Paris 2024 Olympics: Team USA highlights and top performances from 8 August

By Matt Nelsen
2 min|
USA athletics gold medalists Tara Davis-Woodhall (left) and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (right) at Olympic Games Paris 2024
Picture by Patrick Smith/Getty Images

The Olympics Games Paris 2024 continue to deliver emotional moments and brilliant feats of athleticism. From Tara Davis-Woodhall's spectacular leap for victory in the women's long jump at Stade de France to Sam Watson breaking his own world record on the way to a bronze medal in men's speed climbing at the Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue, Noah Lyles catching bronze on 200m despite COVID, Team USA basketball beating Serbia to challenge France in the final, Day 13 of Paris 2024 certainly didn't pass by without offering its own helping of wonder and excitement.

Scroll down for a selection of Team USA’s top highlights from Thursday, 8 August.

Team USA, Basketball, Men Semi-Final, USA vs Serbia, Bercy Arena

Noah Lyles & Kenneth Bednarek, Athletics, Men 200m Final, Stade de France

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone & Anna Cockrell, Athletics, Women 400m Hurdles Final, Stade de France

Grant Holloway & Daniel Roberts, Athletics, Men 110m Hurdles Final, Stade de France

Tara Davis-Woodhall, Athletics, Women's Long Jump, Final, Stade de France

Nikki Hiltz, Athletics, Women's 1500m, Semifinal, Stade de France

Team USA, Athletics, Women's 4x100m Relay, Preliminary Round, Stade de France

Raven Saunders, Athletics, Women's Shot Put, Qualification, Stade de France

Sam Watson, Sport Climbing, Men's Speed, Finals, Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue

Brooke Raboutou, Sport Climbing, Women's Boulder and Lead, Semifinal, Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue

Katie Grimes and Mariah Denigan, Marathon Swimming, Women's 10km, Pont Alexandre III

Team USA, Volleyball, Women's Semifinals, South Paris Arena