The curtain fell on the 2024 Paris Olympics with the final event. It was a sports extravaganza that was both dramatic and suspenseful, as the U.S. team's performance in three major sports - basketball, soccer and volleyball - was a thrilling experience.
On the gold medal list, the U.S. team's three major ball sports harvest: basketball picked up two gold and one silver, soccer and volleyball were harvested a gold medal and a silver medal. Behind these honors is the story of the men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the women's soccer and volleyball teams, who are in the thick of the action.
In the battle for the gold medal, the U.S. men's basketball team topped the French men's basketball team with a score of 98-87. The men's soccer team, on the other hand, was sorry to say goodbye in the quarterfinals with a score of 0-4, stopping at the Elite Eight. However, the U.S. men's volleyball team swept the Italian men's volleyball team in the bronze medal game with a score of 3-0, winning a valuable bronze medal.
The women's basketball team's gold medal battle was equally thrilling, as they completed the comeback with a close 67-66 win over France at the last minute. And in the women's soccer gold medal game, the U.S. women's soccer team defeated the Brazilian women's soccer team by a score of 1-0 to collect a valuable gold medal.
However, in the women's volleyball battle for the gold medal, the U.S. team was defeated by the Italian women's volleyball team by a score of 0-3, and regrettably won the silver medal. Nonetheless, the U.S. big three still had a respectable and impressive performance at the Olympics.
