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Team USA is leading Japan 79-57 after three quarters.

Japan managed to stay within 11 at halftime thanks to some hot three-point shooting, but the U.S. is simply dominating the game with their size. A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Brittney Griner have combined for 55 points on 25-of-34 shooting. Japan has absolutely no answer for them in the paint. Kelsey Plum has 9 points, leading USA’s perimeter group.

In addition to the hot shooting, the U.S. is cleaning the glass, outrebounding Japan 43 to 20. They are also shooting 72.7% on two-point field-goal attempts. The States have only hit one three, but they are so big it doesn’t matter.

Defending Olympic champion Team USA narrowly lost to China 3-2 Monday, in their opening women's volleyball game.

Despite having the edge in final attack and serve statistics, China held on courtesy of contributions from Zhu Ting, Gong Xiangyu and Li Yingying.

The epic 5-set thriller saw China get off to a quick 2-0 set advantage before Team USA's Avery Skinner and Kathryn Plummer helped pull USA back in the crucial 3rd set.

Team USA also had notable contributions from Andrea Drews, Haleigh Washington and Chiaka Ogbogu.

Their next match takes place Wednesday against Serbia.

Team USA's Lily Zhang fell to the floor with emotion after beating Brazil's Bruna Takahashi 4 games to 2 in the women’s singles table tennis round of 32. After Zhang dominated the first two games, Takahashi battled back with two of her own before Zhang took the final two for a decisive win.

Zhang aims to win the United States' first table tennis medal, hoping to draw more attention to a sport she describes as lacking the respect and interest of other mainstream American sports.

Fellow American Amy Wang is currently playing her round of 32 match, while Kanak Jha, in men's singles, has yet to play his.

It's hard to know what's a bigger win for Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina: earning an astonishing 9.90 in his heat today or the incredible photo taken just as he finished.

Medina earned the best score for an individual wave so far during the men's third round in Teahupo’o, Tahiti. He earned a 17.40 overall score which crushed opposing surfer Kanoa Igarashi, who earned a total of 7.04 in today's heat.

Right as he finished his run, Medina had a moment to strike a pose, resulting in the gravity-defying image below.

Reporting from Nanterre, France

Australian Mollie O’Callaghan set an Olympic record in winning the 200-meter freestyle, surpassing the mark held by her teammate and silver medalist Ariarne Titmus.

O’Callaghan’s 1:53.27 edged Titmus’ record time set in Tokyo of 1:53.50. Titmus still holds the world record of 1:52.23.

Hong Kong’s Siobhán Haughey, who led for much of the race, took bronze.

For anybody sitting on their couch thinking, "I could do that," let U.S. Olympics volleyball player Erik Shoji show you what it's like to try to return an elite-level serve.

Shoji posted a video to TikTok in June from a recent tournament in which he tried to return a particularly wicked serve.

"That is me getting absolutely destroyed by that serve," he said in the video. "And it's OK. I'm just impressed with that serve. That was crazy, that spin, that speed."

Shoji is a libero for the team, most easily identified because they wear a different jersey from their teammates. The libero is usually a defensive specialist adept at passing.

Shoji has posted a variety of videos from his time in Paris with the team, including some reviews of the food and their opening ceremony outfits.

Earning her very first gold medal, 17-year-old Summer McIntosh is doing her best to have fun and soak in the moment.

McIntosh gave Canada a first-place finish in the 400-meter individual medley, an early birthday gift to herself just weeks before she turns 18. But the teenager says she's already turning her attention to her next event: the 200m butterfly.

"Every single time I get to race on the world stage, I learn more and more about handling it mentally and physically and emotionally," McIntosh said. "I'm trying not to get too high or too low depending on my race results."

Still, this win and her silver medal finish on Saturday were major accomplishments for the young Olympian. McIntosh competed in the Tokyo Games at the age of 14 but fell just short of the podium, placing fourth in the 400m freestyle and 200m freestyle relay.

Her story can be anyone's story, she says, hoping to inspire young kids watching at home.

