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| 2025 | Ross Stevens, founder of Stone Ridge Holdings Group, donated $100 million to the USOPC, the largest donation in the organization's history, to provide financial support for Olympic and Paralympic athletes. |
| 2024 | United States women's national soccer team wins gold in the Women's Football tournament. |
| 2024 | United States wins multiple gold medals across various sports including Swimming, Gymnastics, Athletics, Basketball, and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. |
| 2024 | Simone Biles makes a historic comeback, winning gold medals in Women's Artistic Individual All-Around, Women's Vault, and Women's Floor (Silver). |
| 2024 | Noah Lyles wins gold in Men's 100m and bronze in Men's 200m, highlighting the United States' sprinting prowess. |
| 2024 | Katie Ledecky continues her dominance in swimming, winning gold in Women's 1500m and 800m freestyle, and bronze in 400m freestyle. |
| 2024 | United States men's and women's basketball teams win gold medals, featuring star players like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Breanna Stewart, and Diana Taurasi. |
| 2024 | Kanak Jha secured one of four spots for men's singles table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics via the Pan American Qualification Tournament in Lima, Peru. |
| 2024 | Projected participation in Paris Olympics with 48 athletes across 37 swimming events, aiming to continue strong swimming legacy. |
| 2024 | Coco Gauff will represent the United States as a flagbearer in Tennis at the Paris Summer Olympics |
| 2024 | LeBron James will serve as flagbearer for the United States in Basketball at the Paris Summer Olympics |
| 2024 | United States will compete in tennis at the Paris Olympics with 11 athletes, projected to win a silver and a bronze medal. |
| 2024 | United States wins bronze medal in the mixed team archery event at the Paris Olympics |
| June 30 2024 | US Women's Gymnastics Olympic Team named, with Simone Biles (Olympic and world champion) as the top all-around finisher. Sunisa Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Jade Carey selected to their second Olympic team. 16-year-old Hezly Rivera becomes the youngest athlete on the 2024 US Olympic delegation. Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong named as traveling alternates. |
| June 29 2024 | US Men's Gymnastics Olympic Team named, with Fred Richard (top all-around finisher), Brody Malone, Paul Juda, Asher Hong, and Stephen Nedoroscik selected. Shane Wiskus and Khoi Young named as traveling alternates. |
| May 2024 | Ada Korkhin and Henry Leverett earned their spots in Olympic smallbore shooting events. |
| March 2024 | U.S. Olympic Trials were held, where Amy Wang and Rachel Sung earned their spots to compete in Paris. |
| March 18 2024 | Vincent Hancock secured his spot on the U.S. Olympic shooting team. |
| March 1 2024 | Lily Zhang became the first American player to officially claim her spot for the Paris Olympics in table tennis. |
| January 2024 | First five U.S. shooting team athletes were initially named for the Olympic squad. |
| 2023 | US Men's Gymnastics Team qualifies for Olympics by achieving a top-nine finish in the team all-around at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. |
| November 2023 | Lily Zhang, Amy Wang, and Rachel Sung qualified for the U.S. Olympic table tennis team through their top two results at the Pan American Table Tennis Championship in Havana, Cuba. |
| 2022 | US Women's Gymnastics Team wins gold medal in team all-around at the World Championships in Liverpool, England, securing Olympic qualification. |
| 2022 | Nathan Chen breaks the short program world record and wins gold in men's figure skating singles. |
| 2022 | Chloe Kim defends her title in the women's snowboarding halfpipe. |
| 2022 | Erin Jackson becomes the first Black female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating. |
| 2022 | Lindsey Jacobellis wins gold in women's snowboard cross and shares a gold medal with Nick Baumgartner in the mixed snowboard cross event, marking her first medals since the 2006 Winter Olympics. |
| 2022 | Jessie Diggins becomes the first American female skier to win individual cross-country medals at the Winter Olympics. |
| February 2022 | The United States conducts a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, not sending high-level delegations while allowing athletes to compete. Team USA wins 25 total medals, placing third in the medal count. |
| 2021 | Lydia Jacoby becomes the first Alaskan swimmer to make the U.S. Olympic swim team, winning gold in the women's 100m breaststroke. |
| 2021 | Sunisa Lee becomes the first Hmong American gymnast and first gymnast of Asian descent to win an Olympic gold medal in the all-around competition, also winning silver in the women's team final and bronze in individual uneven bars. |
| December 31 2021 | Medal table data was updated, documenting the United States' historical Olympic medal performance across various winter sports. |
| August 2021 | Ryan Crouser retained his Olympic title in men's shot put, setting an Olympic record three times. |
| August 2021 | Nelly Korda won gold in the women's golf competition. |
| August 2021 | The United States finished the Olympics with 113 total medals and 39 gold medals, narrowly beating China in the gold medal count on the final day. |
| August 8 2021 | Closing of the Tokyo Olympics, with Kara Winger (javelin thrower) serving as the closing ceremony flag-bearer. |
| July 23 2021 | The United States participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which were postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eddy Alvarez (baseball player) and Sue Bird (basketball player) served as opening ceremony flag-bearers. |
| 2020 | United States women's indoor volleyball team wins their first Olympic gold medal in the tournament. |
| 2020 | First Olympic participation in men's 800m freestyle and mixed 4 x 100m medley relay, winning gold medals in both events. |
| 2020 | United States debuted and won gold in the Women's 3x3 basketball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics. |
| 2020 | United States introduces surfing as an Olympic sport for the first time at the Tokyo Games, sending 4 surfers (2 men and 2 women). |
| 2020 | Sue Bird represents the United States as a flagbearer in Basketball at the Summer Olympics |
| 2020 | Eddy Alvarez serves as flagbearer for the United States in Baseball at the Summer Olympics |
| 2020 | First appearance of mixed team archery event for the United States at the Tokyo Olympics |
| 2020 | United States wins a Silver medal in Men's Combined sport climbing event. |
| 2020 | United States debuts in sport climbing at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, participating with 4 athletes in 2 events. |
| 2020 | Nicole Ahsinger placed 6th in the Women's individual event. |
| August 8 2020 | The Tokyo Summer Olympics conclude, with the United States winning 113 total medals and 39 gold medals, narrowly beating China in the gold medal count on the final day. |
| July 2020 | United States made its debut in Olympic skateboarding at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, competing in men's park, women's park, men's street, and women's street events. |
| July 23 2020 | The Tokyo Summer Olympics begin, postponed from the original 2020 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eddy Alvarez and Sue Bird serve as the opening ceremony flag-bearers for the United States. |
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