United States at the Olympics

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2025 United States wins multiple Olympic medals across various winter sports including speed skating, freestyle skiing, short track speed skating, alpine skiing, and figure skating
2025 United States won multiple gold medals across various Olympic sports, including swimming, gymnastics, athletics, basketball, and team sports.
2025 United States women's national soccer team won gold in the Women's Football tournament.
2025 Noah Lyles won gold in Men's 100m and bronze in Men's 200m athletics events.
2025 Katie Ledecky won gold medals in Women's 1500m and 800m freestyle swimming events.
2025 Simone Biles achieved multiple gold medals in gymnastics, winning Women's Artistic Team All-Around, Individual All-Around, and Vault events.
2025 Ryan Crouser won gold in Men's Shot Put, and Valarie Allman won gold in Women's Discus Throw in athletics.
2025 United States national basketball teams won gold in both men's and women's tournaments, featuring star players like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Diana Taurasi, and Breanna Stewart.
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 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 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 United States wins bronze medal in the mixed team archery event at the Paris Olympics
July 2024 United States athletes will compete in the Paris Olympic Games, seeking to continue the nation's strong historical performance in Olympic competitions.
2022 Nathan Chen breaks the short program world record and wins gold in men's figure skating singles.
2022 Jessie Diggins becomes the first American female skier to win individual cross-country medals at the Winter Olympics.
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 Erin Jackson becomes the first Black female athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in speed skating.
2022 Chloe Kim defends her title in the women's snowboarding halfpipe.
February 2022 Kaillie Humphries secures gold in women's monobob, marking a significant achievement in bobsleigh.
February 2022 United States women's national ice hockey team wins silver medal in women's tournament.
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 United States won Gold medals in team sports including Women's Volleyball, Men's and Women's Basketball, and Women's Water Polo.
2021 Sydney McLaughlin set a new world record in Women's 400m Hurdles, winning Gold with an exceptional performance.
2021 US Women's Basketball team won Gold in both 3x3 and 5x5 tournaments, showcasing depth in basketball talent.
2021 United States Olympic team won 39 Gold medals across various sports, with notable performances in swimming by Caeleb Dressel (5 gold medals) and Katie Ledecky (2 gold medals).
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.
2021 Lydia Jacoby becomes the first Alaskan swimmer to make the U.S. Olympic swim team, winning gold in the women's 100m breaststroke.
December 31 2021 Medal table data was updated, documenting the United States' historical Olympic medal performance across various winter sports.
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 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 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 wins a Silver medal in Men's Combined sport climbing event.
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 United States debuts in sport climbing at the Tokyo Summer Olympics, participating with 4 athletes in 2 events.
2020 First Olympic participation in men's 800m freestyle and mixed 4 x 100m medley relay, winning gold medals in both events.
2020 First appearance of mixed team archery event for the United States at the Tokyo Olympics
2020 United States women's indoor volleyball team wins their first Olympic gold medal in the tournament.
2020 Eddy Alvarez serves as flagbearer for the United States in Baseball at the Summer Olympics
2020 United States debuted and won gold in the Women's 3x3 basketball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.
2020 Sue Bird represents the United States as a flagbearer in Basketball at the Summer Olympics
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.
2018 Mikaela Shiffrin wins Gold in Women's giant slalom and Silver in Women's combined Alpine skiing
2018 Nathan Chen, Alexa Scimeca Knierim, Chris Knierim, Mirai Nagasu, Adam Rippon, Alex Shibutani, Maia Shibutani, and Bradie Tennell win Bronze in Figure skating team event

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