"If I can do it, they can do it too," McIntosh insists. "I was once in their shoes watching the Rio Olympics, and now I'm here eight years later."

Fencing uses three different weapons: epee (or épée), foil and saber. While they share a lot of basic rules, differences between their shapes and target areas change the speeds and styles of fencing matches. If you’re new to the sport, here’s a breakdown of the three weapon types:

In foil and saber, there’s a “right of way” rule that doesn’t apply in epee. Whoever begins an attack first takes the right of way and only that fencer may score. If both players hit at the same time, it’s up to the referees to decide who initiated the move.

There is no definitive “most difficult” or “best” weapon, though every fencer has their preference. Foil is often used as an introductory weapon to teach blade control and right of way, but that doesn’t make it any easier to strategize against your opponent.

Team USA women pulled it out in the second half of their quarterfinal rugby match against Great Britain, winning 17-7.

They'll now head to the semifinal round, where they'll contend for a medal.

The U.S. women’s basketball team is taking care of business vs. Japan so far, leading 50-39 after two quarters.

The frontcourt has been dominant — A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart have combined for 31 points on 14-of-19 shooting. USA has an obvious size mismatch vs. Japan, and hasn’t been shy about exploiting it, constantly getting the ball into the paint. The U.S. is shooting a whopping 21-of-28 from 2-point range — a 75% field-goal percentage on non-3s.

The rebounding battle has been thoroughly dominated by the States, which has 30 boards compared to Japan’s 14. The U.S. has 10 offensive rebounds alone, which has been a massive problem for the Japanese defense.

Frankly, it’s impressive Japan has stayed this close. Their strategy of letting it fly from 3 is paying off. Japan is shooting 9-of-22 from deep, and has outscored the U.S. by 24 points from the arc. That’s the only reason this game is even relatively competitive right now.

The 2024 Paris Olympics is already making waves for uncharacteristically slower times in men’s and women’s swimming meets and there may be a culprit: the water might be too shallow.

The pool constructed at the Paris La Defense Arena measures at 2.2 meters deep, falling short of deeper pools at previous Olympic games. World Aquatics put in place a minimum depth of 2.5 meters for swimming and water polo in 2023. However, when Paris had its bid for the 2024 Olympics approved in 2017, regulations allowed for a pool of 2.2 meters.

A more shallow pool can impact swimming times as the water becomes more wavy due to the swimmers strokes bouncing off the surface.

When asked in May if a more shallow pool could impact swimming times, John Ireland, the chief technical officer of Myrtha Pools who designed the last five Olympic swimming pools, believed the difference is minimal.

“A lot of this is perception vs. reality,” Ireland told Yahoo Sports. “If you were to talk to many very accomplished coaches, they would say the pool has to be a minimum 3 meters deep. Most of our research shows that anything over 2 meters is frivolous. Obviously, some depth is very important. But after a certain point, it’s diminishing return.”

Reporting from Nanterre, France

South African Tatjana Smith won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke, as American Lilly King missed the podium.

Evansville, Indiana, native King, who finished fifth, won gold in this event in Rio and bronze in Tokyo.

Smith edged out silver medalist Tang Qianting of China and Mona McSharry of Ireland, who took home bronze.

Team USA's Nick Itkin defeated Japan's Kazuki Iimura 15-12 to secure the bronze medal in men's individual foil. This is America's third foil medal in Paris, following Lee Kiefer's gold and Lauren Scruggs' silver in the women's event.

Itkin's bronze redeems his disappointing performance in Tokyo, where he placed 12th in the same event.

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Hong performed the hardest vault in the world in his effort to earn a medal with his team in today's final. The risky move payed off, and he cashed the check in bronze.

He is one of 60 Stanford-affiliated athletes at these Games. A standout on the gymnastics team there, he won the 2023 NCAA team championship.

The U.S. women's rugby team is trailing Great Britain after the first half of the quarterfinal, 7-5.

USA's one score was by Naya Tapper, earning 5 points with just more than a minute left to play in the first half.

