Latest Paris 2024 Olympic medal tally as of the morning of August 3

Winning 3 more gold medals on August 2, the Chinese sports delegation continued to firmly hold the top position in the medal tally of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athletes pose for a photo after finishing the Badminton mixed doubles event. (Source: Getty Images)

The Chinese sports delegation continued to rank No. 1 in the overall medal table of the Paris 2024 Olympics at the end of the 7th official competition day.

On the competition day of August 2, the Chinese sports delegation won 2 more gold medals from Diving and Badminton.

The duo Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan were the "openers" of the day's Gold medals for China when they won the men's doubles 3m springboard event.

Meanwhile, the pair Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong won the Gold medal in mixed doubles badminton. This result is not surprising as they are currently ranked No. 1 in the world .

Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong had a convincing 21-8, 21-11 victory over South Korean pair Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun.

China also secured the gold medal in women's doubles as the final will be a contest between two teams from this country.

Chinese duo Tan Ning-Liu Shengshu   defeated Japanese opponents Matsuyama-Shida 2-0 (21-16, 21-19) in the women's doubles semi-finals to reach the final, where they will meet Qingchen-Jia Yifan.

Thus, the Chinese Sports Delegation officially won 13 Gold medals, 9 Silver medals and 9 Bronze medals, continuing to top the 2024 Olympic medal tally.

Host country France also had a successful competition day when they won 3 more gold medals from athletes Teddy Riner (Judo), Leon Marchand (Swimming) and Joris Daudet (Biking).

Leon Marchand won 4 gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Source: AP)

Notably, Leon Marchand made history by winning the 200m medley. He finished first with a time of 1:54.06 to win and break the Olympic record.

This achievement helps Leon Marchand become the 4th swimmer in history to win Gold medals in 4 individual events at an Olympic Games, after Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Kristin Otto.

With 3 more Gold medals, the French Sports Delegation rose to 2nd place on the overall rankings with a total of 11 Gold medals, 12 Silver medals and 13 Bronze medals after 7 days of official competition.

The Australian sports delegation also performed impressively and won 3 more gold medals on August 2, after the victories of Cameron McEvoy, Kaylee McKeown (Swimming) and Saya Sakakibara (Cycling).

In the men's 50m freestyle final, Australian swimmer Cameron McEvoy won the gold medal with a time of 21.25 seconds, ahead of two competitors Benjamin Proud (Great Britain) and Florent Manaudou (France).

Meanwhile, Kaylee McKeown had a very fast sprint in the last 50m to surpass Regan Smith (USA) and Kylie Masse (Canada), thereby winning the Gold medal in the 200m backstroke.

Closing the competition day on August 2, the Australian Sports Delegation won a total of 11 Gold medals, 6 Silver medals and 5 Bronze medals.

The impressive acceleration of France and Australia pushed the US Sports Team to fourth place in the 2024 Olympic medal table.

The US team had a disappointing day with only 3 more Silver medals. They still have 9 Gold medals, 18 Silver medals and 16 Bronze medals.

The US had a disappointing day of competition without another gold medal. (Source: AP)

Great Britain also performed impressively yesterday, winning three more Gold medals from Emily Craig-Imogen Grant (Rowing), Bryony Page (Gymnastics) and the Equestrian team (Scott Brash, Ben Maher and Harry Charles).

The UK sports team is on the same 9 Gold medals as the US team, and is only behind due to the number of Silver and Bronze medals.

The Japanese sports delegation ranked 6th in the overall standings with 8 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 6 bronze medals. Right behind, the Korean sports delegation ranked 7 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 4 bronze medals.

The next three positions in the top 10 of the Paris 2024 Olympic medal table belong to Italy (5 Gold medals, 8 Silver medals and 4 Bronze medals), the Netherlands (4, 3, 2) and Canada (3, 2, 6).

Up to this point, a total of 54 sports delegations have won at least one bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, representatives from the Southeast Asian region have not yet appeared on the medal tally./.

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