Sha’Carri Richardson leads relay team to gold, U.S. women’s hoops to play France in final and more from Friday in Paris
The final Friday of the 2024 Olympics brought key knockout rounds for some of Team USA’s top squads, and Sha’Carri Richardson took the track for the last time in Paris.
U.S. women’s basketball defeated Australia in its semifinal, moving on to the gold medal match for the eighth straight time. The team has dominated at the Olympics so far, winning each game by double digits.
On the track, the men’s and women’s 4×100-meter relay teams competed in the finals. The women’s team raced first, winning gold in the race led by an anchor leg from Richardson. The men’s team was disqualified for passing the baton outside the “takeover zone” as Canada took home the gold. Later in the day, Rai Benjamin captured his first Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter men’s hurdles.
