2024 Olympics Day 5 Results: Katie Ledecky Makes History

American swimmer Katie Ledecky made history during Day 5 of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday (July 31).

Ledecky, 27, won her first gold medal of the Paris Games, setting a new Olympic record of 15:30.02 in the 1500-meter freestyle final, which tied fellow swimmer Jenny Thompson for the most gold (8) and overall Olympic medals (12) of any female athlete in American history. Ledecky finished a full 10 seconds ahead of her competition with France's Anastasiia Kirpichnikova placing second at 15:40.35 and Germany's Isabel Gose finishing third at 15:41.16.

Ledecky had previously won bronze in the 400-meter freestyle during the opening night of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday (July 27).

The United States Women's Soccer Team defeated Australia, 2-1, on Wednesday (July 31) to win all three of its Group B stage matches and advance to the knockout round in first-place. Trinity Rodman , who scored in the Americans' pre-opening ceremony match against Zambia and assisted in Sunday's (July 28) win against Germany, scored first in the 43rd minute to give the Americans a 1-0 lead at halftime.

Korbin Albert , who made her debut on the world stage by replacing veteran Rose Lavelle , scored in the 77th minute.

Kevin Durant led the United States Men's Basketball Team to a 103-86 win against South Sudan in Group C play, advancing to the quarterfinals. Durant, 35, the all-time leading scorer for USA Basketball in Olympic play, recorded 14 points, which included going 8 of 9 from the free throw line, as well as three assists, two rebounds and three steals off the bench.

Bam Adebayo , who also came off the bench, led all scorers with 18 points on 8 of 10 shooting, while also recording seven rebounds.

Other notable results from Day 5 of the 2024 Paris Olympics are included below:

• Swimming women's 100-meter freestyle final: Gold- Sarah Sjostrom (Sweden), Silver- Torri Huske (USA), Bronze- Siobhan Haughey (Honk Kong)
• Swimming men's 200-meter butterfly: Gold- Leon Marchand (France), Silver- Kristof Milak (Hungary), Bronze- Ilya Kharun (Canada)
• Swimming men's 200-meter backstroke: Gold- Leon Marchand (France), Silver- Zac Stubblety-Cook (Australia), Bronze- Caspar Corbeau (Netherlands)
• Gymnastics men's all-around final: Gold- Shinnosuke Oka (Japan), Slver- Zhang Boheng (China), Bronze- Xiao Routeng (China)
• Cycling Women's BMX freestyle: Gold- Deng Yawen (China), Silver- Perris Benegas (USA), Bronze- Natalya Diehm (Australia)
• Volleyball- USA defeats Serbia, 3-2, in the Pool A preliminary round

Team USA is currently leading all nations with 30 total medals, which includes five gold, trailing China (9), France (8), Japan (8), Australia (7), Great Britain (6) and South Korea (6).

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