America took the title from China on the last day of the 2020 Olympic Games
Even though they had a below-average showing in the short sprints for both men and women; they won both 4x400m relay races. They also won 11 gold medals in swimming with Caeleb Dressel and Kathleen Ledecky the
standout performers. Dressel helped his American team to set world records in the Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay and the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay. The Chinese are coming as they showed by taking two gold medals in track and field events. Gong Lijiao and Liu Shiying won in the women’s Shot Put and Javelin respectively. They took seven gold medals in men and women’s diving events and also in men and women’s weightlifting. They were also dominant in table tennis-wing both the men’s and women’s singles as well as the team events.
Hosts Japan came in third with 27 gold medals followed by Great Britain which led the European table with 22 gold medals. Africa was led by Kenya, whose four gold medals gave them 19th place overall. The Kenyans won gold in the men and women’s marathon and added the men’s 800m and women’s 1,500m events. In all, they won four gold, four silver, and two bronze medals.
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