TikTok star Ilona Maher was close to earning more points for the team before the half closed out, but didn't quite make it.

Ukraine has gotten its first medal in these Games: a bronze in the women's saber in fencing.

Olga Kharlan defeated South Korea’s Choi Sibin 15-13.

Kharlan is a four-time Olympian and a four-time Olympic medalist.

Despite watching her train for years, Nellie Biles never imagined in her "wildest dreams" that her daughter would have achieved this level of success at the international level.

Simone Biles' parents spoke with NBC News' Lester Holt about what it was like to raise the gymnast, who has been dubbed by so many as a the "greatest of all time."

"I mean, Simone enjoyed the sport, but I didn't think that we were gonna end at the Olympics, never did," Nellie Biles said. "And not ... I mean end up with one Olympics, this is her third. So, this is incredible."

Watch "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt" tonight at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT.

Reporting from Nanterre, France

Italian Thomas Ceccon won the 100-meter backstroke, capturing gold in an event for which he holds the world record.

China's Xu Jiayu took silver, and Florida native Ryan Murphy captured bronze for Team USA.

The UC Berkeley alum Murphy won gold in the 100 back in Rio and bronze in this race in Tokyo.

Reporting from Nanterre, France

Emma Weyant pushed her way to the podium today in the women's 400-meter individual medley and she said it was the best she'd swam in two years.

Her bronze-medal win was a slight surprise at the end of the race, as she had been trailing just behind Great Britain's Freya Colbert. But Weyant was excited to be able to stand next to her Team USA colleague Katie Grimes at the end.

"Yeah, this is kind of like a redemption year," Weyant said. "That's been my mindset the whole year ... putting in the work to get back to where I need to be."

The Florida native got silver in this same competition at the Tokyo Games, but has struggled on the world stage since. She earned bronze at the World Championships in 2022.

"This is the best I've been in two years, so, I'll take it," Weyant said.

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Frederick "Flips" Richard has been captivating an audience of nearly 1 million followers on TikTok and Instagram for many years, but now his feats have reached an even bigger stage: the Olympic podium.

He led the U.S. men to their historic bronze medal, performing five stellar routines. The highlight of his day was a high bar routine that would have clinched a silver medal at last year's world championships.

The U.S. men's gymnastics team just medaled for the first time in 16 years.

The young team, made up almost entirely of first-time Olympians, is basking in the glory that comes with a bronze medal hanging around their necks.

"I mean, it’s unbelievable," Asher Hong told NBC News. "We put in so much hard work at home, and we just put our trust and belief in each other, and we went out there, had fun."

Brody Malone, the only Olympic returner of the bunch, said it's "incredible" to be "representing the best country in the world" at the Paris Games.

"It’s just an incredible feeling any time you get to, you know, wear USA on your chest, but especially at the Olympic Games," Malone said.

He also shouted out the "phenomenal" crowd in the Bercy Arena who he said "were backing us the whole way" and "made it really easy to go out there and slam our sets."

Paul Juda, who will compete in the individual all-around final later this week, talked about the team's strong start on the vault, their second of six rotations.

He said he started with the wrong foot as he launched down the runway and "completely blacked out" on his journey to the platform.

"I hit the table, and I just said, 'alright, just hold it, just don't fall. Just please don't fall. Please don't fall,'" Juda said. "Next thing I know, the ground's at my feet, and I stuck it at the Olympic Games."

He said he hoped that his nearly-perfect routine "created the momentum that we needed ... sure, looked like it."

From vault until the end, "it was just altitude and cruising, baby," Juda said.

The crowd erupted when Frederick Richard stuck the landing on a risky high bar routine that was full of tricks. He said it was the people around him that helped him achieve that routine, one of the standouts of the night.

"I think about all the people behind me. I knew I had the whole U.S. behind me. I knew I had these five guys cheering me on. And I knew I wanted to do the best routine possible for them," Richard told NBC News. "And when you feel that like deep in your heart, it happens, and you stick that land."

