.S. won six medals in women's cycling events in Paris, which is the most ever in a single Olympics. The six combined medals in cycling is the most since 1984.

Poland's Daria Pikulik won her first medal in her third Olympics and Ally Wollaston of Austria won her second medal of these Games.

RESULTS

Results: Track cycling - Women's Omnium

🥇 Jennifer Valente (USA)
🥈 Daria Pikulik (POL)
🥉 Ally Wollaston (NZL)

Italy defeated the U.S. in three sets, 25-18, 25-20, 25-17, to win gold in the women's volleyball tournament. 

This is Italy's first-ever gold medal in volleyball and first medal of any color in women's volleyball. Monica De Gennaro, 37, earned her first medal in her fourth Olympics. Six of the players on Italy's team were competing in at least their third Olympics.

The U.S. earned a silver medal, marking the fifth straight Olympics in which America has won a medal in women's volleyball.

Jordan Larson is now the third women's volleyball player and first American volleyball player with four Olympic medals. Larson initially retired from Team USA after the Tokyo Olympics before returning in May of 2023. 

MATCH STATS

Results: Women's volleyball tournament 

🥇 Italy (ITA)
🥈 United States (USA)
🥉 Brazil (BRA)

Kennedy Blades claimed silver in the women's freestyle wrestling 76kg in her Olympic debut. 

At just 20 years old, Blades is the second-youngest American woman to win an Olympic wrestling medal. 

Blades is the fourth American woman to win a wrestling medal in Paris. Amit Elor (68kg) and Sarah Hildebrandt (50kg) won gold earlier in Paris and Helen Maroulis won bronze.

Japan's Yuka Kagami won gold in her Olympic debut. Japan won a medal in all six wrestling events in Paris. 

Tatiana Renteria of Colombia and Milaimy de la Caridad Marin Potrille of Cuba both won bronze in their Olympic debuts. 

MATCH STATS

Results: Wrestling – women’s freestyle 76kg 

🥇 Yuka Kagami (JPN)
🥈 Kennedy Blades (USA)
🥉 Tatiana Renteria (COL)
🥉 Milaimy de la Caridad Marin Potrille (CUB)

The United States defeated Hungary in a shootout to win bronze in the men's water polo tournament. 

Goalie Adrian Weinberg delivered an incredible performance, stopping 16 of 24 shots in regulation and slowing Hungary down during the shootout. 

This is the United States' first Olympic medal in men's water polo since winning silver in 2008. The U.S. has now won a medal in water polo (men's or women's) at every Olympics since 1996.

Serbia won its third consecutive gold medal in men's water polo. Croatia earned silver and has won three medals in the last four Olympics.

RESULTS

Results: Water polo men's tournament

🥇 Serbia (SRB)
🥈 Croatia (CRO)
🥉 United States (USA)

Michelle Gulyas of Hungary won the women's modern pentathlon competition — her first ever Olympic medal after finishing 12th at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Her 1461 points set a new world record in the last ever iteration of this event's current format. This is the last time equestrian show jumping will be featured in the modern pentathlon as the discipline will be replaced by a "Ninja-Warrior" style obstacle for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

With Gulyas' win, Hungary has now won 10 gold medals in modern pentathlon, breaking a tie with Sweden for the most of all-time. 

Elodie Clouvel won silver in Rio and won silver again on Sunday in her fourth Olympics. 

Seong Seung-Min becomes the youngest female medalist in this event at 21 years old, and the first-ever female medalist from South Korea to compete in modern pentathlon.

RESULTS

Results: Women's modern pentathlon

🥇 Michelle Gulyas (HUN)
🥈 Elodie Clouvel (FRA)
🥉 Seong Seung-Min (KOR)

Kotaro Kiyooka of Japan won the wrestling men's freestyle 65kg in his Olympic debut. Japan finished the Games will 11 wrestling medals, the most they have won at a single Olympics...Ellesse Andrews became the first New Zealander to win three cycling medals in a single Olympics when she won the women's sprint on Sunday. With four career medals, she is the most decorated cyclist in New Zealand Olympic history...Harrie Lavreysen becomes the Netherlands' first Summer Olympian to win five career gold medals after winning the men's keirin. His six Olympic medals are the most of any male Dutch cyclist in history...Li Wenwen of China won gold in the women's weightlifting 81+kg/178+kg class to give China five weightlifting golds in Paris. This is the seventh straight time that China has won the most weightlifting medals at a single Olympics...Denmark won its third straight Olympic gold medal when it defeated Germany to claim gold in the men's handball tournament. 

FINAL MEDAL TABLE

The U.S. finished the 2024 Paris Olympics with 126 medals, the third-highest total ever and the most since the 1984 Los Angeles Games (174 medals)

This is the eighth consecutive Games that the U.S. has won the overall medal count.

Below are the American athletes that won four or more medals or three or more golds in Paris:

Torri Huske: 3 gold, 2 silver 
Simone Biles: 3 gold, 1 silver 
Regan Smith: 2 gold, 3 silver 
Katie Ledecky: 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze 
Kate Douglass: 2 gold, 2 silver 
Gretchen Walsh: 2 gold, 2 silver 
Gabby Thomas: 3 gold 

The countries that won their first-ever Olympic medals in Paris include Cape Verde, Dominica, St. Lucia, Albania and the Refugee Olympic Team.