As the world’s best athletes compete for personal glory and national pride, 2024 Paris OlympicsDomestic spectators will also be curious to see which country will have the honor of winning the most medals.
As of Monday, just as the Paris Games got underway, the United States, Japan, China and host nation France were leading the medal count.
This year’s tournament saw a fierce battle between teams France and the United States for the most overall medals. France is the Olympic host country and will be going up against the United States, which will host the games in 2028. The U.S. took the lead on Monday after strong performances in skateboarding, swimming and men’s gymnastics.
The two countries: A huge number of athletes The people who represent them.
The United States has the largest delegation with 594 athletes, followed closely by France with 571 athletes.
By Monday night, Japan was tied with China for third place on the medal list thanks to last-minute comeback wins by the men’s gymnastics team and skateboarder Hiroto Horigome. Winning the first gold medal of the tournament They competed in the 10m air rifle mixed team event on Saturday morning.
France’s Olympians have been a multi-sport powerhouse, having already won medals in at least eight different sports, while the United States is off to a strong start in swimming, winning 11 medals in that event.
The United States, perhaps, Tokyo 2020At the 2016 Olympics, China brought home 113 medals, significantly more than any other country, and their 89 medals were second only to the United States team.
Russia, which has been a dominant force in past tournaments, will not be competing this year. Banned by the International Olympic Committee With Belarus, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Athletes from these countries can only participate as “individual neutral athletes” or AINs, and their medals will not be counted towards the national medals. Anyone who actively supported the war in either Belarus or Russia was ineligible to participate.
