WASHINGTON — We are 13 days into the 2024 Olympic Games and have seen numerous upset performances, including a redemptive gold medal outcome from a Virginia swimmer.
In a historic match, Rockville's Helen Maroulis became the first American woman to win three medals in Olympic wrestling. She took down her Canadian opponent in just 24 seconds.
Track how our athletes from the DMV perform throughout the whole Olympics below:
DAY 1: July 27
At the end of the first day of the Olympic competition, Team USA amassed five medals, with one gold, two silver and two bronze finishes.
DAY 2: July 28
While not from the DMV region, Huske's fellow Team USA member, Gretchen Walsh, is a rising senior at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She took home hardware in the same events as Huske, as part of the women's 4x100 m freestyle relay and the women's 100m butterfly, in which she finished right behind Huske for the silver medal. Walsh was actually heavily favored in the event, having set an Olympic record Saturday with a time of 55.38 seconds. On Sunday, she finished .04 seconds behind Huske, with a time of 55.63.
The Americans added seven medals to their count on the second day, for a total of three golds, six silvers and three bronze medals. The U.S. ended the day leading the total medal count with 12, to France's eight, but was in third place when measuring golds; Japan and Australia each had four.
DAY 3: July 29
- No medals for locals: Tatiana Nazlymov lost in the individual Sabre round of 32 competition to South Korea's Choi Sebin. Nazlymov will compete again in the team event Saturday.
The Americans -- who brought the largest delegation of athletes to the Olympics -- strengthened their total medal count Monday, finishing the day with 20 medals, but they did not add any gold hardware to the count. So far, Team USA has three gold medals, eight silver and nine bronze. They lag behind Japan (six), France (five), China (five) and South Korea (five) in the gold medal race.
Day 4: July 30
- No medal finishes for locals: Arlington's Torri Huske came in fourth place in the 100m freestyle, coming up short behind Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan, China's Yang Junxuan, and Sweden's Sarah Sjöström. Oakton's Hadley Husisian competed in multiple team Épée events Tuesday. While the US Woman's Épée won against Egypt, it lost in the quarterfinals to Poland. The gold ultimately went to Italy.
The Americans added another gold medal to their stash, with stunning performances all day from the women's gymnastic's team in the all-around finals, for a total of four gold medals. They also accumulated another three silver and two bronze medals, bringing their total count to 26. The U.S. maintain their lead in overall medal count, but continues to lag behind Japan (7), China (6), Australia (6), France (5) and South Korea (5) in the quest for gold.
Day 5: July 31
- Katie Ledecky: Gold
- Torri Huske: Silver
Team USA added four new medals to the count, for a total of 30, distributed among five golds, 13 silvers and 12 bronze medals. France is the United States' biggest competition for overall medal count, with 26 of their own, and Americans are in 7th place for gold tracker behind China (9), France (8), Japan (8), Australia (7), Great Britain (6) and South Korea (6).
Day 7: August 2
Juliette Whittaker came in third in the first round of the women's 800m for her group. The Laurel native finished behind Great Britain's Jemma Reekie and Slovakia's Gabriela Gajanová.
Additionally, Katie Ledecky came in first for the heat round of the 800m freestyle. She will compete again on Saturday.
Day 8: August 3
Katie Ledecky swam into the history books with gold medal No. 9 in the 800m freestyle.
Meanwhile, Alexandria native Christian Tabash took home a bronze medal as part of the men's eight rowing team. The two medals for our local athletes were part of a busy day for Team USA.
Day 9: August 4
Alexandria native Lyles has officially cemented himself as “The Fastest Man in the World” with a win in the 100 meters that was decided in a photo finish.
The 27-year-old Lyles is the first American to win the event since Justin Gatlin at the 2004 Athens Games. His lean at the finish line was enough to give him the gold by just .005 seconds over Kishane Thompson of Jamaica. Fred Kerley won the bronze as the United States put two sprinters on the podium.
Lyles ran a career-best 9.784 seconds to earn the gold and will seek a sweep later this week in the 200 meters.
Day 10: August 5
Laurel native Juliette Whittaker took seventh place in the final race of the women's 800m.
Triathlete Taylor Knibb is bringing a silver medal back to the District. The D.C. native took second place as part of a team in the triathlon mixed relay.
Day 12: August 7
Potomac native Masai Russel tied for first in the beginning round of the women's 100m hurdles. Russel tied with Netherlands athlete Nadine Visser. The next round of qualifying times is Thursday morning.
Day 13: August 8
Alexandria's Noah Lyles ran in the men's 200M final, which came to an intense end as he took third place, getting the bronze medal. However, Lyles was carted off the track in a wheelchair suffering from what The Associated Press learned was a case of COVID.
Rockville's Helen Maroulis won her first match in the women's freestyle 57kg wrestling competition against Ukraine's Alina Hrushyna Akobiia. However, she lost in her second match against Japan's Tsugumi Sakurai.
Hagerstown's Aaron Brooks also hit the wrestling mat in the first rounds of the men's freestyle 86kg. He beat out two of his competitors and will go up against San Marino's Myles Nazem Amine on Friday.
Day 14: August 9
Rockville's Helen Maroulis got the bronze in women's freestyle 57kg Friday. The win makes Maroulis Team USA's first-ever three-time Olympic medalist in women's wrestling.
Aaron Brooks returned to the mat for men's freestyle 86kg. The Hagerstown native clinched the bronze medal with a 0 - 5 score against Uzbekistan's Javrail Shapiev.
Masai Russell came in second place in the women's 100M hurdles semifinals with a time of 12.42. She will compete in the finals on Saturday at 1:45 p.m.