Paris Olympics spotlight shines on Suni Lee, swimming and track and field on Sunday

Caeleb Dressel of United States of America competes in the swimming 100m Butterfly Men Heats during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Defense Arena. Paris (France), August 2, 2024. (Getty Images)

The United States added to its medal count on Sunday with silver-medal finish in the 4x100-meter medley relay at the Paris Olympics.

It was the first time the Americans missed out on gold when they participated in the event. The team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Caeleb Dressel and Hunter Armstrong will take home the medals.

They were just 0.55 slower than China, who won gold. The team of Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun and Pan Zahnle had a time of 3:27.46.

France’s team of Yohann Ndoye-Brouard, Leon Marchand, Maxime Grousset and Florent Manaudou won the bronz medal in the race.

Bobby Finke of Team United States prepares to compete in the Men's 1500m Freestyle Final on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 04, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (AP)

American Bobby Finke is still the king of the men’s 1500-meter freestyle.

Finke defended his gold medal in world-record fashion on Sunday at the Paris Olympics. He finished with a time of 14:30.67, breaking the mark set by China’s Sun Yang in 2012.

Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri won the silver and Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen picked up the bronze.The seven golds ties USA with Australia for the most in swimming, although they've had a much higher success rate, as they've earned just 17 total medals.

Finke failed to go back-to-back in the 800-meter free earlier in the Games, settling for the silver by just over half a second.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

Kristen Faulkner celebrates her victory with a US flag in front of the Eiffel Tower after winning the women's cycling road race during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, on August 4, 2024. (Getty Images)

American Kristen Faulkner added to Team USA’s gold medal total on Sunday with a victory in the cycling women’s road race at the Paris Olympics.

Faulkner beat out Dutch rider Marianne Vos and Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky. Faulkner won the event by nearly 1 minute and finished with a time of 3:59.23.

The Alaska native competed in the Olympics for the first time in her career. She came into the Paris Games with victories in the Omloop van het Hageland and a second overall finish in the Trofeo Ponente in Rosa earlier this year.

Now, Faulkner can call herself a gold medalist.

She’s the first American to win a gold since Connie Carpenter did it in 1984 – the first-time women’s road cycling was in the program. Rebecca Twig won a silver the same year.

Gretchen Walsh of United States (R) looks on before the Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinal on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 3, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Getty Images)

American Gretchen Walsh missed out on a medal at the Paris Olympics in the 50-meter freestyle on Sunday.

Walsh finished in fourth place with a time of 24.21. She was one one-hundredth of a second slower than China’s Zhang Yufei, who finished with the bronze.Sweden’s Sarah Sjoestroem won gold and Australia’s Meg Harris took home the silver.

Walsh was in search of her fouth gold medal of the Olympics. She had won gold in the 4x100-meter mixed relay and silvers in the 100-meter butterfly and 4x100-meter freestyle.

Sjoestroem won the third gold medal of her Olympic career and second of the Paris Games. She won the 100-meter freestyle earlier in the games.

US' Scottie Scheffler greets Belgium's Thomas Detry's caddie after completing the course in round 4 of the men's golf individual stroke play of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, south-west of Paris on August 4, 2024. (Getty Images)

Scottie Scheffler held on for Olympic gold on Sunday at Le Golf National and added to Team USA’s tally over the entirety of the Summer Games in Paris.

He shot a 62 in the final round with no bogeys to achieve the incredible feat. It was the first time he’s won an Olympic medal in his golfing career and it was the first time he’s represented Team USA.

He won the Masters for the second time in his career earlier this year. Overall, with the gold at the Olympics, he’s won seven tournaments this year.

He’s the first player to enter the Olympics ranked No. 1 in the world and win gold.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia reacts after a point against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during the Men's Singles Gold Medal Match on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Roland Garros on August 4, 2024 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic further solidified his greatness on Sunday with a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) win over Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in the gold-medal match at the Paris Olympics.

