{"id":6699,"date":"2021-08-05T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=6699"},"modified":"2021-08-04T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T00:47:28","slug":"team-usa-olympics-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=6699","title":{"rendered":"Team USA Olympics Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Jonathan Du Fault<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the Olympic Games continue in Japan, the United States continues to dominate. The USA has won a total of 73 medals, including 24 gold, 28 silver, and 21 bronze, most combined medals, and second-most gold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The USA basketball has advanced to the semi-finals of the medal stage after defeating Spain, facing Australia next. The US swim team won a total of 11 gold medals. On Sunday San Diego State Alumni Xander Schauffele won the gold for the US in golf.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week the Olympics will be transitioning from swimming to cross country and track and field. On Thursday the women\u2019s golf team heads into a competition to also try and win the gold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With only a few days of competition left, the USA looks to catch China in the fight for gold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the biggest wins for Team USA was defeating Mexico 1-0 in men\u2019s soccer. A huge upset that was won in penalty kicks after regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other notable wins include Tamyra Mensah-Stock, who was the first U.S.-born black woman to win gold in freestyle wrestling, and 19-year-old Athing Mu won big in the women&#8217;s 800m being only the second woman to ever win gold in the event. 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