The United States women’s artistic swimming team is taking home a silver medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics.
This is the first time since 2004 that Team USA has medaled in artistic swimming and its best finish since its 1996 silver medal. The U.S. finished with a cumulative score of 914.3421. China won the gold medal with over 81 points above Team USA, and Spain won the bronze medal. It was China’s first time winning the gold medal in the event.
The results were decided on Wednesday after three days consisting of a technical routine, a free routine and an acrobatic routine on each day. Team USA first went viral on Monday when they performed to Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” and moonwalked underwater.
THEY DID THAT 👏
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) August 7, 2024
The U.S. artistic swimming team has its best Olympic team finish since 1996!#ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/cp98y31RBK
With the team competition ending on Wednesday, now Americans Jaime Czarkowski and Megumi Field will look forward to competing in the duet portion, which takes place on Friday and Saturday.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Team USA Women Secure Nation’s First Artistic Swimming Medal in Two Decades.
