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Olympic 2021 Medal Count: Final Tally, Winners from Day 4 Early Events
July 27, 2021
As of Tuesday afternoon, the United States is leading in total medal count at the Tokyo Olympics...but the Americans aren't leading the field when it comes to gold medals.
In the current medal count, Japan leads the podium with 10 gold medals, compared to the United States' nine. China is also at nine when it comes to gold medals.
But the U.S., with eight silver and eight bronze medals, leads the count overall with 25.
Of course, if you've been paying even slight attention to the Olympics, you know that Day 4 was headlined by the women's team gymnastics final, an event in which the Americans were expected to win their third consecutive gold medal.
However, most Americans woke up to shocking news that the final, which was held in prime time in Tokyo and at 6:45 a.m. ET, has a new gold medalist for the first time in three Olympic cycles: the ROC. (Russian athletes are competing as the Russian Olympic Committee after a Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling last year prohibited Russia's team name as part of sanctions for its doping program.)
The U.S. earned silver, finishing more than three points behind the ROC.
The other surprising moment from the women's team gymnastics final was Great Britain, which finished sixth in qualifying, earning bronze.
The U.S. also suffered an upset in softball, falling in the gold-medal game to Japan.
Still, it wasn't all doom and gloom for Team USA on Tuesday. The results of all the day's medal events are below, with further analysis about these major storylines to follow.
Tuesday's Medal Winners
Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Team Final
Gold: ROC
Silver: United States
Bronze: Great Britain
Softball
Gold: Japan (beats United States)
Bronze: Canada (beats Mexico)
Women's Canoe Slalom - Kayak
Gold: Ricarda Funk, Germany
Silver: Maialen Chourraut, Spain
Bronze: Jessica Fox, Australia
Women's Mountain Bike - Cross-Country
Gold: Jolanda Neff, Switzerland
Silver: Sina Frei, Switzerland
Bronze: Linda Indergand, Switzerland
Women's Diving - Synchronized 10-Meter Platform
Gold: China
Silver: United States
Bronze: Mexico
Equestrian - Dressage Team Grand Prix Special
Gold: Germany
Silver: United States
Bronze: Great Britain
Fencing - Women's Epee Team
Gold: Estonia (beats Republic of Korea)
Bronze: Italy (beats China)
Women's Judo
-63 kg Gold: Clarisse Agbegnenou, France
-63 kg Bronze Medal A: Maria Centracchio, Italy
-63 kg Bronze Medal B: Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, Canada
Men's Judo
-81 kg Gold: Takanori Nagase, Japan
-81 kg Bronze Medal A: Shamil Borchashvili, Austria
-81 kg Bronze Medal B: Matthias Casse, Belgium
Shooting - 10-Meter Air Pistol Mixed Team
Gold: China
Silver: ROC
Bronze: Ukraine
Shooting - 10-Meter Air Rifle Mixed Team
Gold: China
Silver: United States
Bronze: ROC
Women's Surfing
Gold: Carissa Moore, United States (beats Bianca Buitendag, South Africa)
Bronze: Amuro Tsuzuki, Japan (beats Caroline Marks, United States)
Men's Surfing
Gold: Italo Ferreira, Brazil (beats Kanoa Igarashi, Japan)
Bronze: Owen Wright, Australia (beats Gabriel Medina, Brazil)
Swimming - Men's 200-Meter Freestyle
Gold: Tom Dean, Great Britain
Silver: Duncan Scott, Great Britain
Bronze: Fernando Scheffer, Brazil
Swimming - Women's 100-Meter Backstroke
Gold: Kaylee McKeown, Australia
Silver: Kylie Masse, Canada
Bronze: Regan Smith, United States
Swimming - Men's 100-Meter Backstroke
Gold: Evgeny Rylov, ROC
Silver: Kliment Kolesnikov, ROC
Bronze: Ryan Murphy, United States
Women's 100-Meter Breaststroke
Gold: Lydia Jacoby, United States
Silver: Tatjana Schoenmaker, South Africa
Bronze: Lilly King, USA
Women's Taekwondo
+67 kg Gold: Milica Mandic, Serbia
+67 kg Bronze: Althea Florin, France (beats Aminata Charlene Traore, Ivory Coast); Bianca Walkden, Great Britain (beats Aleksandra Kowalczuk, Poland)
Men's Taekwondo
+80 kg Gold: Vladislav Larin, ROC (beats Dejan Georgievski, North Macedonia)
+80 kg Bronze: Kyo Don IN, Korea (beats Ivan Konrad Trajkovic, Slovenia); Hongyi Sun, China (beats Rafael Alba Castillo, Cuba)
Women's Triathlon
Gold: Flora Duffy, Bermuda
Silver: Georgia Taylor-Brown, Great Britain
Bronze: Katie Zaferes, United States
Women's Weightlifting
59k Group A Gold: Hsing-Chun Kuo, Chinese Taipei
59k Group A Silver: Polina Guryeva, Turkmenistan
59k Group A Bronze: Mikiko Andoh, Japan
59k Group A Gold: Maude Charron, Canada
59k Group A Silver: Giorgia Bordignon, Italy
59k Group A Bronze: Wen-Huei Chen, Chinese Taipei
Women's Gymnastics Upset by ROC in Team Final
Suddenly, the United States women's gymnastics team were underdogs.
Team USA superstar Simone Biles withdrew from the final after the first rotation and after she landed awkwardly following her Amanar vault, and her team moved on to the uneven bars. USA Gymnastics released a statement that Biles had withdrawn "due to a medical issue" and that she would be "assessed daily to determine medical clearance for future competitions."
Fellow American Jordan Chiles replaced Biles on the uneven bars and balance beam to keep the U.S. within striking distance of the ROC heading into the floor routine. However, at the end of her second pass, Chiles stumbled, and the ROC would finish more than three points higher than the U.S.
When speaking to reporters after the final, Biles tearfully cited her mental health as the reason for her withdrawal. "Whenever you get in a high-stress situation, you kind of freak out," she said. "I have to focus on my mental health and not jeopardize my health and well-being."
Biles hasn't indicated whether she plans to attempt to defend her gold medal in Thursday's all-around final.
United States Falls to Japan in Gold-Medal Game
Softball hasn't been on the Olympic program in 13 years. The last time it was, the United States lost to Japan in the gold-medal game.
Unfortunately, any change the U.S. may have had to change that narrative this time around was squelched in Tuesday's game, which Japan won on home soil 2-0.
"Sometimes it's just not your day," said veteran U.S. pitcher Cat Osterman, per USA Today. "Unfortunate, it's not been our day twice now. If you told me this was the ending and I had to redo it, I would do it all over again because this team has heart, has fight."
The 38-year-old pitched on the team that won the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. So too did Japanese pitcher Yukiko Ueno, who helped lead Japan to a 3-1 win over the U.S. in those Games. It was a similar story this time around. In six innings, Ueno, now 39, gave up just two hits.
The United States' second pitcher, Ally Carda, gave up the first point to Japan's Yamato Fujita. In the fifth, Monica Abbott replaced Carda after a Yu Yamamoto single. Yamamoto advanced on a wild pitch before Abbott gave up an RBI single. The U.S. would never get on the board.
"Obviously, it's a heartbreak that we're coming home not with the gold, but at the same time you look at it, you have the silver medal. How many people would give for that?" Osterman said after the game.
Softball is not on the program for the Paris 2024 Games, but it could potentially make another return at Los Angeles 2028.