Richard will join Juda in the individual all-around final.

Stephen Nedoroscik anchored his team on his famed single event, the pommel horse, earning a score that snagged the third place finish for the U.S. He will compete for Team USA in the individual event final.

"I didn't know what we needed, but I knew I needed to do a good job," Nedoroscik said. "I was feeling the nerves, but right before I went, these guys told me, 'We trust you. We got your back.' And when they said that, it all kind of went away."

He said he "went up there, did my job," and as soon as he stuck the landing he realized: "I think we might have just medaled, baby."

A quick 8-0 run in the second quarter and the U.S. is leading Japan by 12, with just over seven minutes left in the first half.

Breanna Stewart has gotten going in the second, and she’s up to six points on 3-of-3 shooting. The U.S. already has 21 rebounds, and is shooting 13-of-18 on shots from inside the 3-point line.

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U.S. national all-around champion Brody Malone may have been knocked down in Sunday's qualifying round, but he didn't stay there.

He rallied in today's team final, bolstering the U.S. men to a historic bronze medal finish. Malone's Olympics may be over, but he'll leave Paris with some precious hardware around his neck.

USA is leading Japan 22-15 after the first quarter of their group play opener.

A'ja Wilson is leading the way with 10 points, while Kelsey Plum added five of her own.

This is a serious mismatch for Japan, which is getting crushed on the glass. The U.S. out rebounded its opponent 16 to seven in the first quarter, grabbing a whopping six offensive rebounds. The States’ frontcourt is massive, and it’s causing issues for Japan.

Japan is trying to compensate by letting it fly from 3, attempting eight shots from beyond the arc in the first, connecting on three of them.

A'ja Wilson is off to a hot start in USA’s women’s hoops opener vs. Japan.

She has eight of the team's first 12 points, as the States jumped out to a 12-7 lead about five minutes into the first quarter.

This is going to be an uphill climb for Japan, which is at a serious size disadvantage against the U.S.

Reporting from Nanterre, France

Summer McIntosh wore the Maple Leaf Flag as a cape and did a victory lap — on her feet — around perimeter of Paris La Défense Arena.

A Canadian flag, flanked by two sets of Stars & Stripes, were raised here as "O Canada" played in honor of McIntosh, silver medalist Katie Grimes and bronze winner Emma Weyant following their 400 IM race.

Reporting from Paris, France

There's some long lines to get into Olympic venues. They're being treated to a particularly French way to pass the time: mimes.

Reporting from Nanterre, France

David Popovici won the 200-meter freestyle, delivering Romania its first medal of these games.

The 19-year-old from Bucharest also won his nation’s first swimming medal since 2004.

Great Britain's Matthew Richards took silver and American Luke Hobson took bronze.

In his Olympic debut, Italy's Filippo Macchi secured a 15-11 victory over USA's Nick Itkin. Macchi will face defending Olympic champion Cheung Ka Long, from Hong Kong, in the gold medal match later today.

Itkin, 24, was part of the U.S. foil team that won bronze in Tokyo but finished a disappointing 12th in his individual event. He is ranked second in the world and will now fight for the bronze against Japan's Kazuki Iimura.

Reporting from Nanterre, France

Canadian wunderkind Summer McIntosh blew away her competitors in the 400-meter individual medley to capture her first gold medal.

Americans Katie Grimes and Emma Weyant took silver and bronze.

The 17-year-old McIntosh won the silver Saturday night in the 400 freestyle, sandwiched between Australia’s Ariarne Titmus and bronze-winning American Katie Ldedecky.

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What a moment for Team USA.

The crowd at Bercy Arena went nuts when everyone learned that the American men's team earned a spot on the podium for the first time since 2008.

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Less that 24 hours before the triathlon is set to begin and its still not clear whether high bacteria levels in the River Seine will force a delay. Officials say the water quality will be measured again overnight and a decision made in the early hours of Tuesday.

But it is still possible to swim in the city if you go to places like Bassin de la Villete, an artificial lake that runs into the main waterway. Today NBC News found families swimming to escape the hot weather. 

