TEAM USA ended the Paris Olympics on a high note by securing gold in the final event to top the medal table.
The last-gasp victory in the women’s basketball final on Sunday ensured that the Americans edged out China with 126 overall medals.
The nervy 67-66 win over France gave Team USA their 40th gold medal of the Olympics.
With China also securing 40 golds, USA topped the table based on their silver medal count.
Overall, Team USA finished with 40 golds, 44 silvers and 42 bronze medals.
Meanwhile, China collected 40 golds, 27 silvers and 24 bronzes.
The US entered the final day of competition with 38 golds, one behind China’s tally of 39.
China’s Li Wenwen put the pressure on the Americans by winning gold in the women’s +81kg weightlifting.
The USA’s women’s volleyball team and the wrestler Kennedy Blades added to the total medal count with silver medals.
Then Jennifer Valente came through in the omnium before the Team USA women’s basketball team ended the Olympics on the highest of highs.
It marked the first tie at the top of the table in Summer Olympics history.
The only previous Olympics gold medal tie occurred in the Winter Games in 1948 between Norway and Sweden.
Source: https://www.the-sun.com/sport/12171971/team-usa-tops-paris-olympics-medal-table-126-china/