The United States still leads in gold medals and overall medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but Great Britain and China continue to add to their counts to at least make it interesting. Great Britain has added a few gold medals over the past two days and another one early on Monday.
Rio Olympics medal count 2016: USA still leads, Great Britain passes China in gold
Here’s an updated look at the medal count in Rio as of Monday afternoon.
Great Britain added to its gold medal count in the equestrian individual dressage finals on Monday, when Charlotte Dujardin, riding Valegro, took the gold with a score of 93.857. Isabell Werth of Germany and Kristina Broring-Sprehe, also of Germany, took the silver and bronze medals in the event, respectively.
Greece earned a gold medal in men’s gymnastics when Eleftherios Petrounias won the rings competition, finishing ahead of Arthur Zanetti in second for Brazil and Denis Ablyazin of Russia in third. Ri Se-Gwang of North Korea earned the gold medal in the men’s vault, with Ablyazin taking the silver for Russia and Kenzo Shirai of Japan taking the bronze.
In the women’s balance beam event, Simone Biles was the heavy favorite to win gold, but she had to settle for bronze when she stumbled in her routine and had to grab the bar with her hands. Still, winning bronze while committing that kind of error is a huge deal. Laurie Hernandez, also of the United States, added a silver medal while Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands took home the gold in the event.
The women’s 10km open water race also took place early on Monday, ending with Sharon Van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands taking the gold, Rachele Bruni of Italy taking silver and Poliana Okimoto of Brazil grabbing bronze.
Track and field saw a couple medals handed out earlier in the day, with Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland winning the hammer throw with a world record 82.29 mark. Zhang Wenxiu of China came in second for the silver medal, while Sophie Hitchon of Great Britain took bronze. In the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, Ruth Jebet of Bahrain finished ahead of Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi of Kenya in second and Emma Coburn of the United States in third.
Here’s a look at some of the top countries as of Monday afternoon:
United States: 26 gold, 22 silver, 24 bronze, 72 total
Great Britain: 16 gold, 16 silver, eight bronze, 40 total
China: 15 gold, 14 silver, 17 bronze, 46 total
Russia: 10 gold, 12 silver ,11 bronze, 33 total
Germany: 8 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze, 20 total
Italy: 7 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze, 22 total
France: 7 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze, 22 total
Japan: 7 gold, 4 silver, 16 bronze, 27 total
Australia: 6 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze, 22 total
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