The American women had never won an Olympic gold medal at indoor volleyball, but Sunday's victory helped the U.S. win the gold medal race over China by one medal.
Just last Wednesday, it looked like the Americans would need to win 10 gold medals to claim the No. 1 title for a third-consecutive Olympiad, that was only if the Chinese only won four more golds. China held a 32-27 advantage over the U.S. by Thursday morning, and China won their expected golds in table tennis and diving. They also claimed two more gold medals to give them 38.
The U.S. got gold medals in men's and women's basketball, women's water polo, women's volleyball, men's and women's 4x400 relays in track and a few other first-place finishes to give the Americans another gold medal title. The United States has now won the most medals—and most gold medals—at each of the past three Olympics . China won the most gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, in which the United States won the most total medals.
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which were delayed a year because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, became a clear race between the United States and China because of the absence of Russia, which is banned from international sports competitions for four years because of major doping allegations. Russian athletes deemed"clean" were allowed to compete for the faction called"Russian Olympic Committee ," that wasn't allowed to participate under the Russian flag.
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