Nine-year-old Ivy Sous said the water was "cold but nice and refreshing," while Lyra Moggach, 12, said she "exhilarated when I got in," and she felt fine when she got out.

To test that theory, NBC News’ took a dip and, while the water was cold, it seemed clean enough and clear enough to see your feet below.

They did it!

Team USA men's gymnastics made it on the podium in the team final for the first time since 2008, a goal they have been loudly chasing throughout these Paris Games.

The men's team earned bronze, behind Japan then China. Great Britain and Ukraine took fourth and fifth, respectively.

Today's showing was a welcome improvement from Saturday's qualifying round, with the mostly green Olympic team hitting all of their routines.

Next up: Frederick Richard and Paul Juda will compete in the all-around final and Stephen Nedoroscik will try his hand in the pommel horse final.

Americans Katie Grimes, Emma Weyant, Ryan Murphy, Lilly King, Luke Hobson and Claire Weinstein have reached the finals of races set for Monday night just outside of Paris.

Grimes is considered a medal contender in the 400-meter individual medley in a race that also includes Weyant and Canadian Summer McIntosh, who is listed as the favorite for the event at 8:30 p.m. local time (6:19 p.m. EDT).

Murphy is slated for the 100-meter backstroke at 9:19 p.m./3:19 p.m. while King swims in the 100 breaststroke at 9:25 p.m./3:25 p.m.

Luke Hobson and Claire Weinstein are racing in each of their 200 freestyle races at 8:40 p.m./2:40 p.m. and 9:41 p.m./3:41 p.m., respectively.

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After a heart-pounding lead-up, Nedoroscik delivered a historic routine for the U.S. on his one and only event, the pommel horse.

He anchored a near-perfect competition for the U.S. team with a 14.866.

In the last rotation of the day, China suffered a fall on high bar. The team is a solid favorite to medal, but there's no telling what this mistake will do to their overall standing.

Stephen Nedoroscik, Team USA's secret weapon today, is being called the "Clark Kent" of the pommel horse as viewers watch the unassuming, bespectacled athlete wait to take the stage.

"OK, Stephen Nedoroscik, the US men’s gymnastics pommel horse specialist, has these thick-rimmed glasses. He takes them off when he does pommel," one X user wrote. "Is anyone else thinking Clark Kent/Superman vibes?"

The men's gymnastics team is 2/3 on pommel horse with just one more routine of the day from Stephen Nedoroscik.

Brody Malone stuck his landing and earned a score of 13.700.

Malone, who was plagued by falls and mistakes in the qualifiers, had a much stronger showing in the team event today.

All smiles — and what looked like some teary eyes — after Paul Juda completed his routine on pommel horse, his last event of the day before the all-around final later this week.

He scored 13.900 — starting Team USA off very strong on their trickiest event. The men's team is just two routines away from potentially getting on the podium for the first time since 2008.

If you haven't yet watched the world's best surfers take on Teahupo'o, you're in for a treat. After making its debut in Tokyo, surfing is back with some of the world's most formidable waves - and they're massive.

Watch Team USA’s Carissa Moore and John John Florence explain to Colin Jost why the Tahitian surf zone presents such a daunting challenge. Both Moore and Florence won their opening heats on Saturday and face their next ones later today.

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After a nearly three-hour wait, the biggest moment of Stephen Nedoroscik’s career is upon him.

He's struggled in international team final competitions, but he's one of the best in the world on pommel horse. He's more than capable of clinching a historic medal for his team if all goes well.

With one rotation left to go, Team USA sits in third place behind China and Japan.

Only pommel horse stands between this team and a medal, and all-star Stephen Nedoroscik will anchor the team with what is expected to be a stand-out performance.

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As the U.S. anchor on floor, Richard delivered a clutch routine to wrap up the penultimate rotation. One of his skills on floor stems from breakdancing, a sport that is making its Olympic debut in Paris.

