U.S.A. Basketball wins Olympic opener, other Americans win medals on Sunday

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Basketball

PARIS – The U.S. men’s national basketball team started in March toward what the players hope is a fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal, with a 110-84 victory over Serbia on Sunday.

Three-time gold medalist Kevin Durant made his return to the court, scoring 23 points (21 in the first half), and making his first eight shots in the game. LeBron James added 21 points, nine assists and seven rebounds.

 

Other

The 2024 Paris Olympics had another packed day on Sunday, with Team USA grabbing seven medals.

Four of those medals came in swimming: gold for Torri Huske: Silver for Gretchen Walsh and Nic Fink, and a bronze for Carson Foster. Americans Lee Kiefer and Lauren Scruggs took gold and silver in fencing, while Haley Batten won silver in women’s mountain biking.

In team sports, the U.S. men’s basketball team beat Nikola Jokic and Serbia, and the U.S. women’s soccer team defeated Germany 4-1.

 

The U.S.A. leads the medal count with 12 so far, France has 8 and Australia has 6.

 

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