It’s the first gold medal Djokovic’s career and he completed his quest to capture the one award that’s eluded him in his entire career.

Djokovic was jubilant as he scored the final tie-break point.Each point needed to be perfect. Djokovic and Alcaraz were both on the top of their games during the match. Each volley had to be just out of the reach of the other player for a winner.

Djokovic and Alcaraz slid across the court several times, played through the incredible Parisian heat to come through.

The Serbian star was in tears as he held up his country’s flag to those at Roland Garros.

Djokovic hadn’t won a tournament all year long. He exited the French Open due to an injury. He played through to reach the Wimbledon final last month but lost to Alcaraz for the second straight season.

Now, Djokovic can all himself an Olympic champion.

Austen Jewell Smith of Team United States looks on while competing in the Shooting Skeet Women's Final on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on August 04, 2024 in Chateauroux, France. (Getty Images)

Austen Jewell Smith added to Team USA’s medal count on Sunday with a bronze-medal finish in women’s skeet shooting.

Smith scored a 45 in the final, finishing behind Chile’s Francisca Crovetto Chadid and Great Britain’s Amber Jo Rutter.

Smith had been gearing up for the Paris Olympics with solid showings in world championship events since the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Smith won three gold medals in skeet shooting competitions since then – team skeet in 2022 and 2023 and mixed team in 2023.

The 23-year-old finally has an individual award to add to her resume.

Silver medalist of USA Brady Ellison poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the archery men's individual round of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris on August 4, 2024. (Getty Images)

Brady Ellison captured a silver medal in men’s archery on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.

Ellison lost the gold-medal match to South Korea’s Kim Woo-jin, 6-5, on a tiebreaker. It’s the second medal for Ellison at the Paris Olympics. He won bronze in the mixed team final with Casey Kaufhold.

Ellison has five medals in his Olympic career. He won silver in the team event at the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also scored a bronze in men’s final at the 2016 Games as well.

Kim has three gold medals at the Olympics in Paris. He won in team and mixed team earlier in the Games. He also won gold in the team event in 2016 in Rio and 2021 in Tokyo.

South Korea took home the bronze medal as well. Lee Wooseok topped Germany’s Florian Unruh, 6-0.

Noah Lyles, of the United States, prepares for his heat in the men's 100-meters at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Olympic legend Carl Lewis talked to Fox News Digital on Saturday and talked about Noah Lyles and the need for him to dominate at the Paris Olympics.

"I think the sport needs someone like him that’s a champion. He’s the defending champion, the fastest man in the world right now, and we need someone to grab onto. I think he’s the perfect guy to do that, and I’m excited about that," Lewis said in a recent interview.

"I think track does better when we do have a superstar. That’s why I think if Noah were to win, he would elevate the sport as well. As opposed to saying ‘I wonder who’s going to win,’ people want to say ‘I want him’ or ‘I don’t want him.’ They want to root for someone, or root against someone. I think it creates more intensity when you have someone that dominates, and that’s been throughout history. … People have really gravitated to the sport when people really dominated more."

Lyles will likely be competing in the 100-meter men’s final later today.

Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

outh Sudan's Nuni Omot, right, and South Sudan's Majok Deng walk off the court after being defeated by Serbia in a men's basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

South Sudan suffered a loss in Olympic men’s basketball at the hands of Serbia, 96-85, on Saturday and head coach Royal Ivey was upset with the officiating.

Ivey said the foul discrepancy during the game was evidence of bias in the game.“They shot 31 free throws; we shot six free throws?” Ivey said. “Let's tell the story. Let's tell the real story, because that's a travesty. How do they shoot 31 free throws and we shoot six free throws? How?”

South Sudan failed to make the knockout round because of the loss.

“My guys were out there giving their all -- blood, sweat and tears -- and you tell me how we shot six free throws? We shot one free throw in the second half,” Ivey added.

Luol Deng, federation president and former NBA star, questioned why there were no African referees at the Olympics.