A podium finish is in their grasp as he earns a 14.466, but they'll have to get through the pommel horse first, which is never an easy task.

Asher Hong did what he needed to on the floor, save for a few small hops and a minor step out of bounds.

He exited the mat screaming "come on, USA!" before receiving his score of 14.133.

It's Hong's last event of the Olympics. He won't compete for his team in the final rotation, pommel horse, and he didn't make any individual event finals.

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As the U.S. men kicked off their fifth rotation of six, Paul Juda was a steady lead off on floor.

His secure tumbling landings earned him a healthy 14.200.

China's women's volleyball team defeated the defending champion United States in the preliminary round match.

The match was played over a full and nail-biting five sets.

The top three teams from each pool advance to the next round, so a lot will be riding on Team USA's next match two days from now.

China is set to play France next on Aug. 1.

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While female gymnasts dance and flip to music on floor exercise, the men tumble a capella.

The focus remains on the acrobatics, with little artistic flair.

He sticks the landing!

It was a simplified bars routine for Malone, but still earned him a score of 14.166.

Malone told NBC News he was gunning for a medal on the high bar — his specialty — but he did not qualify for the individual event final after a few falls in qualifiers. His performance today could earn him a team medal instead.

He appears in better shape today so far, performing on every event except for floor.

The stellar high bar routine comes off a fourth-place finish in Tokyo and a nearly career-ending knee injury on the event last year.

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So far, Frederick Richard has been a rock for Team USA. He performed a monstrously difficult routine on high bar, sticking his dismount and posting a 14.833.

That score would have won a silver medal at world championships last year.

Paul Juda kicked off the fourth rotation of the men's gymnastics final for the U.S. with what appeared to be a nearly perfect high bar routine.

He scored 13.366 — perhaps lower than he was hoping for — and will perform again on the apparatus in the individual all-around later this week.

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After three excellent rotations, the U.S. men are in second behind China. They've exceeded expectations so far, but they're headed to high bar.

It's one of the riskiest events in men's gymnastics and American fans in Bercy Arena and at home will likely be holding their breath.

We all know Snoop as a smooth talker, but how does he sound as a sports commentator? Watch the rapper find an impressive flow as he narrates some of week one's highlights — it's profoundly satisfying.

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Chants of "USA" erupted in Bercy Arena after Asher Hong became the third American to sail through parallel bars. He earned a 14.400, putting the U.S. in the second spot for now.

Up next on the parallel bars was Frederick Richard, a first-time Olympian who is hungry to get on the podium.

Richard earned a 14.566 on the event, which he'll repeat in the all-around final later this week.

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The third rotation of six is underway for Team USA. Sometimes topping the leaderboard can lead to jitters, but not for Brody Malone.

He hit a clean set on parallel bars, earning a 14.433.

A strong start for the men's gymnastics team has the U.S. in first heading into the third rotation with a total score of 86.764.

They're followed closely by China in second and Japan in third. Other teams to look out for are Great Britain and Ukraine.

It's still a bit early to tell if the U.S. is going to make the podium for the first time since 2008, but their current standing puts them in a good position for now.

The U.S. men will compete on parallel bars next.

In a thrilling finale, USA's Jagger Eaton got the silver medal for men's street skateboarding, missing gold by 0.1 points. Nyjah Huston takes the bronze. Huston had the lead for the majority of the event, but was overtaken after missing his final three tricks.

When it counted the most, defending gold medalist Yuto Horigome from Japan landed a perfect trick that no other skater attempted, to score the highest trick of the final at 97.08. Sora Shirai missed his trick by a hair to miss the podium.

Christa Deguchi from Canada took home gold for women’s lightweight judo. This is Canada’s first-ever judo gold, and Canada’s first Olympic gold these Games.

Deguchi fought against Korea’s Huh Mi-Mi, who will walk away with silver. Both finalists are first-time Olympians.

Japan’s Haruka Funakubo and France’s Sarah-Léonie Cysique tied for bronze. This is Cysique’s third career Olympic medal after earning two in Tokyo — a silver for this same event and a gold in mixed team.

