A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners

PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympics are underway. The United States led the medal standings after the seventh day of competition with host France second and China third, but more winners will join the list every day from July 27-Aug. 11. See which countries lead the medal count and the highlights in...

Katie Ledecky swims into history with 800 freestyle victory at the Paris Olympics

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Every year on Aug. 3, Katie Ledecky is reminded of her first Olympic gold medal. She was just 15 years old, a reserved high schooler who had surprisingly made the U.S. swim team for the London Games. Then she went out and shocked the world, beating everyone...

Olympics Day 8 Latest: Katie Ledecky wins 800-meter freestyle swimming gold

PARIS (AP) — U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won the women’s 800-meter freestyle in the 2024 Paris Games, earning her ninth Olympic gold medal. She joins Michael Phelps as the only swimmers to win the same event at four straight Summer Games. Also, U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson finished...

Paris Olympics Day 8: Biles and Ledecky win more gold, Sha'carri Richardson settles for silver

PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky led a strong showing for the United States at the Paris Olympics as both Americans added to their gold-medal collection on Saturday on Day 8 of the Games. Biles nailed her eponymous Yurchenko double pike vault to win the gold medal, the...

American Katie Ledecky preparing to write more history in the pool at the Paris Olympics

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Katie Ledecky advanced to the finals of the women's 800-meter freestyle Friday at the Paris Olympics with a chance to make even more history. With a victory, Ledecky would join fellow American Michael Phelps as the only swimmers — of any gender and from...

Ledecky wins record 13th medal with a silver. Summer McIntosh and Kate Douglass strike gold

NANTERRE, France (AP) — It wasn't the medal Katie Ledecky would've preferred. Still, it was good enough for the record books. On a night when Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh romped to another victory and Kate Douglass claimed a gold for the Americans, Ledecky...

Léon Marchand pulls off one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history at the Paris Olympics

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Turns out, those comparisons to Michael Phelps weren't far fetched at all when it comes to Léon Marchand. They certainly weren't a burden for the 22-year-old Frenchman. Marchand completed one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history...

What's next for Katie Ledecky? Another race and a relay as she goes for more records

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Katie Ledecky has tied one of swimming's most impressive records. Chances are, she'll have it all to herself by the time she completes the Paris Olympics. The 27-year-old Ledecky bumped her career total to 12 medals with a dominating victory...

Many top swimmers are going slower than expected in the Olympic pool. Is it too shallow?

NANTERRE, France (AP) — The atmosphere for Olympic swimming is electrifying. The times? Not so much. Through the first four days of competition in the portable pool at La Defense Arena, no world records were set. That finally changed in...

Katie Ledecky dominates the 1500 again, her 12th Olympic medal, tied for the most ever by a female swimmer.