The swimmers - whose events are fully underway at these Games - are proving once more that the United States is more robust in the water than any other nation.
so far.įor many in the United States, gauging success in the Summer Olympics mostly comes down to performance in three sports: swimming, gymnastics and track. There's been a little something of everything for the U.S. Stay up to date with how countries are performing at the Games by checking out our medal counter The gold belonged to the men's 4x100 freestyle relay team, which in fact was a mild surprise. Monday morning in Tokyo (reminder: Japan is 13 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, which means Sunday-night events on American television are Monday events in Japan) brought another gold and silver to the haul. had won five medals on its first day of competition, yet Team USA has somehow one-upped itself to this point. No Michael Phelps, no Ryan Lochte - no problem.įour times prior (1972, 1984, 2004, 2008) the U.S. earned eight medals over the opening weekend, including six on Sunday in Japan - an opening-day American Olympic swimming record. With the first weekend of 2020 Tokyo Olympics behind us, that pace is set to continue - and it's been made possible thanks to what was historically the best start in the storied history of Team USA swimming. has finished atop the pool ledger in golds and overall medals in every Olympics since 1972. No nation is more consistent, or dominant, on the Olympic stage - or, rather, in the pool - than the United States.
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