Japan and France have now each won a medal in 4 out of 5 judo events in Paris. Another medal event will happen later today.

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Pommel horse is often called the balance beam of men's gymnastics, which means that even the best in the world can face heartbreak on the apparatus.

Reigning all-around world champion Daiki Hashimoto slipped on pommel horse, earning a 13.100 for the Japanese team, who are the favorites for team gold.

Reporting from New York City

The Belarus sprinter who defected three years ago during the Tokyo Olympics is competing at the Paris Games for Poland.

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is scheduled to run in the women's 200-meter dash and the women's 4X100-meter relay, according to her official Paris Olympics bio page.

"I am an Olympian," the 27-year-old athlete declared on her Facebook page.

Tsimanouskaya made a desperate dash for freedom on Aug. 1, 2021, as she was about to board a flight to Minsk at a Tokyo-area airport.

The U.S. women's field hockey team fought hard for a 1-1 tie against Spain today, managing to get fourth place in their group.

It's a much-needed rebound for the U.S. team after their loss 4-1 to Argentina just two days ago.

Asher Hong just performed the hardest vault in the world — and he knew he did it well.

High fives and "yeahs!" preceded Hong's score of 14.833, sliding U.S. into the first place spot for now.

Jagger Eaton throws his hands up, in disbelief that he just landed his fourth trick. His 95.25 has him overtaking Nyjah Huston. Huston missed his fourth trick and remains in second place.

Meanwhile, Japan's Sora Shirai perfectly executed and scored a 94.21, sliding back into third. Defending gold medalist Yuto Horigome will have one more attempt after missing his third trick in a row.

Canada's Cordano Russell is also making a big comeback after landing a fourth difficult trick scoring him a 94.93. His failed two runs, however, will keep him off the podium.

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"I dare Brody to stick," one NBC commentator said, and he did.

The U.S. national all-around champion nailed his vault, building more momentum for Team USA.

First seed Novak Djokovic bested 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal, 6-1, 6-4 at the Paris Olympics on Monday to punch his ticket to Round 3.

And see this amazing slide shot that won the match for him.

Both Nyjah Huston and Jagger Eaton sit on their first two tricks, as Huston has his first miss of day and Eaton misses as well. The standings remain with the Americans in the lead.

Brazil's Kelvin Hoefler slid into third after a third trick scoring 92.88.

A perfectly stuck landing for Juda, who kicked off the second rotation of the men's gymnastics final. He was visibly excited about his performance as he whooped and punched the air on his way off the mat.

A score of 14.666 is a high start for the men. Brody Malone will compete next.

Americans Nyjah Huston and Jagger Eaton remain in the top two spots after strong second tricks.

Huston lands with a smile after a big second trick scoring him 93.22, keeping him in first place. Jagger Eaton continues to match his fellow American, scoring 93.87 and staying in second.

Fatigue began to show in the skaters' second tricks, with Yuto Horigome and Sora Shirai each bailing on theirs.

Stephen Nedoroscik is performing on just one gymnastics apparatus in Paris — the pommel horse. It’s a difficult event and a typical weak spot for the U.S. men’s gymnastics team that they are hoping to overcome in their quest to medal for the first time since 2008.

The Peacock broadcast displayed a countdown until Nedoroscik can compete: two hours and 30 minutes remain.

He’ll work to stay focused and warm until the time comes.

After the Olympic trials in June, Nedoroscik knew he nailed his single event, and told reporters “I had a good feeling I made this team.” This year is Nedoroscik’s Olympic debut.

It’s a risk to put someone on the team who can only perform one of six events, but Nedoroscik is a world champion on pommel horse, and he could be the missing piece to the men’s team’s long-awaited team medal.

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Thanks to Frederick Richard's improvements, the U.S. have already increased their rings score from qualification by four tenths. The team had posted underwhelming results from the qualifying sessions.

Fortunately, scores refresh after the first round, and it's a clean slate for the team final.