At the end of Day 7 in Rio, Team USA still leads the medal count after piling on the medals in the pool and on the track on Friday. With 20 gold medals, 13 silver and 17 bronze, the Americans have 50 medals, 13 more than China in second. The Chinese have 13 golds, which is also second overall.
2016 Olympics medal count: Team USA up to 50 medals at the end of Day 7
The Americans added more gold to extend their lead in the medal table.
The Americans dominated in the pool once again behind another world record from Katie Ledecky, who swam 8:04.79 in the 800m freestyle. That broke her own world record by nearly two seconds, and was good enough to win the gold medal by a shocking 11 seconds. Madeline Dirado won the women’s 200-meter backstroke in shocking fashion, passing favorite Katinka Hosszú from Hungary in the race’s final instant to win gold by 0.06 seconds. Anthony Ervin, 35, became the oldest American swimmer to ever win gold, taking the men’s 50m freestyle by 0.01 seconds. Michael Phelps came up just short of his 23rd gold medal, but tied with two other swimmers to win silver in the 100m butterfly.
Michelle Carter added another gold medal for the US in the shot put, becoming the first American woman to win the event. She threw 20.63 on her final throw of the night to pass Valerie Adams of New Zealand to win gold. Adams is the sister of Oklahama City Thunder star Steven Adams.
Here’s the full medal count after Day 7:
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