The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are underway — and so is the gold medal hunt!
From swimming to sprinting, basketball to badminton, the Summer Games are home to some of the fiercest and most-watchable competition in all types of sports, and the best athletes in the world are looking to prove their mettle with some take-home medals.
Team USA has led the final medal count in every Summer Olympics since 1996, and many American athletes are expected to excel once again in Tokyo. Gymnastics GOAT Simone Biles is looking to add more golds to her medal tally, and swimming star Katie Ledecky is expected to once again rule the pool in the distance freestyle events, while Team USA’s talented soccer and basketball teams hope to reclaim Olympic glory.
There are even new sports and events in competition this year, with the introduction of surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing and karate to the Olympic program, as well as added mixed team events in swimming, track and field, archery and more.
Check out the updated medal count leaderboard below, and follow along as ET spotlights each of Team USA’s gold medalists.