“I don't know why there's no African referees in the Olympics. It's 2024,” he said. “If we're representing the continent, then we've got to be represented fully. That's something that we've got to keep working on. But if these referees aren't familiar with our game, with our style, then I don't know what the world championship or the Olympics is. Is it just a European basketball style and we're not allowed to be aggressive?”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

United States' Anthony Edwards, center, goes up for a dunk as Puerto Rico's Stevie Thompson Jr. watches during a men's basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Anthony Edwards emerged as a legitimate NBA star for the Minnesota Timberwolves over the course of the 2023-24 season and helped the team get to the conference finals.

This summer, his popularity has certainly risen as he’s made a name for himself on the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team in a pursuit of a gold medal. Not only that, but Edwards has had the luxury of playing with his basketball idol, Kevin Durant.

Edwards turned heads on Saturday with an incredible dunk during the team’s 104-83 win over Puerto Rico. Edwards led the way with 26 points in 17 minutes off the bench.

“I had already told K after the timeout. ‘Like, bruh, if I get a break, like, I’m going to windmill it,’” Edwards said. “I wanted to go between your legs, but I ain’t tried it in a minute. So I didn’t want to embarrass myself.”

He called playing in the Olympics with Durant and LeBron James on the same floor is ‘everything I ever dreamed of.”

“Him and Bron, they’re the best two people,” Edwards said. “Team players, they always want to see the person next to them shine. I’m the same way. So it’s perfect.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting celebrates after defeating Bulgaria's Svetlana Staneva in their women's 57 kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP)

Taiwanese Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting will move onto the semifinals of the 57-kilogram division in women’s boxing and guaranteed at least a bronze medal at the Paris Games.

Lin has been one of the two boxers caught up in a gender controversy. Lin defeated Bulgaria’s Svetlana Kamenova Staneva via unanimous decision in the quarterfinals. Lin was knocked down twice but threw a couple of jabs to Staneva’s face during the bout.

Lin was apparently booed after the contest, according to The Sun.

Lin and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif have as faced scrutiny over a disqualification from the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) Women’s World Championship. Both will now be at least bronze medal winners as there is no other match for losing semifinalists.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach defended having Lin and Khelif fight in the women’s division on Saturday.

"What is going on in this context in the social media with all this hate speech, with this aggression and abuse, and fueled by this agenda, is totally unacceptable," Bach said.

Lin has maintained focus on the possibility of winning goal and has not mentioned the scrutiny.

Gold medalists Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of Team United States pose following the Swimming medal ceremony during the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on August 03, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Getty Images)

The United States entered Sunday with 61 medals to their count. The team has put together a performance at the Paris Olympics that included 14 gold, 24 silver and 23 bronze medals.

Vincent Hancock, Simone Biles, Ryan Crouser, Katie Ledecky and the team of Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske all took home gold medals on Saturday.

Hancock won the men’s skeet shooting final and Crouser defended his shot put gold. Biles took home another gold medal – this time in the women’s vault final. Ledecky won gold in the 800-meter freestyle. And the team of Murphy, Fink, Walsh and Huske won the 4x100 mixed medley final.

Team USA leads the medal count with France (41) and China (37 behind them.

When it comes to gold medals, though, the United States is still two off the pace against China. The Chinese have scored 16 gold medals. France is behind the U.S. with 12.

Sunisa Lee of Team United States competes in the uneven bars during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around Final on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)

American gymnast Suni Lee will be back in action later today when she goes for gold in the women’s uneven bar final.

Lee already secured a gold in the team final but has been fantastic in the uneven bars for Team USA throughout the Paris Olympics. Lee scored a 14.566 on the uneven bars during the team final. The score was below Italy’s Giorgia Villa and Alice D’Amato.

Lee picked up a bronze in the uneven bars in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She won gold in the all-around final and a silver in the team final.Simone Biles picked up another gold medal on Saturday in the women’s vault final after winning gold in the team and all-around finals. Lee finished behind Biles in the all-around and picked up a bronze medal.