As of this writing the United States ranks sixth among gold medalists, however the United States leads all countries with 20 total medals including 3 gold, 8 silver, and 9 bronze. France is second in medal totals at 17 with China in third at 14 and Japan who has the most gold medalists has 7 golds, 2 silver, and 4 bronze.
Australia’s swimming phenom Mollie O’Callaghan and China’s 10m Air Rifle shooter, Sheng Lihao lead all athletes with two golds. United States’ swimmer Torri Huske has won both a gold and silver in the women’s 100m Butterfly, and the women’s 4X100m freestyle relay.
While athletes come from all corners of the United States to compete every four years, Colorado has been home to some of the countries best athletes. This year Colorado offered 26 of its athletes to compete in this years summer Olympics.
University of Colorado’s Morgan Pearson, won silver at the debut mixed relay event in Tokyo in 2021, will compete in the Men’s Triathlon this week, in hopes of adding new hardware to his trophy case (results not available at the time of this writing).
Colorado Rapids midfielder, Djordje Mihailovic is attending his first Olympics and is set to complete this week against Guinea (results not available at the time of this writing).
Colorado Grey Wolves player Sammy Sullivan is on the U.S. Womens rugby team, who defeated Great Britain 17-7 on Monday. The women’s rugby team is scheduled to face New Zealand in the semifinals at the time of this writing (results not available at the time of this writing).
While Colorado has had an impressive amount of athletes competing in this year’s Summer Olympics, bordering states like New Mexico have set their mark in this year’s games. Mariah Duran of Albuquerque New Mexico and six time X-Games medalist looks to reach the podium after falling short in the 2021 Tokyo games where she finished 13th overall.
Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic competed over the weekend for his home country of Serbia against the Men’s U.S. Basketball team. While Serbia was competitive while Jokic was on the court, his dominance was overshadowed by the firepower of the U.S. Men’s basketball team. Serbia lost 84-110 to the U.S.
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray has been competing for his home country of Canada. Canada has won both of their games including their game against Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Greece and their game against Australia.
We are now just under two weeks away from the closing ceremony of the Olympics which means there is still lots of events to watch and cheer on your favorite athletes. Visit Olympics.com for a full list of events and results of past events.
